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The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a mammal species native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because the wild population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression.[1] Despite its name, it is not closely related to the giant panda.(Wikipedia)
This Scaly-breasted Munia gave me a quick look and then headed off to the upper reaches of a nearby tree - with the rest of his friends ! I guess I got a little too close but don't worry they soon returned !! The plentiful seeds along the Meadowbrook at the Los Angeles County Arboretum made certain of that !
Cape White-Eye (Zosterops virens) is playing what you could interpret " hide and seek " in this bush ... but obiously he was just searching for his ( or her) supper ...
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
A coastal brown bear cub (Ursus arctos) looking out for unfamiliar adult bears on the beach in Lake Clark NP
This male Sparrow Hawk wanted to know first if the water was warm enough before the entered the pool....
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A look back at the viewing plaatform with a couple folks on it and one more out on the ridge in front. I didn't find what I was looking for with my original compositoin for this sunset so I turned around and wham - this looked pretty good. I was happy that one person walked out into the landscape since it adds such a sense of scale and proportion. We do get lost and become insignificant in landscapes like this. All part of the reason I get out in nature as often as I can - to feel a part of it instead of outside and separate.
This small 8-point buck is checking to see which other bucks have visited this scrape recently. Fortunately, for him, they are off chasing does. Nice golden light, and he posed well.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
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This young buck took time from eating the leaves of the trees and some grass to check me out. It wasn't sure if it should make a quick exit or continue eating.
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
Ben Lora Cafe Benderloch - Scotland.
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