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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis
I had to put 'wild' in the title to distinguish it from all other Giant Panda spotting that are of captive animals. It's not a great photo but this is the best I could do. Giant Pandas are extremely difficult to see in the wild and after tracking them for 5 days, these were the best photos I got.
The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. This is the subspecies in Shaanxi province.
I spent 10 days in Foping Reserve in the Qinling Mountains near the city of Xian. We tracked pandas 5 different days while I was there. We only spotted them 2 times in the 5 days and they were always in dense bamboo. Even though my photos aren't as clear as I hoped, I'm still super happy that I got to see such a rare animal in its native habitat.
Lat: 33.52, Long: 107.93
Spotted on Nov 23, 2011
Submitted on Mar 24, 2012
8 Comments
Thank you Stian and thanks for appreciating and commenting.
Fantastic!
Thanks a lot as always Carol.
This is so fantastic!
Thanks a lot! @achammad, your welcome and thank you too, this was really something special to see in the wild.
Genial
wonderful ,
And your spotting is expensive! thanks for sharing this and congrats you've found that one in the wild!