Images Dated 26th June 2007

Great Horned Owl - with young in nest in Saguaro Cactus

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Great Horned Owl - with young in nest in Saguaro Cactus
Arizona, USA
Bubo virginianus
The "Cat Owl" a really large owl with ear tufts or "horns". Eats rodents, birds, reptiles, fish and large insects
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Desert Tortoise - eating fruit of pricky pear cactus

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Desert Tortoise - eating fruit of pricky pear cactus
Arizona, USA
Gopherus agassizii
A completely terrestrial desert species requiring firm ground for construction of burrows, frequents desert oases, riverbands, washes, dunes, and occasionally rocky slopes. Burrows often found at bases of bushes may be 3 to 30 feet long and may be occupied by one to many individuals. Short tunnels afford temporary shelter and long ones called dens used for estivation and hibernation. Eats herb, grasses or cactii. Found from southern Nevada south into Mexico and southwest Arizona west to Mojave Desert
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Alpine Ibex - males fighting

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Alpine Ibex - males fighting
Switzerland
Capa ibex
Confined to high mountains of the Alps (2000-3500 m). Both sexes have horns although females are much smaller. Grazes on grasses and herbs of alpine and in forests browses on trees
John Cancalosi
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