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The yellow-throated toucan (ramphastos ambiguus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Ramphastidae, the toucans, toucanets, and aracaris. It is found from Honduras south into northern South America and beyond to Peru. Subspecies "Chestnut-mandibled" toucan, R. a. swainsonii - from southwestern Colombia on the eastern slope of the Andes to south-central Peru. The "chestnut mandibled" R. a. swainsonii primarily inhabits lowland evergreen primary forest and also occurs in gallery forest, older secondary forest, and well-treed parks and gardens. It is primarily a fruit eater, with small amounts of animal matter such as insects and other arthropods, small lizards, and the eggs and young of other birds.

Costa Rica, La Fortuna

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Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of life zones that allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Zion National Park includes mountains, canyons, buttes, mesas, monoliths, rivers, slot canyons, and natural arches.
Located just off Interstate 15, The Kolob Canyon section of Zion National Park is home to spectacular finger canyons with soaring cliffs of red Navajo sandstone and deep pocket canyons. Kolob may be the little known portion of Zion National Park but it is as spectacular as the main canyons of Zion proper. Kolob is home to a unique geological history and diverse animal and plant life.
The Taylor Creek Trail is a hiking highlight in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion and leads to the famous Double Arch Alcove. 8.0-km out-and-back trail is generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2-3 hours complete.

United Sates, Zion National Park, Kolob Canyon

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The golden-hooded tanager (stilpnia larvata) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador. Golden-hooded tanagers occur in pairs, family groups or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. They eat certain small fruit (e.g. of trophis racemosa (moraceae)) usually swallowed whole, and insects are also taken.

Costa Rica, Boca Tapada

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Spirit Island is a tiny tied island in Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. This landmark is the destination of boat trips across Maligne Lake, a view many people associate with the Canadian Rockies. Spirit Island enjoys worldwide reputation, and is one of the most famous and photographed views of the Canadian Rockies. Maligne Lake boat cruises offer close views of the island.
Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning 11,000 km2. The park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, together with the other national and provincial parks that form the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, for the mountain landscapes containing mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons, and limestone caves as well as fossils found here.
It was rainy day.

Canada, Jasper National Park

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The Columbian ground squirrel (urocitellus columbianus) is a species of rodent common in certain regions of Canada and the northwestern United States. It is the second largest member of the genus Urocitellus, which is part of the tribe Marmotini, along with marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other holarctic ground squirrels. They are stout, with short dense fur, which is characteristically tawny across the bridge of the nose. Residing in mountainous terrain and high plains in northern latitudes, they hibernate for 8 to 9 months of the year in burrows, which may be used for many years. They are emaciated when emerging in the spring.

Canada, Banff National Park

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Mount Andromeda, 3450m. is located within the Columbia Icefield on the boundary of Banff and Jasper national parks. The mountain can be seen from the Icefields Parkway (#93) near Sunwapta Pass and is 2.3 km WSW of Mount Athabasca.
Wilcox Ridge moderate hike has stunning views of the Athabasca Glacier along with Mount Andromeda, Mount Athabasca, Mount Kitchener and the ice-capped Snow Dome.
Telelens.

Canada, Jasper National Park

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The collared aracari (teroglossus torquatus) is a near-passerine bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is found from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. The collared aracari's diet is mostly fruit but it also feeds on large insects, the eggs and nestlings of other birds, and other small vertebrates. It mostly forages from the forest's mid level to the canopy but will feed on fruits in the understory. They glean fruit by stretching from a perch, bending, and even hanging upside down. They regurgitate large fruit seeds which often remain viable.

Costa Rica, Boca Tapada

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Bryce Canyon National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rock. The red, orange, and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. The rim at Bryce varies from 2,400 to 2,700 m.
The Peekaboo Loop Trail is about 8.9 km long loop trail, starting at Bryce Point. The Peekaboo Loop descends 204 meters from Bryce Point to this hoodoo-filled loop trail before ascending back up to Bryce Point.
Early morning.

United States, Bryce Canyon National Park

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The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (dessonornis humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The white-throated robin-chat is mainly insectivorous but also eats small vertebrates and some plant material. Its diet includes beetles, termites, ants, crickets, caterpillars, bugs, spiders and millipedes. It also consumes the fruits of the woolly caper-bush, the tassel-berry, the sand raisin, the magic guarrie and the dune guarrie.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is a Costa Rican reserve located along the Cordillera de Tilarán within the Puntarenas and Alajuela provinces. Named after the nearby town of Monteverde and founded in 1972, the Reserve consists of over 10,500 hectares of cloud forest. It draws roughly 70,000 visitors a year. The reserve consists of six life zones, 90% of which are virgin forest. A high biodiversity area, consisting of over 2,500 plant species (including the most orchid species in a single place), 100 species of mammals, 400 bird species, 120 reptilian and amphibian species, and thousands of insects, has drawn both scientists and tourists alike.

Costa Rica, Santa Elena Cloudforest Reserve

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There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grevy's zebra and the mountain zebra.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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Lofoten is an archipelago in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten is known for a distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches.
Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle and is well known for its natural beauty within Norway.
The hike to Kvalvika and Ryten attracts a lot of people. This is in typical Lofoten nature, steep mountains cliffs, emerald green sea and an impressive sandy beach.

Norway, Moskenesøya, Ryten

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The green honeycreeper (chlorophanes spiza) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical from southern Mexico south to Brazil.
It is considered to be mostly an omnivore with its diet consisting mainly of fruit and some arthropods as well as nectar.

Costa Rica, La Fortuna

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The African jacana (actophilornis africanus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It has long toes and long claws that enables it to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, its preferred habitat. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. African jacanas feed on insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the surface of the water.

Gambia, Kotu

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The African fish eagle (icthyophaga vocifer) or the African sea eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur. It is the national bird of Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The African fish eagle feeds mainly on fish, which it swoops down upon from a perch in a tree, snatching the prey from the water with its large, clawed talons. The eagle then flies back to its perch to eat its catch. Like other sea eagles, the African fish eagle has structures on its toes called spiricules that allow it to grasp fish and other slippery prey.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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Photo is taken in Bolivia, close to Chilean border, at altitude 4500m.

Bolivia, Siloli Desert

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Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. These magnificent mammals spend between 12 to 18 hours eating grass, plants and fruit every single day!
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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Goosenecks State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Utah, overlooking a deep meander of the San Juan River. The park is located near the southern border of the state a short distance from Mexican Hat, Utah.

United States, Goosenecks State Park

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The brown-hooded parrot (pyrilia haematotis) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from Mexico to Colombia. The brown-hooded parrot forages in the canopy and forest edge. Its diet is mostly fruits and seeds from trees and epiphytes; figs (Ficus) appear to be favored. It has also been observed feeding on mistletoe leaves.

Costa Rica, Boca Tapada

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Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, 6 km north of Moab, Utah. More than 2000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, as well as a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world.
Devils Garden is an area of Arches National Park, located near Moab, Utah, United States, that features a series of rock fins and arches formed by erosion. The Devils Garden Trail, including more primitive sections and spurs, meanders through the area for 11.6 km. The trailhead leads directly to Landscape Arch after 1.3 km outbound hike, while Tunnel Arch and Pine Tree Arch can be seen on spur trails on the way to Landscape Arch.
Early morning.

United States, Arches National Park

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