Beautiful Animals

Two bald eagles aim for the same post in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.

vonny, Amazing shot. I think of eagles soaring, not fighting over a rock. Nothing wrong with doing both.

That's in this month's National Geographic. Read the article this morning on the train.

The moment two female tigers came to blows in a bitter dispute over territory.

To all who post on Beautiful Animals -



Hoping you are having a wonderfully happy Christmas and wishing you all a healthy and prosperous New Year.

Thank you.

Those are my wishes for everyone here also, Vonny.

Now that's a saver..

Very glad to see you, Phoe.

Wimmins!
We can get aggressive.

Thank you, dear Vonny. I've had a nice day, and coming home to beautiful animal pictures tops it off.

Red-billed Chough at Paradise Park, Cornwall, UK (R Hales)

Also - about Operation Chough -
http://www.paradisepark.org.uk/choughs/index.html

Hi, Frankie, best wishes to you too.

(I have to wait to post this, flood prevention is happening)

A heron carrying sticks for a nest at Regent's Park, London

These siblings share a hug after an exhausting play session.

vonny, Thanks for the thoughtful holiday wishes. I send the same right back atcha.

vonny and osso, Merci for the pics.

Primates will be primates:

A tiger cub plays with his sister in a river at the Tiger Canyons wildlife park in Philippolis near Bloemfontein, South Africa.

From beavers to birds and a baby rhino, the Guardian picture desk has selected its pick of the year’s animals photographs -
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/dec/26/animals-photographs-of-the-year-2014

some of them (there are lots more, including baby pandas) -



A family of wild beavers on the Rosenheim near Munich, Germany
Photograph: Kutschenreiter/Arco/Solent



Masked puffer seen underwater in Red Sea, Egypt
Photograph: Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Media



An eagle owl fluffs out its feathers as it sits on one foot on a branch in its enclosure at the Grugapark, Germany
Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters



One of the first seal pups of the season to have been born at the site of one of England’s biggest colonies, Blakeney Point
Photograph: Justin Minns/The National Trust/PA

The literature claims this bird is half male and half female.

Happy Holidays to all the animal lovers here.

Grazie tutti for the wonderful pics. A transgender boid? Who knew?

Happy New Year to everybody.

Caribou: