also called Giraffe Gazelle or Giraffe-necked Gazelle or Antelope;

a medium-sized antelope with a long thin neck and a small head; it often feeds while standing on the hind legs and

lives in arid areas, mainly in Northern Kenya

litocranius walleri

gerenoek of girafgazelle

gérénuk ou gazelle de Walter ou antilope girafe

Giraffengazellen oder Gerenuk

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Also called Red-breasted Toucan...

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Also called white Egret elsewhere

Also known as the Eastern Gray Squirrel, native to eastern North America where it is an essential natural forester. Less arboreal than then the Red Squirrel as the grey tends to feed extensively on the ground. Its not their fault that there over here in the UK that one lie's with the worlds most destructive and most dangerous animal on the planet called the human. This is one of the first wild mammals that children can get to see regally and so sometimes help encourage them to get into nature.

also called European Starting or just Starling

sturnus vulgaris

spreeuw

Etourneau sansonnet

Star

estornino pinto`

storno comune

estorninho-malhado

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also called Eurasian Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

kleine karekiet

rousserolle effarvatte

Teichrohrsänger

Carricero Común

Cannaiola

Rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços

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also called Common Bullfinch or Eurasian Bullfinch

pyrrhula pyrrhula

goudvink

bouvreuil pivoine

Gimpel

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also called Wood Nuthatch or Nuthatch

sitta europaea

boomklever

sittelle torchepot

Kleiber

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Also known as the Coontie Hairstreak. Named after the Caterpillars toxic food plant. These toxins will be passed right on up to the adult stage. The adult butterflies vivid colours warns predators that this species is distaistfull. Found from Southeastern Florida, Bahamas, Cuba and the Cayman Islands.

Also known as the Greek Shoemaker. Male seen here with orange spots and purplish margins on the hind wings,while the female has yellowish markings on her hind wings. Found from Central and Southern America and the West Indies.

also called Eurasian Kingfisher

alcedo atthis

ijsvogel

martin-pêcheur d'Europe

Eisvogel

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Also called Olive Bee-eater.

Outjo, Namibia

also called Common Chaffinch

fringilla coelebs

vink

pinson des arbres

Buchfink

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Also known as Black-backed Kingfisher or Three-toed Kingfisher...

Scarce or rare, but possibly under-recorded owing to its secretive habits.

Cat Tien, Vietnam

Also known as the Snowdon group, Eryri, Snowdonia North Wales, Y Lliwedd off to the left along the low ridge, out of sight.

This panorama is made up of 4 photos stitched in ICE, Image Composite Editor.

also called European Robin

erithacus rubecula

roodborst of roodborstje

rouge-gorge familier

Rotkehlchen

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Also known as Common Kestrel.

Also taken not to long ago folks and thought it deserved a look.

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Also known as the Torx drive. These are various sizes of torx drives from T15 up to T40. Shot for Macro Mondays "Stars" theme.

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Also called Blue Hawker

also called European Starling or just Starling

sturnus vulgaris

spreeuw

étourneau sansonnet

Star

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also called Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

gekraagde roodstaart

Rougequeue à front blanc

Gartenrotschwanz

Colirrojo Real

Codirosso comune

Rabirruivo-de-testa-branca

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Also in West Lafayette, IN.

Peregrine Falcon - Falco Peregrinus

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 320 km/h (200 mph) during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV programme, the highest measured speed of a peregrine falcon is 389 km/h (242 mph).

The peregrine's breeding range includes land regions from the Arctic tundra to the tropics. It can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, except extreme polar regions, very high mountains, and most tropical rainforests; the only major ice-free landmass from which it is entirely absent is New Zealand. This makes it the world's most widespread raptor, and one of the most widely found bird species. In fact, the only land-based bird species found over a larger geographic area is not always naturally occurring, but one widely introduced by humans, the rock pigeon, which in turn now supports many peregrine populations as a prey species. The peregrine is a highly successful example of urban wildlife in much of its range, taking advantage of tall buildings as nest sites and an abundance of prey such as pigeons and ducks. Both the English and scientific names of this species mean "wandering falcon," referring to the migratory habits of many northern populations. Experts recognize 17 to 19 subspecies, which vary in appearance and range; disagreement exists over whether the distinctive Barbary falcon is represented by two subspecies of Falco peregrinus, or is a separate species, F. pelegrinoides. The two species' divergence is relatively recent, during the time of the last ice age, therefore the genetic differential between them (and also the difference in their appearance) is relatively tiny. They are only about 0.6–0.8% genetically differentiated.

While its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the peregrine will occasionally hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects. Reaching sexual maturity at one year, it mates for life and nests in a scrape, normally on cliff edges or, in recent times, on tall human-made structures. The peregrine falcon became an endangered species in many areas because of the widespread use of certain pesticides, especially DDT. Since the ban on DDT from the early 1970s, populations have recovered, supported by large-scale protection of nesting places and releases to the wild.

The peregrine falcon is a well respected falconry bird due to its strong hunting ability, high trainability, versatility, and – in recent years – availability via captive breeding. It is effective on most game bird species, from small to large.

Population:

UK breeding:

1,500 pairs

Kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis

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The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.

This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.

The female is identical in appearance to the male except that her lower mandible is orange-red with a black tip. The juvenile is similar to the adult, but with duller and greener upperparts and paler underparts. Its bill is black, and the legs are also initially black. Feathers are moulted gradually between July and November with the main flight feathers taking 90–100 days to moult and regrow. Some that moult late may suspend their moult during cold winter weather.

The flight of the kingfisher is fast, direct and usually low over water. The short rounded wings whirr rapidly, and a bird flying away shows an electric-blue "flash" down its back.

The common kingfisher is widely distributed over Europe, Asia, and North Africa, mainly south of 60°N. It is a common breeding species over much of its vast Eurasian range, but in North Africa it is mainly a winter visitor, although it is a scarce breeding resident in coastal Morocco and Tunisia. In temperate regions, this kingfisher inhabits clear, slow-flowing streams and rivers, and lakes with well-vegetated banks. It frequents scrubs and bushes with overhanging branches close to shallow open water in which it hunts. In winter it is more coastal, often feeding in estuaries or harbours and along rocky seashores. Tropical populations are found by slow-flowing rivers, in mangrove creeks and in swamps.

Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river. It is solitary for most of the year, roosting alone in heavy cover. If another kingfisher enters its territory, both birds display from perches, and fights may occur, in which a bird will grab the other's beak and try to hold it under water. Pairs form in the autumn but each bird retains a separate territory, generally at least 1 km (0.62 mi) long, but up to 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and territories are not merged until the spring.

Very few birds live longer than one breeding season. The oldest bird on record was 21 years.

They are also listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act offering them additional protection.

Population:

UK breeding:

3,800-6,400 pairs

also called Alibey Island, is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically called the Εκατόνησα (Hekatonisa) or Μοσχονήσια (Moschonisia) archipelago in Greek. It lies in the Edremit Gulf on the Turkey's northwestern coast, off the coast of Ayvalık in Balıkesir Province, Turkey,

Also known as bachelor's button. In the past it grew as a weed in cornfields, hence its name.

National flower of Estonia also known as ryeflower as it grows in ryefields. ( thanks Lauri)

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also called European Robin

erithacus rubecula

roodborst of roodborstje

rouge-gorge familier

Rotkehlchen

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Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte[8]) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.

Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt.[9] The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha). IMGP1812PDA15

Read also the comment of the last entry about Matera. This place is really remarkable. It is situated on a deep gorge. On the opposite side there are viewpoints from which a great view of Matera is possible.

Also known as the Golden Browed Bulbul, this is an endemic bird of South India and Sri Lanka. The bird is bright yellow and easy to identify in the bush and canopy where they are sighted. Apparently, this subspecies of the bird we shot in the Malabar region / Western Coast is a bit paler than the subspecies on the other coast - though I haven't seen it yet.

The birds are of the same size as other bulbuls - maybe 20 cms - and are found in small groups. We sighted several around fruiting trees such as wild berries, Figs and they were quite loud during the time. The calls were a tad easy to remember and just like other bulbuls they were noisy. This is the start of their breeding season and hence I think they were out more than usual.

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Also known as Ponte Palota. Comacchio’s most famous bridge built by Giovanni Pietro da Lugano to a design by Luca Danese of Ravenna.

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Not such a sharp shot but this was taken through the window.

Also known as the Clachan Bridge, it is a simple hump-backed bridge spanning the Clachan Sound, 13 kilometres southwest of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It links the west coast of the Scottish mainland to the island of Seil.

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Rouzic Island, also called Bird Island, is part of the "Sept Îles" archipelago and is located in the English Channel, off the "Côte de Granit Rose". Here you are at the heart of the most important seabird colony in France. The archipelago is home to 27 species of nesting birds, including 15 species of seabirds and the only French Northern Gannet colony made up of more than 24,500 pairs!

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Also known as the Valley View, this vista gives a great ground level view of the Yosemite Valley. While not as expansive as the Tunnel View, this vista has a lot of great compositions and vantage points from which to shoot from and emphasize different features within your frame. And in the winter, you get the bonus of snow and fog on the river which can add an air of mystery to your composition.

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Let's work hard this week starting with today! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

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Also know as Arctic Skua, Arctic Jaeger or Parasitic Skua...

Photo taken at Fjallsárlón Glacier Parking area... South Iceland

Also named: Come with me

...also can be found in paradise:).

Long Island. Whitsundays, Australia.

Nikon D810 + Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D

Also known as Chestnut-tailed Minla...

Mandal, Uttarakhand, India

also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker

Also known as Marbled Teal

Also known as a Shingleback lizard or Stumpy-tail lizard (Tiliqua rugosa).

Port Wakefielsd, South Australia

One never knows what lies underneath, till they take an adventure and people make strange choices, by their human behaviour, in trying to see what's underneath the surface in ourselves.

So, please do not take the plunge? - Because you might not surface!

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also called; eared grebe

Also referred to as the grey ghost. He is much more elusive than the female. Sometimes people mistake him for a Short-eared owl.

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Also known as the Little Banded Goshawk, this is a ferocious raptor that attacks birds in their nests deep inside canopy. The birds are patient and will wait for the right moment to strike. Often they attack the chicks in the nests, or even the parents. The birds are common in the countryside and seen a lot, but hard to get a decent shot.

Shot this on a remote countryside road in the neighbouring state where we went to see the Green Avadavats. The Shikra was drinking water collected on the road from the previous night's rain. The bird must have been busy during the daytime raiding nests since it is nesting season and also it is Shikra's nesting time as well.

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