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Bush Dogs are so rare that they were thought to be extinct when first discovered through fossils. The Bush Dog is the only living species in the genus Speothos, and genetic evidence suggests that its closest living relative is the Maned Wolf of central South America. In spite of its extensive range across Central and South America, the Bush Dog is very rare in most areas except in Suriname, Guyana and Peru.
The Bush Dog was first identified by Peter Wilhelm Lund from fossils in Brazilian caves and was believed to be extinct. Lund was a Danish paleontologist, zoologist, archeologist who spent most of his life working and living in Brazil. He is considered the father of Brazilian paleontology as well as archeology.
An old volcano on the Peninsula. Maori name Hereweka, also called Harbour Cone. Our whole harbour is a volcano crater, extinct since 10 million years ago. It was active for about 6 million years before that. Thinking of people in the Canary Islands about 100 km west of Morocco just now.
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Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, egret a diminutive of Aigron, heron. The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.
It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. It has also begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of least concern..
Extinct in the UK by the end of the 19th century due to habitat loss and persecution, occasional nesting pairs returned to eastern England during the 1970’s. Numbers have increased steadily since then . Many birds now overwinter and quite large roosts can be seen in some areas, especially in eastern England. The recent roost counts locally have found as many as 20 birds roosting in one spot . It is estimated that 350 to 390 pairs bred in the UK last year
Yes...Extinct in the Wild. Simandoa Cave Roach, a harmless insect that lived a symbiotic relationship with bats. Miners tore down the cave - and the only specimens we have left are captive bred.
Some of the moai found around the island have these large, red pieces on their heads. Despite what they look like, these aren’t hats, but are rather the hair styles (top knots) of those particular people represented by the statues.
Called ‘pukaos’, these large rocks were carved at the Puna Pau quarry out of red scoria, and are different to the rest of the stone you can find around the island.
A trip to Puna Pau allowed me to look into the quarry, as well as saw a number of pukao that never made it to their final destination.
Le bouddhisme suppose un climat très doux, des mœurs d'une grande aménité et d'une grande tolérance, pas trace de militarisme ; et aussi que le foyer du mouvement se trouve dans les classes supérieures et mêmes savantes. On s'assigne comme but suprême la sérénité, la paix, l'extinction de tout désir et l'on atteint ce but. Le bouddhisme n'est pas une religion dans laquelle on aspire seulement à la perfection ; le parfait y est le cas normal.
L'antéchrist - Friedrich Nietzsche
Interesting information about this bird: dino.wikia.org/wiki/Dodo
He can be seen in SL here: Savor Serenity, River Hill
Flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/savor_serenity/
Klaipeda city landscape is determined by ports. Sea and ports build bridges and resurrect extinct dinosaurs. Street view at this gigantic crane.
Taken from the summit of Puy de Dôme in the volcanic region of Auvergne, France.
Pentax KP, 85mm, f/9.0. 1/320 sec, ISO 200. Have learnt how to do borders in Lightroom but you lose the EXIF info.
Indigo Macaws - this is a critically endangered species resident of interior northeastern Brazil. These macaws are metallic blue throughout with a slight green tinge and have yellow on the bare orbital ring and in a semi-circular patch at the base of its lower mandible. These beautiful birds inhabit caatinga thorn scrub vegetation with stands of licurí palm (Syagrus coronata) and pastures near sandstone cliffs which they use for nesting and roosting. Although this species had been known to science through traded birds, a wild population wasn't discovered until 1978. Since then, several smaller populations have been discovered, with a final population estimate of 140 birds being made in 1994. The Indigo Macaw may have never been common, but wide scale clearing or licurí palm stands and hunting for meat and for the pet trade have decimated populations of this bird. Drastic measures are needed to save this bird from following the same path as the similar, and now presumed extinct, Glaucous Macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus). doi.org/10.2173/bow.indmac1.01
For a Blue Monday to raise awareness about the need for preservation.
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The title of Count of St. Joachim was created by decree of May 22, 1890, by King Charles I of Portugal in favor of Joaquim Lopes Lebre, sole proprietor.
The title is currently extinct.
"Mount Franklin is an extinct volcano. It was known as Lalgambook by the local Jajowurrong people. In 1841 Sir John Franklin, Lieut-Governor of Van Dieman's Land, modestly named the mountain after himself."
E.S. Parker established the Jim Crow Aboriginal Station at Mount Franklin. In 1852 diggings were discovered that took the same name; the following year the Dry Diggings were discovered. The district soon developed as a gold-mining centre."
One of the strangest mountains I saw was this mountain close to Eide, and close to this shot (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/30835351963). Another lucky moment when the sun added some light on this mount of Doom, it looks like Frodo was here :).
Norway, a stunningly beautiful country. Around every corner a chance for a scenic image, forcing me from time to time to stop every kilometer to get out of my car, sometimes with screeching brakes, and sometimes forcing me to curse because there was no place to stop.
Lovely valleys, bare mountains and cold winds, snow packs, glaciers, beautiful lakes, and then there are the enchanting fjords that never stop to amaze. The most beautiful country of Europe, for me no doubt about that, with only one minor aspect, which is the weather. During my month of traveling I only had 4 really nice days, the rest of the time clouds, rain, and very changeable! Still no regret, and I will go back to make even more than the 3500 pictures that I took this time.
Another very active vacation that took me to the south west up to Trondheim in a sort of triangle between Oslo- trondheim and Bergen with the whole route visible here (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153668247101759&set...).
Our Ben Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha), that I had an opportunity to purchase this Spring, is blooming! We read they bloom in late Summer and it's had 4 buds for weeks. Today - the first 2 blossoms opened - yay!!!
THIS TREE IS EXTINCT IN THE WILD. A 2 to 3-acre patch was discovered in South Georgia in 1765 by John & Wm Bartram - along the Altamaha River. William later collected seeds and specimens - thankfully - because every tree known today originated with those seeds! They named it after family friend Benjamin Franklin. This species was never found anywhere else, and the last tree found there was in 1803. Few people have ever seen this tree - and fewer still have ever seen and smelled the blossoms. We are blessed!
> 1 of 2 Ben Franklin blossoms in our N Georgia yard - today 7-28-22
Rallus aquaticus. Ölfus. Vagrant. 23-28cm. 130g. WS 38-45cm.
Water Rails were once part of the Iceland breeding bird fauna. Became extinct around 1963-1970.The last nest was recorded in 1963. Loss of habitat through the draining of wetlands and introduced american mink.
The picturesque town of Stanley (population 553), sits below the amazing prominence known as "The Nut". This is in fact the plug of an extinct volcano that rises 143 metres above sea level. Stanley is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tasmania (when tourism is operating!). In the distance at the far right you can make out the huge jetty of Port Latta and the smelter, with the hills of Rocky Cape. In 2016 Stanley was converted to a film set for the historic movie, "Light Between Oceans".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania
We'll return to Stanley in a week or so.
Like a prehistoric beast, it waits in a field for another chance. Rusty and forlorn; the last of its kind.
Koko Crater (Hawaiian: Kohelepelepe or Puʻu Mai) is an extinct tuff cone located on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu near Hawaiʻi Kai. It is a part of the Honolulu Volcanics, which were craters that formed as vents of the Koʻolau Volcano during its rejuvenation stage. During World War II, the U.S. military built bunkers on top of Koko Crater with a railroad leading to its summit. In 1966, the air force ceded administration of Koko Crater over to the City of Honolulu. It was then renamed to the Koko Head Regional Park. Within this park is the Koko Crater Trail, which is a 1.8-mile-long trail that uses the now-abandoned railroad as its pathway. The trail heads up 990 ft and 1,048 railroad cross-ties at a very steep incline, and the views at the Koko Head Crater summit are 1,208 ft above sea level.
The abandoned railway trail can be seen as the faint 'line' up the side of the crater in the photograph above (starts just above the baseball/softball field and ends at the peak of the crater). This photo was taken from the Hawai'i Kai Lookout along the side of Kalanianaʻole Highway.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Ol Pejeta
Kenya
East Africa
The white rhinoceros, white rhino or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 16803 wild-living animals, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros.
The northern subspecies had very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed rhinos left in 2018 (two females: Fatu, 18 and Najin, 29), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male Northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19 March 2018 at age 45.
Northern white rhinos, like their close cousin the southern white rhino, feed exclusively on short grass, which their massive mouths hoover up with the efficiency of a living, breathing lawnmower. They occupy a much more open savannah habitat than black rhinos, which feed on shrubs and other foliage.
The northern white rhinoceros or northern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is considered critically endangered and possibly extinct in the wild.– Wikipedia
*Moselle Apollo butterfly, one of the last of its kind*
Many years ago this species, which only occurs on the Moselle, was considered almost extinct.
After many vineyard terraces on the Lower Moselle were no longer cultivated and fewer sprays were therefore used, this magnificent butterfly species recovered for a few years.
Last year only very few of them were seen; official counts at the known locations came to around 20 specimens in total.
In the meantime, knapweed, the butterflies' food plant (see picture), has even been cultivated in order to preserve the species. In dry years, these otherwise wild-growing flowers are even regularly supplied with water by nature lovers.
Vor vielen Jahren galt diese Spezies, die nur an der Mosel vorkommt, fast als ausgestorben.
Nachdem viele Weinberg-Terrassen an der Untermosel nicht mehr bewirtschaftet und deshalb weniger Spritzmittel eingesetzt wurden, erholte sich diese prächtige Schmetterlingsart für einige Jahre.
Letztes Jahr hat man nur sehr wenige davon gesehen, offizielle Zählungen an den bekannten Stellen kamen auf ca. 20 Exemplare insgesamt.
Inzwischen hat man sogar Flockenblumen, die Futterpflanze der Falter (siehe Bild), kultiviert, um die Art zu erhalten. In trockenen Jahren werden diese sonst wild wachsenden Blumen von Naturliebhabern sogar regelmäßig mit Wasser versorgt.
An extinct speces Urania sloanus, or Sloane's urania, was a species of moth of the family Uraniidae endemic to Jamaica. It was last reported in 1894 or 1895, but possibly survived until at least 1908. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.
The specific epithet sloanus honours Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an English collector whose collection became the foundation of the British Museum.
A bird that was extinct in the UK gained help after marshland in East Anglian was flooded to protect against a possible WW2 invasion. In 1947 the first pair settled at Minsmere after which their recovery continued at a steady pace.
Steadily over the years these lively waders have spread their wings (so to speak) and a population of approaching sixty now occupy the Adwick Wetlands just down the road from me. The good news from yesterdays visit is that there were a good number of chicks to be seen.
From the photographic perspective I do find that taking photos of pied birds is tough. Getting the right exposure balance between the black and the white and then the lack of definition in around the eye just detracts a little from the overall image.
The eagle eyed might notice that for a change I have tried to combat the distant subject by using my Sony 1.4 teleconverter. I have had this a couple of years but shied away from using it due to the need to make extra certain that my lens was stable at this long zoom. Yesterday I took along my tripod so gave the converter a go.
Not exactly a household brand name, but this is the logo from my old film SLR, a mid seventies classic!
HMM!
Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all were lumped as a single species—Upupa epops (Wiki).
This is the crater of Mt Eden, the volcano overlooking the beautiful city of Auckland. Obviously there hasn't been much volcanic activity in recent years.
La nuit est belle,
Jeudi 26 Septembre 2019
Extinction de l'éclairage public des communes du Grand Genève. #lanuitestbelle
Already extinct in the second half of the 14th century in New Zealand. Within 5 years the Polynesians hunted them down.
Bereits in der 2. Hälfte des 14. Jhrh. in Neuseeland von den Polynesiern in Neu Zealand ausgerottet.
First identified from dinosaur-age fossils. it was thought to be extinct. The dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
Then in 1941 a living specimen was discovered during a survey of Sichuan and Hubei provinces, China. Seeds were later collected and raised in arboreta worldwide. Specimens are now widely available for planting. In the wild it exists in only a few scattered stands in China where it is has protected status.
The dawn redwood is one of the few deciduous conifers.
Phone image, went out without a camera! Sandringham House garden, Norfolk.