Vauxhall Wyvern Cresta & Velox
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At the end of my wildlife career, I had an opportunity to assist a fellow biologist conduct some studies on the re-introudciton of Swift Fox to the wild. This is one of the moments during that trip.
An adult female Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) relaxes on the prairie landscape on the One-Four Ranch in southwest Alberta, Canada.
I had the opportunity a number of years ago to observe the activities of this species. I spent a number of hours in a blind watching the activities of the female and her young outside the den.
There was a change of behaviour when the male arrived with some prey. He dropped it near the den then proceeded to the blind to check out the new feature on the landscape. It returned to the den and then totally ignored me. The interactions between the adults as well as the adults and young were phenomenal and something I will never forget.
As the sun dropped closer to the western horizon, the male took his leave to go hunting and patrol the area. The female sat at the edge of the den watching him disappear in the distance and then she headed down into the den for the evening.
28 June, 2009.
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An adult Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) at the den site on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox female (Vulpes velox) grooms a kit outside the den in the prairie landscape of southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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A family of Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) creates a bond through interaction at all stages and times such as this mutual grooming near the den on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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Pair bonding is reinforced through activities such as mutual grooming as noted with these adult Swift Foxes (Vulpes velox) on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) family grooms each other at the entrance to their den with the female keeping an ever watchful eye for danger on the prairie landscape in southeastern Alberta.
28 June, 2009.
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Rijksmonument no. 505901
Amsterdam
Zie: rijksmonumenten.nl/monument/505901/velox-zuiderbad/amster...
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) its next to its underground den ever vigilant of any potential danger to itself and pups who are romping around on the prairie landscape on the Onefour Ranch in southeastern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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A male Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) appears in total bliss as its mate nibbles an itchy spot behind its right ear. The pair and young were resting near the entrance of their den on the prairie landscape of the One Four Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada.
28 June, 2009.
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Réalisé le 04 septembre 2022 à la Pointe à Boisvert, Haute Côte nord, Québec.
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Taken on September, 4th/ 2022 at La Pointe à Boisvert, Haute Côte-Nord, Quebec.
An adult Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) searches the prairie landscape near her burrow or den for any danger to her pups or the return of her mate with any food for the family. This den was located in south eastern Alberta on the prairie landscape on the One-Four Ranch.
28 June, 2009.
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A Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) sits outside its den on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta, Canada.
While assisting a colleague in a study of Burrowing Owls in the area, we observed this fox and its young.
28 June, 2009.
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Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) pair interact when the male returns to the den site on the prairie landscape in southern Alberta near One-Four, Alberta, Canada.
The male, with the lighter colouring on its muzzle, is the one looking at me in my blind.
28 June, 2009.
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The Vauxhall Cresta was producedl from 1954 to 1972. The Cresta was introduced in 1954 as an upmarket version of the Vauxhall Velox, itself a six-cylinder version of the Vauxhall Wyvern. The Cresta models were the E (1954–1957), PA (1957–1962), PB (1962–1965) and PC (1965–1972). The Viscount (1966–1972) was an upmarket Cresta PC.
This black and green 1960 Vauxhall Cresta PA, 5048MV, is in the Haynes Motor Museum.
Dinard (35)
Patrimoine architectural considérable du lotissement de luxe de la Malouine (villa "Les Roches Brunes", villa Velox, villa Cézembre, villa à la faïence bleue, ...) qui surplombe le chemin de ronde de la Malouine.
Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
This is a small hawk, with males 23 to 30 cm (9.1 to 11.8 in) long, with a wingspan of 42 to 58 cm (17 to 23 in) and weight from 82–115 g (2.9–4.1 oz). The female measures 29 to 37 cm (11 to 15 in) in length, has a wingspan of 58 to 68 cm (23 to 27 in) and weighs 150 to 219 g (5.3 to 7.7 oz).
It's widespread in North America, Central America, South America and the Greater Antilles.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp-shinned_hawk
Known locally as "gavião-miúdo" or "tauató-miúdo".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Accipitrinae
Genus: Accipiter Brisson, 1760
Species: A. striatus Vieillot, 1808
Binomial name: Accipiter striatus
Synonyms: Accipiter velox
Found in deserts, grasslands, and forests, the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) cruises through the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Its slightly smaller relative, the lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox), is generally found further south. Both birds belong to the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, which also includes anis and malkohas. All the members of the family have zygodactyl feet, with two forward-facing and two backward-facing toes. The arrangement gives roadrunners X-shaped footprints.
According to The Real Roadrunner by Martha Anne Maxon, scientists have clocked the speedy birds running at 15 to 20 miles per hour. Coyotes can run twice as fast as even the fastest roadrunners, but luckily for the birds, coyotes would just as well dine on small rodents, plants, and lizards instead of birds.
A plateau whiptail that I found in an atypical situation where it was crawling over a large boulder. Usually these guys are found creeping about the understory of the scruboak and manzanita in this location in sandy soils . It was strange to see this one up on top of a boulder where it would have been easy pickings to a passing bird.
A swift fox kit keeps his eyes on the photographer from the safety of the den entrance. Pawnee National Grasslands, CO. Some of the foxes are more tolerant than others. Of the 3 dens I photographed this year, one den was particularly agreeable and didn't seem troubled at all by my presence, one was intermediate and one mother (her lone kit didn't seem to mind) was very skittish, so I did not repeat my visit to that den.
(Turnix velox)
Somewhere 70km North of Deniliquin - NSW
Austrália
This one opened the night! And what a night it was!
This is the second buttonquail I've photographed, both in the Southern Hemisphere!
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
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