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    Isobel

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    This part of Colombia, 70Kms (1h 40mins, aprox) away from any urban area, and 15 minutes on car from the next village, is rich with exotic species due to it's natural weather and soil properties and artificial water canals, plantations and crops. The land is ripe with all kind of animals, from invertebrates pullulating the soil, wood, and plants, to small birds, reptiles and little mammals that feed from them. Predators like snakes and hawks also dwell in these lands. This Blue-winged Parrotlet i found struggling in the mud not being able to walk or move his feet properly. Falling from it's nest, bumping against a wall or being chased and hurt by another animal, are all possiblities in this enviroment. Two days after i found him and tried to take care of him, he died before i could afford to take him someplace he could get treatment. by: isabel Views[205] When he was just a pup, Here we see a tobacco field just blossoming, then a corn field ready to be sown by the machines, and behind all of these a crop residual burning. by: isabel Views[217] At the end of the day, on a tree that was struck dead by lightning, a family of hawks gathers after calling each other by way of it's species istinctive screechings and gestures. There, they rest for a while before returning to yet another tree, this time a leafy one where they have built their nests, to spend the night. by: isabel Views[145] On a locality mostly destined to harvesting, farmers have build artificial rivers for irrigation and disposal of liquid residuals; but to animals, these waters bring an entirely diferent kind of use, in the case of this dog
     

    Photos: La unión, Valle del Cauca.

    Thursday, 20 Oct 2011 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Ever since I started studying Plastic Arts and got my way around photography I have not once steered away from it as a tool to show the world as I see it and express my feelings. I’m a 23 year old girl from Colombia and one of the things I would like ... Read more >
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    At the end of the day, on a tree that was struck dead by lightning, a family of hawks gathers after calling each other by way of it's species istinctive screechings and gestures. There, they rest for a while before returning to yet another tree, this time a leafy one where they have built their nests, to spend the night.

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