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Ruddy breasted Crake (Porzana fusca) (ළයරතු විල් කෙරැළියා) Subspecies P.f. zeylanica is an uncommon breeding resident. Probably get augmented by winter visitors. Endangered species. Very shy & elusive bird and usually found solitary in dense vegetation of marshes. Captured at Diyasaru Park, Thalawatugoda, Sri Lanka
The first bird I saw and photographed in Monterey Bay was a Black Oystercatcher. I could actually see that bill from a quarter mile out, and he flew to a boulder not more than 30 feet from me. Then another. A lifer, I must have taken 50 or more shots, and returned the next year to repeat the process.
The black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) is a conspicuous black bird found on the shoreline of western North America. It ranges from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the coast of the Baja California peninsula.
Burrowing Owl
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A regular visitor that it was nice to see again, it was alone so think the juvenile has moved on.....
Great spotted woodpecker
Scientific name: Dendrocopos major
The great spotted woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker. It nests in holes that it excavates in trees in broadleaved woodlands, large parks and gardens. It has a distinctive, bouncing flight, but is mostly likely to be heard, rather than seen, as it 'drums' away at a tree trunk during its breeding displays. Great spotted woodpeckers eat insects and larvae, probing tree trunks with their extremely sticky tongues to extract them from their nests. In autumn and winter, they will switch to eating berries and nuts, and will visit peanut feeders in gardens.
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This image, courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), captures the glow of distant stars within NGC 5264, a dwarf galaxy located just over 15 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Serpent).
Dwarf galaxies like NGC 5264 typically possess around a billion stars — just 1 percent of the number of stars found within the Milky Way. They are usually found orbiting other larger galaxies such as our own, and are thought to form from the material left over from the messy formation of their larger cosmic relatives.
NGC 5264 clearly possesses an irregular shape — unlike the more common spiral or elliptical galaxies — with knots of blue star formation. Astronomers believe that this is due to the gravitational interactions between NGC 5264 and other galaxies nearby. These past flirtations sparked the formation of new generations of stars, which now glow in bright shades of blue.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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