Puffballs
A strange fungus
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
The tiniest mushrooms I ever saw : )
Dying Venus
Like a conical Asian hat
Beauty in the horse world
Sacred Lotus seedpod
Taken on a lovely spring day, ha
All in a row
Growing in unexpected places
Chocolate Pansy, Chocolate Soldier / Junonia iphit…
Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyomi…
Invasive beauty
Seen on a Christmas Bird Count
Like an old, married couple
Gull
Slime Mold, Fuligo septica
Mushroom!!!
Seashell spiral
What kind of horse am I
Wood Nymph sp.
An attractive little cluster
Passing the time
Tangled
Chocolate bunny
Dark chocolate bunny with milk chocolate eyes
Oak leaf and insect gall
Pet bunny chewing on wood
A well looked after barn
Chocolate Pansy / Chocolate Soldier / Junonia iphi…
Fox Sparrow / Passerella iliaca, Tadoussac, Quebec
Whiskey & Titan
Hanging on to their last days
Hanging
Upside down
Colour in a colourless world
Colour in a world of white
I'm so beautiful
Little brown Puffball
A sprinkling of mushrooms
In the light
Texture
Little fungus cup
The Morel of the story is ...
Bliss without guilt
Rising from the forest floor
Female Red-winged Blackbird
Owl Butterfly
Common Alpine Butterfly
Autumn leaves
Start of sunset
Boreal Chickadee
Location
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
179 visits
White-handed Gibbon
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
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.