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Red Legged Partridge - Alectoris Rufa aka French Partridge
The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family.
It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge.
This partridge breeds naturally in southwestern Europe (France, Iberia and northwest Italy). It has become naturalised in flat areas of England and Wales, where it was introduced as a game species, and has been seen breeding as far north as Cumbria and eastern Yorkshire and the western Isle of Man. It is replaced in southeastern Europe by the very similar rock partridge (Alectoris graeca). It is a non-migratory terrestrial species, which forms flocks outside the breeding season.
This species breeds on dry lowlands, such as farmland and open stony areas, laying its eggs in a ground nest.
The natural range of the red-legged partridge is France, Spain and Portugal. However, it was introduced from France to Great Britain in the 18th century, and has since become an important gamebird there. As it is a mediterranean species, it thrives in hot, dry areas with sandy soil. The ability to breed two clutches simultaneously has led to it being extensively reared in captivity, and released for shooting. The breeding of chukars (Alectoris chukar) and red-legged/chukar hybrids is prohibited, due to its impact on wild populations of red-legs. The red-legged partridge is believed to be in decline across its range.
A New Holland honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae feeding on a hybrid Grevillea, Grevillea Honey Gem. New Holland honeyeaters are too large to feed while hovering.
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The yellow-crowned night heron, is one of two species of night heron. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a worldwide distribution, the yellow-crowned is restricted to the Americas. [Credit Wikipedia] This bird was feeding dangerously close to a couple of alligators.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
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Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
An apparently judgmental crested screamer (Chauna torquata) at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The species inhabits freshwater wetlands in a number of countries in South America.
Beautiful Sunset on Pine Island, with the gulls and other seabirds.
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Spotted near Boulder, Colorado.
I've been trying to get close to one of these birds for awhile.
The red belly-band indicates a female.
Late evening shots., shadows and silhouettes
Like many I clicked a few off., and 'flicked through' them later not really expecting anything.. but then I came to this
For me it had 'something' ., those claws look very 'raw' and visceral., it provoked a 'feeling' and emotional' response which I like in a photograph
I understand it's completely different to the 'feather perfect' conventional daylight shots usually found in this forum., so you make like it., you may hate it
But you know what! I might just try a few more of these!