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Monday 21 January 2019

16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - ABDIM'S STORK (Ciconia abdimii)



16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - MARABOU STORK (Leptoptilos crumenifer)




16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - NUTRIA (Myocastor coypus)



21-1-2019 TORMOS, ALICANTE - SLENDER SOWTHISTLE (Sonchus tenerrimus)

21-1-2019 TORMOS, ALICANTE - ALMOND BLOSSOM (Prunus dulcis)


21-1-2019 TORMOS, ALICANTE - PLANTAIN FAMILY (Antirrhinum controversum)



21-1-2019 TORMOS, ALICANTE - BATH WHITE BUTTERFLY (Pontia daplidice)



Sunday 20 January 2019

16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - WHITE HEADED VULTURE (Trigonoceps occipitalis)




16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)


White-backed vultures are obligate scavengers with a high level of specialization on carrion. Their primary food sources are the carcasses of large, grazing animals found the wooded savannahs where it lives. This includes warthogs, zebras, gazelles, ostriches and even livestock. Their beaks are medium-sized not adapted for tearing through tough skin, so they are limited to eating soft tissues, such as the viscera, using a pulling feeding tactic. 

White-backed vultures circle through the sky in search of freshly dead animals, often following other scavenger birds and mammalian carnivores to find it. Gyps vultures are considered social vultures which rely heavily on conspecifics to provide information about the position of food and carcasses. Once a carcass is found, they will begin wheeling in the sky, signalling their discovery to other vultures.[citation needed] White-backed vultures feed in groups and are often one of the first vulture species to arrive at a carcass. This leads to this species having a high dominance at carcasses in comparison to other vulture species such as white-headed, hooded, and Egyptian vultures.


After feeding, white-backed vultures often rest with their wings spread and their backs facing the sun, as they have gorged themselves so much they can no longer fly.


White-backed vultures nest in trees. They typically choose tall trees along riparian habitats and show strong a preference for Acacia species. The nests are large, around 1m in diameter, and are made of large sticks and lined with leaves and grasses.


16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - GREY CROWNED CRANE (Balearica regulorum)



16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - AFRICAN FISH EAGLE (Haliaeetus vocifer)











16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - CAPE PORCUPINE (Hystrix africaeaustralis)







16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - EURASIAN BLACKBIRD (MALE) (Turdus merula)



16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - RED CRESTED POCHARD (MALE) (Netta rufina)






16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - KNOB BILLED DUCK (Sarkidiornis melanotos)


16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)

16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - DAMA GAZELLE (Nanger dama)


20-1-2019 ADOR CAMPO, VALENCIA - LITTLE OWL (Athene noctua)