Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) crossing a fallen tree over a river, Kedrovaya, Pad Reserve, Far East Russia 1987

Yuri Shibnev / Footprints of Harvest mouse {Micromys minutus} in snow leading to print where bird landed and took mouse, far east Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Spring landscape, Primorskiy, Siberia, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Bikin river in autumn landscape, Primorskiy, Siberia, Far east Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) on tree trunk, Ussuriland, South Primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian flying squirrel food hoard (Pteromys volans) Russia Ussuriland, South Primorskiy

Yuri Shibnev / Tracks of European river otter in snow. {Lutra lutra} far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Autumn landscape with mist over woodland, Primorskiy, Siberia, Far east Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Udege family group, Primorskiy, Siberia, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), blood on face from feeding. Ussuriland, South Primorsky Region, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard with kill near den, Kedrovapad Nature Rserve, Far East Russia, Ussuriland, South Primorskiy Region

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard with kill near den. Kedrovapad Nature Reserve Far East Russia, Ussuriland, South Primorskiy Region. Note ear tags

Yuri Shibnev / Asiatic paradise flycatcher {Tersiphone paradisi} feeding young at nest, southern Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Two Oriental / Eastern turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) chicks in nest, South Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Oriental / Eastern turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) nest with two eggs in it, South Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Two Hooded crane (Grus monacha) chicks in nest, Ussuriland, Far East Russia, vulnerable species

Yuri Shibnev / Yellow breasted bunting {Emberiza aureola} perched, Primorskiy, Far East Russia, Vulnerable species

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian lily flowers {Lilium pensylvanicum} Ussuriland, Primorski, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Marsh marigold {Caltha silvestris} flowering in woodlands, Ussuriland, Primorsky, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Saxifrage plant {Chrysosplenium pilosum} Ussuriland, Primorskiy, Far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Tracks made by Harvest mouse {Micromys minutus} running between burrows in snow, Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Oriental white stork {Ciconia boyciana} at nest with chicks, Primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Japanese tree frog {Hyla japonica} on red berries, Ussuriland, Primorsky, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Wall lizard {Takydromus wolteri} Ussuriland, South primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Autumn tree reflections in woodland pond with fallen leaves, Ussuriland, Primorsky, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Icicles hanging from twig onto river.

Yuri Shibnev / Twinleaf {Jeffersonia dubia} flowering, Ussuriland, Primorski, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Mistletoe berries {Viscum coloratum} Ussuriland, Primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Mistletoe berries {Viscum coloratum} Ussuriland, Primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Rhododendron {Rhododendron mucronulatum} flowers, Ussuriland, South Primorskyi, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Long horned beetle larva in wood (Callipogon relictus) Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Long horned beetle larva in wood (Callipogon relictus) Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Vinous throated parrotbill {Paradoxornis webbianus} feeding young at ground nest, Ussuriland, Primorshkiy, SE Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / Children with tame Roe deer {Capreolus capreolus} "Kedrovaya Pad" Zapovednik / Reserve, Ussuriland, Primorsky, SE Siberia, far east Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / Verkniy Pereval village on the Bikin river in snow, Ussuriland, Primorsky, Siberia, far east Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / Boris Konstantinovich Shibnev, leader of Ussurian nature conservation, Birkin river, Ussuriland, Primorsky, SE Siberia, Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / River Birkin at dawn, Ussuriland, Primorsky, SE Siberia, far east Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / Liana vine {Actinidia sp} "Kedrovaya Pad" Nature reserve, S Ussuriland, far east Russia

YURI SHIBNEV / Forest fire, Ussuriland, Primorsky, SE Siberia, far east Russia

Konstantin Mikhailov / Wildlife photographer, Yuri Shibnev, in Sikhote-Alin mountainous plateau, Siberia, Russia (Ussuriland).

YURI SHIBNEV / Old-growth Fir-Spruce forests of SE Siberia with Yeddo Spruce (Picea jezoensis) in Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Ussuriland, Primorsky, far east Russia. Habitat of Musk Deer and Lynx

Konstantin Mikhailov / Wildlife photographer, Yuri Shibnev, with camouflage netting, Siberia, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Brown mamushi {Agkistrodon saxatilis} Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Yellow rumped flycatcher at nest hole {Ficedula zanthopygia} Primorskiy, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Shrenk's reed warbler at nest {Acrocephalus bistrigiceps} Ussuriland, Primorskiy, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Shrenk's reed warbler at nest {Acrocephalus bistrigiceps} feeding chicks, Ussuriland, Primorskiy, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Japanese reed bunting {Emberiza yessoensis} adult perching on grass with food in beak, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Grey headed / Chestnut eared bunting {Emberiza fucata} perching on grass with food in beak, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Collared Scops Owl {Otus bakkamoena lempiji} camouflaged in tree, South Primorsky, Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Grey headed / Chestnut eared bunting {Emberiza fucata} egg and European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} egg in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Six Black faced bunting {Emberiza spodocephala} eggs in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Six Pallas' leaf warbler {Phylloscopus proregulus} eggs in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian blue robin {Eritacus / Luscinia cyane} adult feeding chicks at nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Seven Hazel grouse {Tetrastes bonasia} eggs in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Five Grey backed thrush eggs in nest {Turdus hortulorum} South Primorsky Region, far east Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Four Japanese reed bunting eggs in nest {Emberiza yessoensis} South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Grey backed thrush {Turdus hortulorum} adult on nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Five Tristram's bunting {Emberiza tristrami} eggs in nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Two newborn Grey backed thrush chicks and eggs in nest {Turdus hortulorum} South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Japanese reed bunting {Emberiza yessoensis} adult feeding chicks at nest, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Green backed heron {Butorides striatus} adult in nest with chick, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Grey headed / Chestnut eared bunting {Emberiza fucata} adult at nest with five chicks, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Brown hawk owl {Ninox scutulata} perching in tree, South Primorsky Region, far east Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian flying squirrel {Pteromys volans} food cache, Ussuriland, South Primorskiy, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Siberian flying squirrels {Pteromys volans} on tree trunk Ussuriland, South Primorskiy, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Red flanked bluetail {Tarsiger cyanurus} with caterpillar prey, Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Oriental honey buzzard {Pernis ptilorhynchus} with chick at nest, Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Grey frog / Chinese sparrow hawk {Accipiter soloensis} at nest with chicks, Ussuriland, Primorskiy, E Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard {Panthera pardus orientalis) with radio collar, Ussuriland, Far East Russia 1992

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) feeding on kill near den, Kedrovapad NR, Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) feeding on kill near den, Kedrovapad NR, Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Den site of wild Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovapad NR, Far East Russia,

Yuri Shibnev / Tracks of wild Amur leopard in snow (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovapad NR, Far East Russia,

Yuri Shibnev / Researcher fixes radio collar to Amur leopard {Panthera pardus orientalis) Ussuriland, Far East Russia 1992

Yuri Shibnev / Researcher fixes radio collar to Amur leopard {Panthera pardus orientalis) Ussuriland, Far East Russia 1992

Yuri Shibnev / Wild Amur leopard entering den (Panthera pardus orientalis) Kedrovapad NR, Far East Russia,

Yuri Shibnev / Common treecreeper {Certhia familiaris} at nest in tree bark, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Pair of Mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata) Ussuriland, South Primorskiy, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Morning mist over forest, Ussuri land, Primorskiy region, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Udege couple in traditional clothing sitting outside traditional tent, Sikhote Alin, Primorsky region, Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Fish (Taimens and Lenoks) caught in river, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Freshwater locally caught fish being smoked in traditional way, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Autumn broadleaf woodland scenic, Primorsky region, Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Early spring landscape with conifers with slight dusting of snow still, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Morning mist above taiga forest in Autumn, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Disruption and deforestation at logging camp in Ussuri Forest, Primorskiy Region, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Forest fire within Kedrovapad NR, Primorsky region, Ussuriland, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Autumn river landscape in broadleaf forest, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Early spring landscape before the snow melt, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Aerial view of industrial saw mill, Verhni Pereval, Primorsky, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Looking out onto early spring woodland landscape, Primorsky region, Far East Russia (Ussuriland).

Yuri Shibnev / Autumn woodland along Birkin river, Primorskiy region, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Brown flycatcher {Muscicapa latirostris} eggs in nest, Ussuriland, Primorsky Krai, Far East Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Grey backed thrush {Turdus hortulorum} feeding chicks at nest, Far East Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Long tailed rose finch {Uragus sibiricus} nest with eggs, Ussuriland, Far East Russia.

Yuri Shibnev / Yellow legged button quail {Turnix tanki} eggs in nest, Ussuriland, Far East Russia.