Images Dated 25th June 2007

Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - with carcass bone in beak

CAN-2963
Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - with carcass bone in beak
Spain
Gypaetus barbatus
10 foot maximum wing-span. Only bone-eating specialist bird in the world - Found in Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Africa. Rare and declining in many areas. Recently reintroduced in the Alps. Adults feed on the bones of carcusses which they will often drop on flat rocks from the air to break them into smaller more easily swallowed pieces. Primarily high mountain dwellers, nests in caves and remote rocky cliffs and often engage in polyandry. Reddish color of adults comes from bathing in iron-rich springs and may confer status.
John Cancalosi
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© John Cancalosi/ardea.com

Red Kite - at nest with young

CAN-2953
Red Kite - at nest with young
Wales, UK
Milvus milvus
Protected in the UK and increasing its range. Mainly found in Wales. Found in western Europe and extreme northern Africa. Lives in open wooded land and varied country including forests or woods mixed with farmland, pasture or heathland. Historically occurred in cities and still quite closely associated with man visiting rich feeding areas on edges of towns e.g. rubbish dumps. Essentially eats carrion and small or medium-sized mammals and birds. Nests in trees. Mainly migratory in north and central Europe
John Cancalosi
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© John Cancalosi/ardea.com

Great PlainsToads - mating

CAN-2995
Great PlainsToads - mating
Arizona, USA
Bufo cognatus
Inhabits prairies or desert often breeding after heavy rains in summer in shallow temporary pools or quiet water or streams, marshes, irrigation ditches and flooded fields. Primarily a grassland species but frequests creosote bush desert mesquite woodland and sagebrush plains in the West
John Cancalosi
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© John Cancalosi/ardea.com