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Another part of the magical encounter. The leopard passed literally yards from me.
Leopard is really focused on the impalas that are literally just yards away.
Photo taken in Chobe National Park, Botswana during a morning safari.
Finally, we left the scene and came back later. only the mother was there and she was left in peace by the baboons. She had eaten by the time we returned and was panting in the heat...
Snow Leopards
Brookfield Zoo
October 20, 2013
It's been 4 weeks since I photographed Brookfield Zoo's Snow Leopard cub, Everest. He has grown quite a bit, and boy does he like to play! He keeps his mom, Sarani, very busy! It is so fun to watch them interact with one another.
V1M very kindly organised for me to go to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent for a Photographers on Safari day. This meant access inside the normal outer barriers that visitors are normally restricted behind, and enabled me to get right up against the inner enclosure, with camera lens as close as could be to the main enclosure. As well as our photographic instructor - John Wright - on hand to advise on technique, we also one of the cats' keepers, Becky, to tempt the animals out of hiding and into more photogenic positions with some tasty bits of meat.
As some of you will know I am a bit of a fan of animals and big cats in particular so I was rather in my element! Not only did I get some rather lovely photos of some gorgeous animals, but just being at such close quarters with them for the whole day was wonderful in itself.
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
taken at Marwell Zoo
The leopard is a solitary animal which hunts mainly at night and hides during the day. The Amur leopards, also known as the Far Eastern leopards, are the northern most subspecies of leopard and are well adapted to snowy winters. They inhabit an area to the west of Vladivostok. The Amur leopards prefer mixed forest where there are sufficient numbers of deer, hares, badgers and raccoon dogs that form the bulk of their prey. They often make their dens in caves and bury their prey under fallen leaves.
We followed this young fellow around the Sabi Sands game reserve for a short while as he was on the prowl for some food. Difficult to tell from the image, but he was a fairly sizable young lad, it's the slender frame and slightly narrower head, as we were told, that gives away that he's a younger leopard. I was fortunate enough to have pressed the shutter as he turned his gaze to us and politely smile.
We didn't really get any great views of leopards on our first visit to Kruger in 2007. However, this year (2008), this one was waiting for us at the side of the road on our drive from Skukuza airfield to Jock Safari Lodge! Beautiful - the camouflage against the grasses was very impressive too...
First time saw a leopard climbing on tree. By the time i got my SLR ready, leopard climbed and sat comfortably on the branches of tree. This was clicked in Chhatbir zoo, chandigarh