View allAll Photos Tagged Beak
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.
When I first doing this a wise man with a camera in his hand told me ''if you're not careful you end up taking virtually the same pictures year after year''
At the time everything was new., but now we're three years into our photographic adventure those words have a 'ring of truth' about them
Differing events and action bring there own variation of course, but I also think varying your own 'style' and playing with camera settings etc. are important to keep things 'fresh'., whilst also trying to produce sometimes new and unconventional perspectives on old familiar subjects
It's not always easy., the unconventional rarely is., but this Red Kite shot is an attempt to do exactly that
Canon FD lens adapted via Metabones
Herb and Nada Mahler Family Aviary, Milwaukee County Zoo
Milwaukee, WI
December 2021
Follow on Instagram @dpsager
A male silver-beaked tanager ( Ramphocelus carbo) in the South American Aviary of the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona.
Bella is one of the two Liver Birds atop of the Royal Liver Building, Liverpool. Here she is seen from the bottom of her tower, which only allows you to see her beak holding her 'Lava' twig.
Scale-throated Hermit on a beautiful bokeh background - going after some nectar. View large to see the detail of the pollen at his beak. Wild, at Sítio Espinheiro Negro, Pedro de Toledo, São Paulo.
HBW!
Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites, etc. Very much appreciated!
© All my images are protected under international authors copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without my written explicit permission. All rights reserved. Please contact me at thelma.gatuzzo@gmail.com if you intend to buy or use any of my images.
A visit to my local scrape produced this lovely Snipe busy feeding. This shows it's muddy beak and depth it was feeding in the mud.
This juvenile male bald eagle was photographed at the Cincinnati Zoo. I arrived just after he and the other bald eagles on exhibit were fed. You can see the white rabbit at his talons that he was tearing into, along with the telltale sign of feeding at the tip of his sharp beak.
Great Egret nestlings letting mom know it's time to eat. Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida
Shannon O'Shea Wildlife Photography
This great white egret was trying to hide in the bush. Only it's head and beak were showing through.
In all of creation not much can compare to this beauty! If you gave a kid a crayon and asked them to dream up a mythical bird of prey and they came up with this you may well ask them to not to be so silly! But feast your eye's! It's real and utterly staggering!
Red-shouldered hawk Everglades Florida, U.S.A.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
The Red Hot Pokers are out in abundance in our garden and the Noisy Miners are having a feast. Have a great week everyone.
This highly distinguishable bird has been waking us up for several years now.
Normally he /she sits on our lodge roof, but today was down by the shore line.
I'm not sure if it's a birth defect or damage he/she has incurred.
Rook - Corvus Frugilegus
Tralee Bay - Scotland
Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on and fave my photos. It is truly appreciated.
DSC_4456
Common blackbird (Turdus merula) male standing on a grassy ground and holding a beakful of earthworkms.
Samiec kosa (Turdus merula) stojący na trawiastej ziemi iz dziobem pełnym dżdżownic.
Adult gannets are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea. They breed in significant numbers at only a few localities and so is an Amber List species.
What they eat:
Fish.
Thanks for viewing my photos and for any favourites and comments, it’s much appreciated.
Herring Gull. Larus Argentatus
Reminds me of my old headmaster.
Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter. (RSPB)
They can also spoil your outdoor lunch by staring holes in you like this one. But that’s not their fault, but rather those people that feed them.
In the grounds of Dover Castle, Kent.
Some trumpeter swan togetherness on Fish Lake/ Cedar Creek Natural History Area ~ Anoka County, Minnesota.
A Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) stuffs its beak with seeds from the feeder, ready to take back to the nest.
This is a male ruddy duck. That blue bill and deep ruddy plumage signal breading season for these guys. Handsome guy.
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship, and feeding young. Wikipedia
Pelicans
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans. Wikipedia
Thanks to everyone that views and comments on my images - very much appreciated.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. On all my images, Use without permission is illegal.
Sony ILCE-7RM4A