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White-handed Gibbon
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As you can see, it was a lovely sunny day on 4th April, so I just had to make the most of the afternoon and get a few shots down at the Calgary Zoo. These Gibbons are also known as Lar Gibbons. An Endangered species. I also took a few shots of the other Gibbon, who is black, and his expression is hilarious - looks like a grumpy, bitter old man, lol!!!
"Lar gibbons are threatened in various ways: they are sometimes hunted for their meat, sometimes a parent is killed in order to capture young animals for pets and the largest danger is the loss of habitat.
The fur coloring of the lar gibbon varies from black and dark-brown to light brown sandy colors. The hands and feet are white colored, likewise a ring of white hair surrounds the black face. Both males and females can be all color variants, and the sexes also hardly differ in size." Wikipedia.
This morning, I drove over to Fish Creek Park to see if I could see the owlets that I had been told about yesterday at one of the nests. However, no sign of a nest or even Mom. A beautiful Robin posed for me, though. After that, I decided to drive just south west of the city along a few backroads. I was really hoping to see my first Mountain Bluebird of the year, and sure enough, I saw about four pairs. All were distant, except for one male, who flew straight towards me, perched in a nearby tree, and gave me a nice left pose and then a right pose, and then off he flew. These birds usually fly off in the opposite direction when they see my car coming, so I really appreciated this male. It's always such a shock to see a flash of brilliant blue after all the cold, snowy winter months. Simply breathtaking. Spring really IS here - for now!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lar_gibbon
"Lar gibbons are threatened in various ways: they are sometimes hunted for their meat, sometimes a parent is killed in order to capture young animals for pets and the largest danger is the loss of habitat.
The fur coloring of the lar gibbon varies from black and dark-brown to light brown sandy colors. The hands and feet are white colored, likewise a ring of white hair surrounds the black face. Both males and females can be all color variants, and the sexes also hardly differ in size." Wikipedia.
This morning, I drove over to Fish Creek Park to see if I could see the owlets that I had been told about yesterday at one of the nests. However, no sign of a nest or even Mom. A beautiful Robin posed for me, though. After that, I decided to drive just south west of the city along a few backroads. I was really hoping to see my first Mountain Bluebird of the year, and sure enough, I saw about four pairs. All were distant, except for one male, who flew straight towards me, perched in a nearby tree, and gave me a nice left pose and then a right pose, and then off he flew. These birds usually fly off in the opposite direction when they see my car coming, so I really appreciated this male. It's always such a shock to see a flash of brilliant blue after all the cold, snowy winter months. Simply breathtaking. Spring really IS here - for now!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lar_gibbon
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