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On a mountain, weather and the organisms that live there rapidly change as elevation increases. As temperatures get colder, tree species change, and then become scarcer before disappearing entirely. At the top there may be nothing but snow and ice. But even these bleak landscapes are home to a diverse array of plants and animals adapted for that environment.
Until recently, mountain habitats have been largely protected because of their inaccessibility. As people have moved into the mountains to live, for recreation and to obtain valuable resources such as timber, mountain ecosystems around the world have been subject to degradation and destruction.
Dalla vetta del Pizzo Bianco 3215 m,si gode una vista impagabile sull’immensa Est del Rosa, la parete delle Alpi che più ricorda quelle Himalayane.
Alla sua sinistra la piatta cima della Punta Grober 3497 m , mentre all’estrema destra si notano la cima Jazzi 3804 m e lo Strahlhorn 4190 m
another common name: Nepal fire-thorn
binomial name: Pyracantha crenulata
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The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot species that inhabits alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau.
Himalayan Brown Bears exhibit sexual dimorphism. Males range from 1.5m up to 2.2m (4 ft 11in - 7 ft 3in) long, while females are 1.37m to 1.83m (4 ft 6 in - 6 ft) long. They are the largest animals in the Himalayas and are usually sandy or reddish-brown in colour.
Last month I took a Denise Ippolito workshop. deniseippolito.com/
She had a few beautiful photos of this flower and my friend Susan was kind enough to find one in a garden centre for me.
This photo of the himalayan blue poppy, Meconopsis baileyi, was taken at Butchart Gardens in British Columbia, Canada.
On a mountain, weather and the organisms that live there rapidly change as elevation increases. As temperatures get colder, tree species change, and then become scarcer before disappearing entirely. At the top there may be nothing but snow and ice. But even these bleak landscapes are home to a diverse array of plants and animals adapted for that environment.
Until recently, mountain habitats have been largely protected because of their inaccessibility. As people have moved into the mountains to live, for recreation and to obtain valuable resources such as timber, mountain ecosystems around the world have been subject to degradation and destruction.
The species is listed as nearly-threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Their population is rapidly declining. They are hunted for meat and fur.
International trade is prohibited by the Wildlife Protection Act in Pakistan. Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) in Pakistan conducts research on the current status of Himalayan brown bears in the Pamir Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, a promising habitat for the bears and a wildlife corridor connecting bear populations in Pakistan to central Asia. The project also intends to investigate the conflicts humans have with the bears, while promoting tolerance for bears in the region through environmental education. SLF received funding from the Prince Bernhard Nature Fund and Alertis. Unlike its American cousin, which is found in good numbers, the Himalayan brown bear is critically endangered. They are poached for their fur and claws for ornamental purposes and internal organs for use in medicines. They are killed by shepherds to protect their livestock and their home is destroyed by human encroachment. In Himachal, their home is the Kugti and Tundah wildlife sanctuaries and the tribal Chamba region. Their estimated population is just 20 in Kugti and 15 in Tundah. The tree bearing the state flower of Himachal — buransh — is the favourite hangout of this bear. Due to the high value of the buransh tree, it is being commercially cut causing further destruction to the brown bear’s home. The Himalayan brown bear is a critically endangered species in some of its range with a population of only 150-200 in Pakistan. The populations in Pakistan are slow reproducing, small, and declining because of habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching, and bear baiting.
A violent electrical storm advances over the Dhaulagiri in western Nepal.
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Somewhere on a mountain pass in Bhutan.
The elusive Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral) is a bovid species native to the Himalayas. Antelope-like in apparance they are usually found on higher rocky elevations. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
My giant-leafed, Himalayan begonia. It has just started to flower!!
In my garden here at Cherrybrook, in northern Sydney. Photographed today, Wednesday 10th March, 2021.
It has grown substantially since I "acquired" a cutting of it last August (2020) from the Lilian Fraser Garden, at Pennant Hills.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon f 2.8 L 100mm macro lens.
Processed in:
Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software
Scientific name - Meconopsis betonicfolia
Taken in Valley of Flowers Trek, Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India.
P1320701 - Himalayan Tortoiseshell - Size 45-62 mm
# 179 - 26 Dec '2017 - 16:47 (11:17 GMT)
Himalayan Tortoiseshell (Indian) - Aglais caschmirensis aesis)
At - Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas ~1800m Altitude.
Happy birding 🐦