A seagul gazes into my lens at the Serpentine in London, England.
A swan passes by on the river Thames over a timespan of 3 seconds in London, England.
NANTOU, TAIWAN
The Taiwan yuhina is a small songbird endemic to Taiwan. They were present in abundance, eating berries and doing what birds do. Like flying.
SINGAPORE ZOO, SINGAPORE
The toucan originates from parts of Central and South America. The bill of the toucan has the capacity to shed heat (up to 60% of the birds resting heat) though it isn’t possible to turn it on or off, so it has to be covered up at night (by the wings) to insulate and reduce the heat loss (thanks wiki!).
SINGAPORE ZOO, SINGAPORE
Watching these orangutans up close makes one realise how human they really behave. Their natural habitats are aggressively being cleared to make room for agriculture, the most impactful being palm oil plantations. They have lost half of their habitat since 1994 (WWF).
“Orang” and “hutan” are Malay words for “person” and “forest”. The orangutans are the only great apes of Asia and live in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but shot here in the Singapore Zoo.
Thinking this was an albino peacock, the eyes were actually dark, most likely making the condition leucism (an overall reduction in different types of pigment) which is apparently much more common. The peacock jumped on stage after a presenter at Singapore Zoo had finished his talk and promptly showed off his feathers.
