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She, well this new-born Blue Tit seems as cute and pretty as any female, has become a regular and welcome visitor to our garden. Since braving the new world, she's been treated to fresh food and water each day.
Have a great weekend and thanks for another week of visits, comments and favourites. I've seen some fabulous photography too :-))
(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 National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Catrurday!
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 recognizable 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.
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
Londolozi Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
Happy Caturday again!
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.
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
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.
Shoebill (stork), Balaeniceps rex, living on the Island in the middle of Mombasa Lagoon, San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Taken near Cold Lake, AB. Was my first time every photographing this species with any accuracy. I rarely see them so it was a thrill. There has been a 62% decline of this species.. 95% of the population breeds in Canada's vital Boreal Forest.Clear-cutting greatly impacts this vulnerable species.
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.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday!!!
This female leopard was hunting early in the morning. She had one cub hiding in some underbrush which I did not see. Typically when you go on a photographic tour with fourteen people, some will see something while the others do not. But, it was a privilege to have this leopard confident enough to allow people to photograph her as she moved out in the open. And, at times, we were very close.
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. 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
Being officially classified as vulnerable, it is a real surprise to see a hooded plover anytime, but this was great to see a couple nesting down near Port MacDonnell in South Australia. I had parked the car and wandered a little closer on foot before I realised there was a nest. They naturally got quite agitated and jumpy, so not wanting to disturb them in any way I immediately backed right off, got back in the car and was surprisingly able to get much closer with the car without causing them any problems. They were happy as long as they didn't see anyone on foot. Fingers crossed they survive all the locals, cats, dogs and sightseers (like me) who travel along this little stretch of road. Thankfully it is on a quiet stretch of track that leads down to the beach well away from the town.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
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.
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) named "Kartick" is king of the mountain, standing on the top of his large climbing structure. Kartic and his brother Demock were born ~ 2 years at Woodland Park Zoo and are now living in San Diego as part of the Special Survival Plan for their species. Sloth bears are native to the Indian subcontinent and feed on fruits, ants and termites.
San Diego Zoo
Conservation status: Vulnerable
"The California red legged frog (Rana draytonii) is a species of frog that is now endemic to California. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the northern red-legged frog (Rana aurora). The frog is an IUCN vulnerable species, and a federally listed threatened species of the United States, and is protected by law." - Wikipedia
Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
is a species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The species is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. Threats include loss of habitat, human encroachment, collisions with pylons (at some point in the early 1980s, powerlines were responsible for 80% of deaths among birds in their first year of life) and illegal poisoning.
and eventually you
realize that real
love comes down to
feeling safe enough
to be vulnerable.
- JmStorm -
Taxi to Elvion
334/366.
Cyanotype photogram on Hahnemühle sumi-e paper
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This dove (IUCN conservation status - Vulnerable) was just relaxing in the scrub-grass and I was going to try for a better shot but didn't want to disturb her... the eyes communicated her desire for me to move along so I did... she was on the edge of one of the ponds and the rushes and reeds where I was trying to sneak up on a Purple Heron... once again a shout out to the Jordan RSCN and her staff at Azraq... can't say enough... :-)
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
"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
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.
Very difficult to photograph... always on the ground in the middle of branches and moving very quickly.
Endemic to Madagascar and classified as Vulnerable
Ankarafantsika National Park - Madagascar
Species # 1270
taken in the green season in the Moremi part of the Okavango Delta in Botswana (2010)
from the archives
a fairly young Lioness with a still unblemished face is quite nervous because a large nomad male Lion had crossed into the territory of its pride while the dominant male of the pride was not in the area.
The nomad had been calling during the night and he passed through our mobile tented camp just before sunrise.
The afternoon before we had seen an older Lioness moving away from the pride and her older cubs. Probably she wanted to divert the nomad ...
IUCN RED LIST STATUS: vulnerable
panthera leo
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lion
Löwe
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This is one of the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. Much like the other hot springs it has amazing colors.
Male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in the Australia Outback habitat at the San Diego Zoo.. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Ces trois ours, autrefois maîtres de cet environnement glacé, ne reconnaissent plus leur territoire. La diminution de la banquise a réduit leurs opportunités de chasse aux phoques, leur principale source de nourriture. Ces changements les poussent à adopter de nouvelles stratégies de survie, comme se reposer davantage pour conserver leur énergie. Cependant, même ces efforts ne suffisent pas à compenser la perte calorique quotidienne qu’ils subissent.
Face à ces défis, les ours semblent symboliser un appel silencieux mais puissant pour la protection de leur habitat. Leur lutte quotidienne attire l’attention sur les effets dévastateurs du changement climatique non seulement sur la biodiversité mais aussi sur l’humanité elle-même. Les scientifiques et les organisations environnementales utilisent l’image emblématique des ours polaires pour sensibiliser le public et inciter à des actions concrètes contre le réchauffement climatique.
Ainsi, ces trois ours polaires deviennent malgré eux des militants pour une cause plus grande. Leur lutte pour survivre dans un monde en changement rapide est un rappel poignant de l’urgence d’agir pour préserver notre planète et ses habitants vulnérables.
Baie d’Hudson - Canada
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These three bears, once masters of this icy environment, no longer recognize their territory. The shrinking sea ice has reduced their opportunities to hunt seals, their main food source. These changes are forcing them to adopt new survival strategies, such as resting more to conserve energy. However, even these efforts are not enough to compensate for the daily caloric loss they suffer.
In the face of these challenges, the bears seem to symbolize a silent but powerful call for the protection of their habitat. Their daily struggle draws attention to the devastating effects of climate change not only on biodiversity but also on humanity itself. Scientists and environmental organizations use the iconic image of polar bears to raise awareness and encourage concrete action against global warming.
In this way, these three polar bears are reluctant activists for a greater cause. Their struggle to survive in a rapidly changing world is a poignant reminder of the urgent need to act to preserve our planet and its vulnerable inhabitants.
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(Cyanolyca pulchra) B28I0306 Tatama Reserve - Montezuma - Colombia
Rare bird - Near Threatened -Vulnerable - Near Endemic
-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.
Horned Grebe has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Vulnerable www.iucnredlist.org/species/22696606/132066871
This nonbreeding Horned Grebe was bathing vigorously at Elliston Lake in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
"... 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
Kaziranga National Park
State Of Assam
India
Another one-horned rhino in tall grass called Elephant grass due to its height.
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), or Indian rhino for short, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi). Moreover, the extent and quality of the rhino's most important habitat is in decline due to humans and livestock encroachment.
As of August 2018, the global population was estimated to comprise 3,588 individuals, including 2,939 individuals in India and 649 in Nepal. Kaziranga National Park alone had an estimated population of 2,048 rhinos in 2009.
Nearly 85% of the global Indian rhinoceros population is concentrated in Assam, where Kaziranga National Park contains 70% of rhino population.
In the early 1990s, between 1,870 and 1,895 Indian rhinos were estimated to have been alive. Since then, numbers have increased due to conservation measures taken by the government. However, poaching remains a continuous threat.
Indian rhinos are grazers. Their diet consists almost entirely of grasses, but they also eat leaves, branches of shrubs and trees, fruits, and submerged and floating aquatic plants. – Wikpedia
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 not your typical dining experience.
You may not eat at all.
At first, you’ll feel vulnerable.
That’s necessary to become full.
You have to be receptive to the world. To people and experiences.
You must be ready to change yourself. To feast on possibilities.
The minutes add up.
For some, it is easier than others.
A few come back for seconds.
Yet, if you decide you can’t finish,
You’ll be more miserable than ever.
All your future food will taste like dust. The people you love most will dessert you while Your constant craving for companionship
Will fill your remaining days.
Sometimes, it is grueling to be alive
Just knowing we will die
Even more difficult, to love others.
Knowing they may die first.
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