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Ahhh...this female jaguar is lying on her back, catching the sunbeams, just like any domestic house cat - domestic, not domesticated!
Unfortunately the metal cage wire is very difficult to remove from the photos, and it spoils an otherwise very good portrait opportunity.
A very rare opportunity to photograph the jaguars in near clear conditions.
Normally the two jaguars are well hidden by the thick foliage replicating Amazon rainforest, and the thick cage wire.
I have only a handful of clear photos of these beautiful cats.
These jaguars are very easy to tell apart - this is the female, the male is black!
The female was sitting in the sunshine at the relative open of the front of the enclosure.
As it happens, she was really flirting, and making herself available - the male caught on, and they demonstrated how rough big cat sex is!
And I managed a few good shots of the female jaguar - usually impossible due to the thick jungle foliage and the thick bars of the enclosure.
For a change, she was sitting/lying in the relative open at the front of the enclosure, so I got some pretty good shots.
As it proved, it was for a definite reason - she was being very flirtatious - and the male jaguar caught on and obliged with mating.
"What's it doing, Mummy?" - several young kids asked - "Eh...ah...fighting!"
Made me smile! Mind you, big cat mating isn't a new age tantric mumbo - its definitely wham, bang, roar! The female manages a heavy paw swipe as the male dismounts.
And perhaps 2 minutes later, they "fight" again. And of course, she actually, really is asking for it....
An education indeed!
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Photographed at Zealandia.
A long tailed bright green parrot with a red crown, forehead and band of red which extends from the bill through the eye and beyond, crimson rump patches and violet blue on wing coverts and some outer flight feathers.
Kakariki have a rapid, direct flight, usually above the canopy and often accompanied by a rapid loud chatter: "ki-ki-ki-ki-ki". When feeding they are either silent or babble.
Kakariki are very rare in the North Island, although this wasn't always the case. They were common in the 1880's but with the introduction of feral cats, stoats, and ship rats they became rare. They are even more rare in the South Island, but are widespread on Stewart Island and many predator-free island reserves.
Kakariki eat a wide variety of plant seeds (particularly flax), fruit, berries, buds, shoots and flowers, as well as nectar and small invertebrates. They often feed on the ground rather than in the canopy, making them susceptible to mammalian predators.
Red-crowned parakeets make their nests in holes in branches and trunks, ground burrows or densely matted vegetation
Now that my old cat no longer patrols the grounds I have been plagued by ground squirrels. I was about to shovel dirt into this ground-squirrel hole when I noticed something inside waiting (I hope) for a squirrel to enter. So I left this hole open.
Más de 1.300 personas participaron en el gran desfile que alegró las calles de Oviedo en el día grande del Antroxu que fueron acompañados por cinco charangas, la Banda de Música municipal y la Real Banda de Gaitas Ciudad de Oviedo que abrió la marcha.
El desfile dio comienzo a las cinco de la tarde con las calles llenas de público a la que le siguieron más de una decena de centros sociales y cerca de ochocientas concursantes.
Walking back to Ambergate from Whatstandwell on the canal towpath, after my walk around Crich Chase, this cat was patiently waiting on the opposite bank for any suitable prey.
There was a Mallard and her 13(!) chicks just a little way along the canal.
The cat had a long walk, as this part is quite a distance from any house.