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Drinking raindrops after weeks of dry and smoky weather.
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Another photo I took last year just before I changed cameras. I don't have any photo of an echidna on my photostream and this is the best one I have so far. The echidna is a monotreme it and the platypus are the only egg laying mammals in the world.
Two Northern Gannets, watched at the breeding colony at the island Helgoland. Amazing Birds!
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Great Egret gets comfortable
Seemingly forelong, this Youngster is waiting for the return of a parent with food - let's hope not too long.
Ramphocelus carbo - Male - Wild - at Pantanal - MT - Brasil.
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Gruccione (Merops apiaster), European Bee-eater, Žuta pčelarica
They're back :).
Isola della Cona together with the Caneo area, is part of the Natural Reserve called Foce dell’Isonzo; covering a surface of 2,400 hectares, the area is located along the last 15 km of the
river Isonzo and has been recognised as best area in Italy for birdwatching.
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It was interesting and entertaining to watch the feeding behaviours of both the 'i'iwi and the 'amakihi (endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers). Very flexible necks and often hanging off a branch. They pry flowers (like this māmane) open with their beak, then use their tongue to lap up the sweet liquid at the flower's base.
A mini-shoot at Durham riverside yesterday, I was hoping to see the herons, but these guys are just as beautiful!
The Beaked Coralfish (Chelmon rostratus) has a very long snout and tall dorsal and anal fins. It has three orange bars and an ocellus on the dorsal fin rays. It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific. I saw this specimen at the Sydney Aquarium in Darling Harbour.
When I took this picture, the owner told me to keep my fingers away from the beak. They have very powerful beaks that can generate a pressure of 500 up to 2,000+ psi (pounds per square inch). Humans, for example, average a bite force of around 150 psi.
This image was captured at Parrot In Paradise, a parrot rescue, rehabilitation, education and adoption center. We were fortunate enough to stay on the property during our travels on the Big Island of Hawaii. . Being invited into the aviaries with these gorgeous birds was exciting. I was new to using a macro lens and found myself moving closer and closer to the birds. Before leaving I offered many of my photographs to the owners and throughout the years, those images have been used on their website. What golden memories!
Heliconia psittacorum, a species of Lobster-claws.
Also known as Parakeet heliconia, Parrot's flower, and more...
I was fortunate to get this shot of an eagle and its handler - its certainly one of my favorites...hope you like it too! .... best viewed large
American white ibis juvenile Miami.
No post-processing done to photo. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
Helgoland series: Beak up!
I watched the gannets raise their beak up into the air for some seconds shortly before they leave their partner, so it seems to be their way to say farewell.
Die Basstölpel strecken ihren Schnabel für mehrere Sekunden in die Luft kurz bevor sie ihren Partner verlassen und wegfliegen, es scheint also eine Verabschiedungsgeste zu sein.
I'd love to know what this little discussion was about between these two mature Tree Swallows. It looked like they took turns "yelling" at each other with beaks wide open and then at times both at the same time as in this shot. Are they a pair having an argument or telling each other how much they care about each other?
Taken 18 May 2022 at Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska.
I don’t usually photograph birds and even less inclined to share the images when I do. Something is always out of focus (eyes are in focus but not the beak, beak is in focus but not the rest of the bird 😂). This image of a rainbow lorikeet gorging on the fruit of an umbrella tree is one of a handful of times a short dof kinda worked in my favour. Image was taken in Torquay, Hervey Bay when I used to call that place home.
Puffins mating and courtship ritual, the puffins will pair up before they come onto land from the sea. Once they are on land, the pair may perform billing, a behaviour where puffins rub their beaks together. There numbers are falling because of global warming and this year bird flue.
Canon FD lens adapted via Metabones
Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary, Milwaukee County Zoo
Milwaukee, WI
December 2021
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