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Female leopard (Panthera pardus) named "Nkoveni" born August 2012 in the San River region of South Africa. She is the mother of two cubs, born ~March 2021, who are playing nearby.
Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Fishing cat populations are threatened by destruction of wetlands and numbers have declined in the last decade.The fishing cat lives in the vicinity of wetlands, rivers, streams, oxbow lakes, swamps and mangroves.
Found in West Bengal but photographed at Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent
9 year old female leopard (Panthera pardus) named "Nkoveni" with one of her two cubs who were born ~March 2021. Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
South African giraffe or Cape giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Kirkman's Kamp, Sabi Sands, South Africa.. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
A. cygnoides is currently classified as Vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN Red List: it meets one of the 5 red list criteria and is therefore considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction
Total population was estimated as 60–90,000 individuals in 2012.
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I've really been having the urge to shoot naked lately and most of my pics have been with skin I've finally figured it out today. I've been feeling very vulnerable lately I feel like I've been putting my self out there in all aspects of my life and its very scary.
But I've done it knowingly and on purpose and I'm not gonna run scared into my hole again! I'm staying out there and letting people in letting people see me and whatever happens because of it will happen and I'm not gonna run away!
A really good example is this "person" (hey you) some of you asked about since I wrote what I wrote on day 141 and after ive replied "NO" to your question "do you have a boy friend?" the response was the same " be careful!! You might get hurt" but that’s exactly the point. No I don’t want to get hurt, nobody does, but Its about putting myself out there I have to be in those situations that make me FEEL!! In those situations that make me vulnerable I've been staying away from that for years! And if I want to learn how to open my heart I have to start doing things that are scary! And I have to go on roads I don’t know where they will lead me but I have to go !! I have to be there
Besides my old and wise soul knows that no one can ever hurt me only I can … and my heart is by far the strongest most balanced and wise organ in my body! It is time though to let people in to have a look around…
The pics the curator chose for august are also making me feel very very very vulnerable and very OUT THERE very naked!! That’s also been throwing me off abit im starting to get really scared. People are starting to notice me and look at me I walk in the street and people are looking (well men mostly) but it never use to be like that! I was always in the back round never in the front! but i think Im in the front now ...of my own life!
And it’s a weird place to be when your use to the dark alleys of your anxieties! And i think that’s why I feel so naked… I feel raw!!
And now is when it gets tough! Staying in this rawness and not running away and putting all my guards up again! thats the hard part.
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I hope I don’t sound arrogant and conceited!!
(see that me juging my self !!)
Small sturdy plover with pink legs and red eyering. Adult has black hood that extends down onto the chin. Endemic to southern Australia where it typically inhabits sandy ocean beaches, nesting just above the high tide mark. In western Australia it is also found on saline lakes. (eBird)
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Similar to the Piping Plovers in the northern hemisphere, these Hooded Plovers nest on the beach and so are vulnerable to being disturbed. We could not get very close to these quartet, and even with the big lens, this is an enormous crop. Still very happy to have seen these attractive birds, just once during the trip.
Adventure Bay, Tasmania, Austraia,. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tasmania.
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) feeding on eucalyptus in the Australia Outback habitat of the San Diego Zoo.
Koalas prefer the more nutritious leaves at the top of the trees, usually eating one leaf at a time. Of the nearly 900 species of Eucalyptus in Australia, koalas eat approximately 70.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Be vulnerable
Be raw
Say how you
feel without fear
of judgement
and without
worrying about
the response.
Ask for what
you want.
When you're true
to yours by
speaking your truth
you've done all
you could do,
that's enough
peace of mind.
- Morgan Mandriota -
Taxi to Brynn Oh's Lobby Cam
Male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - one of two relatively young brothers traveling together in the Sabi Sands region of South Africa. They caused a big stir with our rangers and trackers, as they are not frequently seen in this area. There are large prides of lions and the terrain is marshy and not supportive of cheetah's style of hunting. It is surmised they left their mom and were wandering the reserves around Kruger NP looking for territory to call their own. We encountered them over several days and there will be more pictures to recount our adventures with them.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
A masked lapwing or spur winged plover, Vanellus miles, chick that I think was less than two days old. Unfortunately, the parents did not stay very close to it so I did not get a reasonable photo of the chick and one of its parents together. Its height was less than the height of its parents knees (see next photo). I kept my distance because masked plovers will defend the chicks and they have spurs on their wings with which they could attack.
Masked lapwings do not always choose good places to nest. They have been known to nest on railway tracks. This pair probably nested on the ground in the backyard of a house. They would often go onto quite a busy road and did not stop the chick going onto the road.
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One of two cubs leopard cubs (Panthera pardus) born ~ March 2021 to 9 year old "Nkoveni". Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
The White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) population is getting stronger on the University ground. I counted over 20 specimens, all in small area. White helleborine is a handsome and beautiful orchid but is quite rare in the West of England. This orchid is classed as vulnerable and threatened species in the UK. Bath, BANES, England.
Male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - one of two relatively young brothers traveling together in the Sabi Sands region of South Africa.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
March 10th, 2021 approximately 6:04 pm
Samsung Galaxy S10+ (SM-G975U)
F2.2
1/60 s
1.80mm
ISO 80
program AE
WB: Auto
song accompaniment: "Stress Fracture" by Mick Jenkins featuring Mikahl Anthony, Produced by Black Milk
I noticed these beautiful golden stalks of wheat in a field close to me so I stopped and took a couple of shots. I liked these random sunflowers sprouting up.
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) and Park greeter, named "Sampson". This handsome fellow is >20 years old and the largest species in the parrot family. The hyacinth macaw is the rarest of the macaws and is found only in Brazil. San Diego Zoo Safari Park - entrance. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Considered Vulnerable by BirdLife International and only easily distinguished from the closely related and formerly conspecific Chestnut-backed Tanager (Tangara preciosa) by the black back, this species is generally poorly known, although it seems to be one the of the few tanagers to perform seasonal migrations. The species’ overall range stretches from Espírito Santo south to Rio Grande do Sul, in southeast Brazil, although there is only one definite record from the last-named state. It is largely restricted to coastal sand-plain forest and littoral scrub, and the species also visits gardens and orchards. Seasonal displacements occur in Rio de Janeiro, where its arrival coincides with the ripening of certain fruits, and the Black-backed Tanager is also more common in São Paulo during the austral winter, which season has produced all of the available records in Espírito Santo. This one was photographed in São Paulo.
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster (Red-bellied Grackle / Cacique candela)
The red-bellied grackle is endemic to Colombia where it is found in all three Andean ranges at altitudes of 800 to 2,400m (2,600 to 7,900ft) above sea level.
Its natural habitat is tropical forest, but the trees are increasingly being felled for timber and to make way for agriculture, and little virgin forest remains within its range.
H. pyrohypogaster was formerly classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature but in 2012 the threat level was lowered to "vulnerable". This is on the basis that, although its forest habitat remains under pressure, it has been found at some new locations where it was not known before. The total population is now estimated to be in the range 2,500 to 9,999 individuals.
In the Winter, White Squirrels have the advantage ,as they blend in with the snow on the ground and trees. Unfortunately for them, the rest of the year they stand out and are an easy target for prey. ( raptors,foxes,coyotes and domestic dogs)
This fawn was hidden by its mom among tall pines and aspens in our yard only hours after it was born.
25 year old female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) "Chinook" buried one of her fish in the snow and is now looking to see if she was seen by the other bears.
International Polar Bear Day
San Diego Zoo's Polar Bear Plunge
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Male koala joey (Phascolarctos cinereus) named "Omeo" was orphaned at ~5 months old when his mother died of lymphoma. He was then too young to live out of the pouch, so animal care specialists at the San Diego Zoo took over his care. Between meals ( 6 per day) he lived in a faux pouch inside an incubator until he grew strong enough to be out on his own. This shot was taken last month when he was 11 months old. Conservation status: vulnerable
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), one of three 18-month-old siblings (one male & two females) who recently left mom and were out hunting on their own.
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
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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 into 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 behaviour, 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
The knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix), also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is native to the primary forests of Indonesia. The male has the red casque while the female's is yellow. Seen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Conservation status: Vulnerable. They are threatened by habitat destruction from logging and to some extent hunting