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Tuesday 30 January 2018

29-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER, COSTA RICA - TURQUOISE BROWED MOTMOT (Eumomota superciliosa)


28-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER COSTA RICA - ANHINGA (FEMALE) (Anhinga anhinga)

28-3-2017 TARCOLES RIVER COSTA RICA - ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Platalea ajaja)


14-4-2017 GIBRALTAR - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (Larus michahellis)



14-4-2017 GIBRALTAR - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (JUVENILE) (Larus michahellis)



14-4-2017 GIBRALTAR - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (Larus michahellis)





15-4-2017 TANGIER, MOROCCO - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (JUVENILE) (Larus michahellis)


15-4-2017 TANGIER, MOROCCO - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (Larus michahellis)



10-4-2017 PUNTA DEL GARDO, THE AZORES - YELLOW LEGGED GULL (Larus michahellis)



1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - BROWN PELICAN (MALE) (Pelecanus occidentalis)









1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - BROWN PELICAN (FEMALE) (Pelecanus occidentalis)






1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - GREAT HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianus)



1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus crinitus)




27-11-2015 SINGAPORE ZOO - GIANT PANDA (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)


The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), sometimes called a panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, a neighboring musteloid. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99% of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.

The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan, and also in neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. As a result of farming, deforestation, and other development, the giant panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived, and it is a conservation-reliant vulnerable species.


A 2007 report showed 239 pandas living in captivity inside China and another 27 outside the country. By December 2014, 49 giant pandas lived in captivity outside China, living in 18 zoos in 13 countries. Wild population estimates vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000. Some reports also show that the number of giant pandas in the wild is on the rise. By March 2015, the wild giant panda population had increased to 1,864 individuals. In 2016, it was reclassified on the IUCN Red List from "endangered" to "vulnerable", affirming decade-long efforts to save the panda. In July 2021, Chinese authorities also reclassified the giant panda as vulnerable.

The giant panda has often served as China's national symbol, appeared on Chinese Gold Panda coins since 1982 and as one of the five Fuwa mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing.

1-4-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - WHITE IBIS (Eudocimus albus)



31-3-2017 MIAMI, FLORIDA - EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL (Sciurus carolinensis)