Yes, absolutely! I grabbed my camera and had my teleobjective on for birds but i did not need any zoom at all. In fact, i only got this one picture where the whole bird is in frame
Rana pyrenaica is considered as endangered because of its small habitat in the pyrenees. Additionally the known populations are seperated from each other due to loss of habitat. We searched for this little fellow around Ordesa and found it next to the hiking trail. There is a little stream, and they love the moving and oxygen rich water. The end of the hike was a big waterfall where we found egg clutches! Really happy about that as this was the first evidence of reproduction at this locality 🐸
Yes! They always left when we were coming close. We were there with a whole student group and had the full equipment to capture venomous snakes (gloves, fishing nets, terrarium). That was the only way to get some good close up pictures. If i had not been on a guided tour for biology students, i would have never found a snake, so dont worry about them! ☺️
Thats going to be great! I was super impressed by their size and how cool they look in real life. It was my first time seeing vultures up close in nature and they are now my favourite birds because of this experience :)
Also a pretty beautiful species! What did you do with these animals? I read that there ist not much known about their behaviour and generel life.
Yes! It was pretty good weather and they all came out to sunbathe in the morning. We actually only found them on the way up because the hike is pretty steep and you have to go slow. On the way down we did not see snakes, but it was also getting dark.
More pictures in the comments
Really cool! Did you do some more sequencing? And was the phylogenetic group what you expected or did the sequencing form new relationships?