A youngster on the shore of Lake Manyara, Tanzania
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Friday, 29 July 2011
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Sarus Crane
Keoladeo National Park
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), India
Bharatpur (Rajasthan), India
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
Friday, 22 July 2011
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Friday, 15 July 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Friday, 8 July 2011
Strangler Fig
Iguazu National Park, Argentina
These plants begin life as epiphytes, when their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the Strangler Fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core. (Wikipedia)
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Secretary Bird
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Its common name is popularly thought to derive from the crest of long quill-like feathers, lending the bird the appearance of a secretary with quill pens tucked behind his or her ear, as was once common practice. A more recent hypothesis is that "secretary" is borrowed from a French corruption of the Arabic saqr-et-tair or "hunter-bird". (Wikipedia)
The long legs, which increases the bird’s height to around 1.3 m tall, help him catching his favourite prey: snakes.
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The long legs, which increases the bird’s height to around 1.3 m tall, help him catching his favourite prey: snakes.
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Sunday, 3 July 2011
Intruder
I found this Baboon on my balcony. We stared at each other for a while and then he jumped to the next bungallow.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Friday, 1 July 2011
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