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Our area has been avoiding the snow all these weeks. Thinking about all that missed snow, here is a snowy owl. There are two snowy owls on exhibit at ZooAmerica. This is the male, Nash, arrived at ZooAmerica in March of 2019 from the Nashville Zoo. He hatched in June of 2010. The female, Rinna, hatched in captivity at Tallinn Zoo in Estonia. Her hatch date is 2007 and she arrived at ZooAmerica in 2009.Rinna is the larger owl with distinctive black barring while Nash is almost completely white in color with few black markings. Here is a video of them. youtu.be/YdWSMVluUvI
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Found in the grasslands of East Africa but photographed in captivity at the game ranch 'Boulders', Mica, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The well known ranch is owned by my good friend Gray Scarterfield, an ex Zimbabwean and great bird lover.
A captive Peregrine Falcon at York Center for Wildlife, Maine. The species is also called Falco peregrinus.
The green Amazon Parrot with the striking yellow head is quite intelligent. In captivity, it can be a good mimicker of human speech and household sounds. The Parrot is endangered primarily due to habitat loss and the pet trade. I saw this beauty at the Alligator Farm, he can whistle, say hi and pretty boy.
There is no Beauty Without Some Strangeness
- Edgar Allan Poe
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The Raven:
Ravens are among the smartest of all birds, gaining a reputation for solving ever more complicated problems invented by ever more creative scientists.
The Raven is an acrobatic flier, often doing rolls and somersaults in the air. Young birds are fond of playing games with sticks, repeatedly dropping them, then diving to catch them in midair.
People around the world sense a certain kind of personality in ravens. Edgar Allan Poe clearly found them a little creepy. The captive ravens at the Tower of London are beloved and perhaps a little feared: legend has it that if they ever leave the tower, the British Empire will crumble.
Common Ravens can mimic the calls of other bird species. When raised in captivity, they can even imitate human words; one Common Raven raised from birth was taught to mimic the word “nevermore.”
The oldest known wild Common Raven was at least 22 years, 7 months old. It was banded and found again in Nova Scotia.
(Nikon D750, Nikor 80-200/5.6, 1/320 @ f/8.0, ISO 400, edited to taste)
Imagen capturada en el interior de la cúpula correspondiente a la fauna de la zona ártica exiatente en el "Oceanografic" de la Ciudad de las Ciencias y las Artes en Valencia.
Bajo esta cúpula y en condiciones de frio y luz adecuadas hay un enorme acuario circular donde se encuentran en cautividad una familia de ballenas Belugas...Las únicas en toda Europa. En mi foto pueden verse abajo a la derecha, pasando delante de unos niños que recibian información al respecto por un monitor del acuario.
Estos inteligentes cetáceos mostraban un interes especial por los pequeños que las observaban con atención y se sorprendian con las piruetas que les dedicaban las belugas al pasar delante de ellos.
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Image captured inside the dome corresponding to the fauna of the existing arctic zone in the "Oceanografic" of the City of Sciences and Arts in Valencia.
Under this dome and in adequate cold and light conditions there is a huge circular aquarium where a family of Beluga whales in captivity, the only ones in all of Europe. In my photo you can see it on the bottom right, passing in front of some children who were receiving information about these cetaceans for an aquarium monitor.
These intelligent cetaceans showed a special interest in the little ones who watched them carefully and were surprised by the pirouettes they performed the belugas when passing in front of them.
The male mandarin duck has the most elaborate and ornate plumage with distinctive long orange feathers on the side of the face, orange 'sails' on the back, and pale orange flanks.The female is dull by comparison with a grey head and white stripe behind the eye, brown back and mottled flanks.
They were introduced to the UK from China and have become established following escapes from captivity.
Eastern meadowlark is songbird that belongs to the blackbird family. There are 17 subspecies of eastern meadowlarks that can be found in the eastern parts of North, Central and South America. Eastern meadowlark inhabits grasslands, prairies, pastures, agricultural fields and areas near the roads. Accelerated development of agriculture and pollution of the ground with pesticides negatively affect survival of eastern meadowlarks in the wild. Despite these factors, population of eastern meadowlarks is still large and stable.
Eastern meadowlarks have an expected lifespan of five years in the wild, which is the same as the high end of its expected lifespan in captivity. The longest know lifespan in the wild is nine years.
I found this lively one not sitting on a fence post, along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Fort Boyard is a fort built on Boyard bank, an ocean bank located between the Île-d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron in the Pertuis d'Antioche straits on the west coast of France. Though a fort on Boyard bank was suggested as early as the 17th century, it was not until the 1800s under Napoleon Bonaparte that work began. Building started in 1801 and was completed in 1857. In 1967, the final scene of the French film Les aventuriers was filmed at the remains of the fort. Since 1990, it is the filming location for the eponymous TV game show.
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Red Tailed Hawk at the Polar Adventure Day on Northerly Island on Saturday, presented by Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation
Também: Colarguinha, Rabita in "AVES DE PORTUGAL - Ornitologia do território continental" - Assírio & Alvim.
Estival nidificante e migrador de passagem pouco comum.
10/09/2016 - Alcafozes (Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal)
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Samburu National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), also known as the Somali giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe native to Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. Reticulated giraffes can interbreed with other giraffe subspecies in captivity or if they come into contact with populations of other subspecies in the wild.
The reticulated giraffe is among the most well-known of the nine giraffe subspecies. Together with the Rothschild giraffe, it is by far the giraffe most commonly seen in zoos. Its coat consists of large, polygonal, liver-colored spots outlined by a network of bright-white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs.
The extraordinary height of the Reticulated Giraffe allows them to browse on branches of trees that other hoofed animals cannot reach. This has helped make the Reticulated Giraffe one of the most successful animals of the African savannah. The Reticulated Giraffe feeds mainly on Acacia and Combretum trees, however, it will eat as many as 100 different plants depending on which are available at the time.
The Reticulated Giraffe gets a large amount of water from the dew on the leaves and from the water in the leaves. When it encounters a watering hole, it will drink up to 12 gallons at one time. – Wikipedia
Kruger National Park
South Africa
The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and poaching.
Their habitat includes mixed scrub woodlands (the greater kudu is one of the few largest mammals that prefer living in settled areas – in scrub woodland and bush on abandoned fields and degraded pastures, mopane bush and acacia in lowlands, hills and mountains.
Their diet consists of leaves, grass, shoots and occasionally tubers, roots and fruit.
During the day, greater kudus normally cease to be active and instead seek cover under woodland, especially during hot days. They feed and drink in the early morning and late afternoon, acquiring water from waterholes or roots and bulbs that have a high water content.
Predators of the greater kudu generally consist of lions, hyenas, and hunting dogs. Although leopards and cheetahs also prey on greater kudus, they are unable to bring down a bull and consequently target the more vulnerable cows and offspring.
Greater kudus have a life span of 7 to 8 years in the wild, and up to 23 years in captivity. They are evaluated as low risk in the IUCN Red List of endangered species. – Wikipedia
This eagle is in captivity. Still a proud symbol of freedom even with just one eye. I don't know the backstory but will get it the next time I visit. Haliaeetus leucocepholus
The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a wide-ranging marine mammal of the family Delphinidae. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it gets in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs. It is the largest species of the beaked dolphins. It inhabits temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, and is absent only from polar waters. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized.
Common bottlenose dolphins are grey, and between 2 and 4 m (6.6 and 13.1 ft) long, and weigh between 150 and 650 kg (330 and 1,430 lb). Males are generally larger and heavier than females. In most parts of the world, adult length is between 2.5 and 3.5 m (8.2 and 11.5 ft); weight ranges between 200 and 500 kg (440 and 1,100 lb). Dolphins have a short and well-defined snout that looks like an old-fashioned gin bottle, which is the source for their common name.
This image was taken just off the coast of Northumberland, near Amble on a boat trip to Coquet Island