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Madera Canyon, AZ
We saw 11 kinds of hummingbirds on this trip, and I spent a lot of time trying to photograph them. I don't believe there is a better place to see hummingbirds in the US than southeast AZ.
The Broad-billed Hummingbird is one of the easier species to photograph because they dominate the feeder areas, and then stick around and pose, compared with say the Rufous who chases everyone and doesn't come back. They also hover a lot when they feed.
I'm afraid I will be posting rather a lot of hummingbird shots....
I think these little Pied-billed Grebes are such a neat looking bird. They always seems to show such interesting feather layers, likely due to the fact that they're usually wet from diving. This one was somewhat close to shore though it toyed with me for quite a while, staying just behind some foliage for the longest time. Hennepin County, MN 04/24/22
Chelmarsh Reservoir, Shropshire. Rare vagrant from North America, like a Little Grebe but larger with a stubby bill. From the Causeway. Fairly grotty day, spent most of its time out of sight in the reeds, once popped out right in front of me and managed to get focus through a gap in the reeds. Either being 8 feet tall or having a stool or something to stand on would be a distinct advantage. GN diver also present.
Long-billed Corella
Cacatua tenuirostris
November 13th, 2020
Lysterfield, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
Love the colours of these gregarious birds. This Corella was busy putting that large bill to work digging up grassroots.
a Yellow-Billed Oxpecker on the back of a female Kudu antelope
Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Long-billed Curlew ~ (Numenius americanus)
Since I moved to Florida, the Long-billed Curlew is one of our annual rarities that has eluded me. I always seemed to be a day late and a dollar short when chasing it. I finally got to see this one at Fred Howard Park a few weeks ago. Lifer!
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Southwild Pantanal Ranch
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
This image was photographed on the ranch we stayed at before we headed into The Pantanal. I liked the colorful setting and the contrast of the bird against the background.
Slender-billed Prion is the third species of Prion that I have uploaded from my Antarctica trip, although I have to admit it looks pretty similar to the other species. This species is also known as Narrow-billed Prion as it has a noticeably thin bill when compared with Antarctic Prion: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/53521892811/in/photolist I should say that the slender bill is not easy to see as they are small and whizz about so are best identified afterwards from photos. But they also have a faint dark eyestripe, a pale crown, and a "normal" sized black tip to the tail, unlike Fairy Prion which has a large black tail tip: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/53578095917/in/dateposted/ ). Slender-billed Prion usually feeds in slightly warmer waters (north of the Antarctic convergence) and breeds in the Falklands, Crozet Island, Kerguelen Islands, plus Noir Island off Chile. It was only formally described in 1912 from specimens found dead on an Australian beach in Victoria by amateur ornithologist Charles Belcher, whose name is commemorated in its scientific name Pachyptila belcheri.
Unmistakable. This ridiculous hummingbird has the longest bill in relation to its body size of any bird in the world. In addition to the striking bill, look for the overall muted green body color with a bronzy head. Found in the temperate zone of the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia, from around 2,500m to 3,500m. Occurs in montane forest and edges, where it uses its bill to feed from long tubular flowers.
This one was photographed in Northern Peru led by Neotropic Photo Tours and our Peruvian guide Steve Sánchez Wildlife Photography.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo ~ (Coccyzus americanus)
An amazingly cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo poses at Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida. I cropped in quite a bit to isolate the portrait. It was such a treat to get a clean view of this bird!
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Short-billed Dowitcher at Bombay Hook NWR, DE
One of the hundreds of shorebirds spooked by an eagle at Raymond Pool
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I've always been a big fan of Gravity Falls, so I thought I'd try to build Bill. Triangle design inspired by Ochre Jelly.
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) resting in the waters of a small wetland in the Gilbert Riparian Reserve in the suburbs of Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.A.
14 February, 2017.
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Long-billed Corella
Cacatua tenuirostris
November 13th, 2020
Lysterfield, Victoria, Australia
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 600mm f4L IS III USM lens
Canon EF 1.4x III Extender
After a series of lockdowns for the better part of 8 months, it was nice to finally get out for the day, spend some time at one of my favourite local spots & test out the new gear! Not even the average light could dampen my enthusiasm as I happily shot some of the regulars.
I'm really looking forward to testing out some of the new capabilities of the ew camera, my first foray into the world of mirrorless. And while it is a learning curve no doubt, the new features & extra megapixels really open up some new possibilities - even if I didn't have to use them with this cheeky Corella (almost full frame!). The animal eye autofocus really is something else!
We found a nesting Pale-billed Woodpecker while taking a hike during lunch time at Selva Verde Lodge. Super cool species and probably the closest thing to an Ivory-billed I'll ever see!
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), 12/18/2021, The Landing’s Marina, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.
I especially like this image as it reflects the red orbital ring! ( click on the image to view large)
Bill Bailey at the Sheffield Arena last month. I wasn't sure about watching comedy in such a large venue, but the man pulled it off. He is a very funny guy.
the gig ended with him being taken up into a Tudor mothership, relating back to comments earlier in his set. His comedy is surreal and sounds completely off the cuff, until it starts twisting back on itself and arrives at a punchline set up about an hour earlier in what sounded like an improvised aside.
My parents, Bill and Mary, on their wedding day, 5 Sep 1945. He was soon-to-be released from his tour of duty during WW ii with the US Navy. He served as a radio operator on a fighter plane in the Pacific. They met in Wichita, Kansas, where my mother was working as a riveter for Boeing.
My dad died the day before Thanksgiving, 2001 at the age of 82. My mother is living on their homestead farm in Michigan. .
I cannot even begin to say how special these two people are to me and to all of their family. After his death, it was written that Bill was a man who never made an enemy. He definitely had more integrity than most, and its not uncommon for those of us who knew him to consider "what would Bill do" before we act. He definitely left a legacy for those who loved him.
Petrel-paloma de Pico Delgado, Slender-billed Prion, Pachyptila belcheri.
Especie # 1.756
Quintero
Región de Valparaíso
Chile
I was trying to find something interesting to say about this gull, and from my observations it does gullish things...nothing to write home about. But, there is a bit more to this medium-sized gull! According to Allaboutbirds.com, "Ring-billed Gulls are strong, graceful flyers. They can race along at more than 40 miles per hour, and they're adept at snatching food from the air. You may see these birds hovering, soaring, or poised and stationary in the wind. Adults play by repeatedly dropping objects, then swooping to catch them—perhaps honing their hunting moves. These gulls use a wide variety of foraging methods: walking around on land; stamping their feet in shallow water to uncover small invertebrates; skimming shallow water for small fish; nabbing insects out of the air. They steal food from other birds, hunt for small rodents, and scavenge along beaches, parks, and garbage dumps."