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If I show you all my demons
And we dive into the deep end
Would we crash and burn like every time before?
I would tell you all my secrets
Wrap your arms around my weakness
If the only other option's letting go
I'll stay vulnerable, yeah
Head: LeLUTKA - Lake
Skin: Glam Affair - Reese
Eyes: Avi-Glam
Nails: Bloom
Rusty Blackbird - a lifer - seen in near dark east of Calgary late last year. This is North America’s most rapidly declining species with an estimated 80-99% decline in the population in the last 40 years.
I thank you all for appreciating, favoriting and commenting. I certainly appreciated your presence
Agradeço a todos por apreciar, favoritar e comentar. Com certeza, apreciei muito sua presença
Arara-azul
Hyacinth Macaw (NI)
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (NC)
Psittacidae (Família)
Psittaciformes (Ordem)
The blue macaw, also called large blue macaw, is a species of bird, found in Brazil, which is characterized by being the largest among parrots (family Psittacidae), reaching more than one meter in length, measuring from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail. Source: brasilescola.uol.com.br
Parque das Aves
Foz do Iguaçu
Paraná, Brasil
Published on Explore on 3/20/2020
Publicada no Explore em 20/03/2020
(Ianthocincla konkakinhensis)
Mang Den
Vietname
This vulnerable species, endemic to a single province on Central Vietnam only occurs in narrow strip on Kon Tum Plateau.
So when Phuc Le from VietBird Tours propose us to extend our inital plan to visit South Vietnam we didn't think twice.
After Pittas, Laughingthrushes are my second target on Asia.
We wake-up at 3h30m (20h30 in Portugal), met our guide (Phuc Le) at 4h15 at lobby of Saigon Airport Ibis Hotel, took a flight at 6h30 to Pleiku, met our driver for the next 2 weeks, stop at supermarket to buy some exotic fruit, drive for 3h to the Mang Den, checkin in a spacious but older and unmainted "hotel" (Khách Sạn Đồi Thông) with a round window (Bilbo Bagins style), unpack our equipment, have an early lunch in a local resturant (our first Vietnamese food experience and, for some, first attempt to eat with sticks) and then drive another hour to Măng Cành Forest.
This first hide was not far from the road, but the access was through a very steep and slippery terrain interspersed with several abrupt unevennesses where the guides tried to dig/improvise some steps in the muddy and unsteady terrain, full of roots that were real traps, it wasn't easy at all. Fortunately on this first day there were no accidents.
The only visitor to the hide was only this species, but we stay there for 1 hour and, on my account, I took 793 photos, most of them under an occasional heavy rain. So most of them was taken with high ISOs.
On Flickr there are only 12 photos of this species and on ebird 35.
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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.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Vietname (2022) (206)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Leiothrichidae (Leiotriquídeos) (71)
- All the photos for this species Ianthocincla konkakinhensis (6)
- All the photos taken this day 2022/12/03 (6)
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Masai Mara Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!
The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the cat family (Felidae). The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (331 to 551 lb) for the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 401 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species.
A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur.
Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and the Americas from the Yukon to Peru but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India.
It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern. – Wikipedia
The West Virginia White, is a butterfly found in North America in the Great Lakes states, along the Appalachians from New England to Alabama, and in southern Ontario. They are typically found in moist deciduous forests. Forestry, development, and a highly-invasive species that it confuses with its host plant are causing this species to decline.
Along with the butterfly Pieris oleracea, it is threatened by the invasive weed garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata. The butterflies, having not evolved to be familiar with the plant, confuse it with their host plants. The offspring laid on garlic mustard do not survive. (Wikipedia)
Chaffey's Lock, Ontario, Canada. May 2014.
....a work on the subject of emotion using dolls, they express it so well !
Thanks all ♥♥ have a nice day ☼♪♫
This fledgling Jackdaw arrived very wet, and vulnerable on our veranda this morning. It hung around for quite a while entertaining us by begging for food and jumping up onto my hand to be fed with a morsel of biscuit. It's parents were keeping an eye out for it and eventually managed to coax it back up where it belongs....
I'm very grateful for all your visits and would like to thank you now for stopping by, and any comments you may leave. Much appreciated, John...
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Botswana
The wattled crane is classified as a vulnerable species. (IUCN 3.1). Found in wetlands and grasslands of eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia to South Africa.
It is the largest crane in Africa and is the second tallest species of crane in the world,
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Driving along the backroads of Saskatchewan, this pronghorn antelope was all alone in the vast expanses of the prairies. We saw others in different places but no where near the 35 million or so that were once thought to roam through the Western United States and Canada.
I didn't know it but they are second only to Cheetahs in terms of running speed. Apparently, they have extra large hearts, windpipes, and lungs, which also allows them to run very efficiently for longer periods of time. The predators they evolved to outrun are no longer present but the many fences in the prairies are a serious issue. Pronghorns don't jump over them and are often entangled in the barbed wire when they try to go underneath. That makes them vulnerable to coyotes, which we often heard yipping in the distance most evenings.
Mum was sat opposite watching them and watching the area. She seemed to be ok with us being a distance away and not making noise.
I think the most heartbreaking aspect of this lovely Cheetah mother's story is that she used to have four cubs, so it's understandable that she was so watchful. We were so privileged that she allowed us to hang out for the time she gave us. Cheetah are vulnerable to poaching and of course habitat loss... but these cubs are vulnerable until they get a lot bigger.... to Lions, Leopards and Hyena, all of whom are in the reserve. I hope they make it.
Photographed at 6am at Nambiti game reserve, South Africa
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!!
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae. The leopard occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because leopard populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation and are declining in large parts of the global range.
Contemporary records suggest that the leopard occurs in only 25% of its historical global range. Leopards are hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration.
Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not usually have central spots as the jaguar's do. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers.
The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behavior, broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to 58 kilometres per hour (36 mph). – Wikipedia
Humboldt Penguin has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697817/182714418
The Humboldt Penguin is found all along the coast of Peru except for the far north (and off much of Chile except for the far south). A report by the IUCN published in 2018 gave the entire population as only 32,000 and declining; the species is rated Vulnerable on the Red List.
Both the bird species and the ocean current are named after famed naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
(The two birds below the penguins are Inca Terns: see www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/52459642180/in... and www.flickr.com/photos/luminouscompositions/52459468994/in... for more images of this species.)
These Humboldt Penguins were seen from a small boat on a trip around an island about one square kilometre in area near the fishing community of Pucusana, south of Lima, Peru, South America.
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Cyanotype photogram on Hahnemühle sumi-e paper
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I saw this news story this morning and was sickened.
youtu.be/Aj6FhhjNz4Y?si=QeS0kMcF0NSZ5zUr
What kind of sick mind would do something like this.
"Once upon a time I was all alone
How you like me now? Do I turn you on?
Now I got you drunk, hot, and vulnerable
Show me what you want,
give me what you want, want."- Tinashe ♫
Scenery: Bryn Oh's Lobby Cam Exhibit
One of a coalition of five male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), sometimes called the 5 Musketeers or the Fast Five, that have been together since the Fall of 2016. This is a historic grouping because of its large number and consists of two brothers and three non related males. Together they are able to hold larger territory and bring down larger prey. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa, Conservation Status: Vulnerable
African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Samburu National Reserve Kenya. They eat between 149 and 169 kg (330-375 lb.) of vegetation daily and spend nearly 80% of their day feeding. Elephants consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and roots.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
This is one of the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Much like the other hot springs it has amazing colors.
The Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) is a small, vulnerable bird species endemic to the island of Corsica.
It lives in high-altitude old-growth Corsican Pine forests, relying on them for food (pine seeds/invertebrates) and breeding. The species faces threats from habitat loss and is protected by conservation efforts.
The Corsican Nuthatch is a small (12 cm) bird with blue-grey upperparts and a relatively long bill. It is highly specialised, living almost exclusively in old-growth Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra laricio) forests, where it feeds on pine seeds and invertebrates.
Endemic to Corsica, means it is found nowhere else in the world, specifically in Corsican Pine forests at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–5,000 ft).
Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) adult male Corsica_6640_
-birth.
She knows that being vulnerable is not a weakness,
but a language the heart uses when it gets rid of its masks
and dares, at last, to be itself.
She knows that it is in the most extreme fragility
that echoes the greatest proof of courage:
the courage to reach out to oneself.
Because it takes a certain wisdom of the heart to understand
that sometimes, it is at the very moment when everything seems about to break
that everything can be rebuilt.
It is the silent rebirth of those who have cried enough to know
that cracks are not always flaws,
and that scars are never anything but an opportunity for light to shine through.
"... et cette visibilité ce qui nous rend le plus vulnerable est cela qui est aussi la source de notre plus grande force."
— Audre Lourde
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“...and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.”
― Audre Lorde
The Cheetah is listed as "Vulnerable" by IUCN Red List. There are only about 1500 in Kenya and the population is declining.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Today, in the UK, it is Mother's Day and the single greatest loving act that you can show is to stay away and stay at home. Call your mum, use the phone or video chat apps but physically stay away. Stay safe everyone!
Here is a fossa, it is a cat-like mammal that is closely related to the mongoose family, although, many people compare it to a small cougar. It is a carnivore endemic to Madagascar, and is currently considered in a vulnerable state.
This particular animal was relatively calm around people it seemed due to it being a frequent visitor to the bush camps garbage dump.
Snowy Owl is a Vulnerable species (IUCN Red List)
www.iucnredlist.org/species/22689055/205475036
This Snowy Owl uses an unconventional perch to scan for prey. The antenna was on a small shed east of the village of Beiseker, northeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. On the open prairies, there may not be many natural prominent spots for these raptors, so they use what they find.
The only endemic to the small island of Barbuda, off the larger neighbouring island Antigua. A brightly coloured inhabitant of thickets and scrub near water. The combination of blue-grey upperparts, extensively yellow underparts, white wingbars, and distinctive facial pattern are unique within its range. The song is variable, but most often is a burbling series of sweet notes given in three parts, with the middle part higher pitched. The call is a single loud sweet chip.
Vulnerable.
Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita)_w_1027