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Amazing male ibexes on first light on the cliff of the Ramon Crater, pure beauty...
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Amazing male ibexes on first light on the cliff of the Ramon Crater, pure beauty...
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We heard strange sounds from distance and than realized this is a large herd of wild boars.
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Anas poecilorhyncha is a common beautiful duck in India.
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We planted a new Victoria water lily in the Jerusalerm Botanical Gardens. A month later we had this Squacco Heron visiting, staying for some 3 days, often ambushing tiny fish on the victoria leaf. Unfortunately the fence behind was reflected in the water.
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Port Lincoln Parrot (Barnardius zonarius) is a common widespread bird in Australia. We were overwhelmed by the abundancy of parrots everywhere we went in Australia, a real joy...
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I was delighted to see this beautiful Euro-Asian geese. The water patterns made them even more impressive.
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Jackals were almost exterminated in the 50th, but now are common again. Here you can see one ni the northern Goaln Heights after a rare snow storm.
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Nubian ibex is a success stopy of animal conservation in Israel. Many of them roam the slopes in the Negev and Judean deserts. This one is posing on the cliff of the Ramon Crater, one of our best reserves.
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and another pose...
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with two kids...
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Nubian Ibex was rescued in Israel and today it is quite common in the Negev and Judean Deserts. Here u can see a female and youngs on the cliff of the Ramon Crater.
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The nubian idex was almost extinct in Israel in the 40s, 50s. But now is flourishing in the Dead Sea area (where this pic was taken) and in the Negev Highlands. Its always a pleasure seeing doznes of them grazing on herbaceous plants as well as on trees. This is a yound male scratching its foot.
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In the afternoon, herds of people leave Eig Gedi oasis reserve and animals can wonder about freely. This female is chewing Arundo reed.
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Nubian Ibex were rescued in Israel and today are quite common in hte Negev and Judean Deserts. Here u can see a female on the cliff of the Ramon Crater.
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Nubian Ibex are rare in the Middle East, inn Israel they enjoy protection. These were located in the far south of the country.
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the nubian ibex is a desert wild goat. In israel it was rescued form extinction and nowdays quite frequent in the Judean Desert as well as in parts if the Negev Desert. Their main predator, the leopard, is unfortunately almost extinct. At Ein Gedi reserve one can enjoy these majestic creatures, they are quite tame.
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We were happy to see these huge deer grazing on the early morning.
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It was lovely to see it grazing in pristine forest.
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Cervus nippon (Sika or Shika in Japanese), related to the Asian Red Deer (thanks to Ishi for the ID!).
There are so many deers in Nara's parks, this male was in the darkest place, so I used my flash and got a surprising result.
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Sika deer are common in Japan, each region has its own subspecies. In this species the spots remain in adults.
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These cute ducks are rather common in the gardens of Perth.