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One of the prettiest places in the Colorado Rockies, Crested Butte. The water falls has carved a deep crevice in the rock, it must be awesome in the spring with the snow runoff! Took this with my Iphone, not the best quality!
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Trip to South Texas and saw plenty of these raptors, members of the Falcon family and prevalent across the Southwest US, Mexico. Caracara cheriway
in Kabini area of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, India
a large and broad-winged eagle often seen perched at the edge of a clearing in a forest.
It mostly takes prey on the ground but also from nesting holes in trees.
also Crested Hawk Eagle
nisaetus cirrhatus
Indische kuifarend
aigle huppé
Haubenadler
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at a coastal inlet near the road from Punta Arenas to Torres del Paine NP in Patagonia, Chile
a medium-sized dabbling duck endemic to South America.
It lives in coastal inlets where it feeds on shellfish etc.
Inland it can be found at marshes and lakes up to higher altitude
also called South American Crested Duck
Lophonetta specularioides
Andeseend
Canard huppé
Schopfente
Ánade juarjal / Pato juarjual / Pato crestón
Anatra crestata
Pato-de-crista
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Wikipedia: The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae. It is a highly social and vocal bird found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia.
The White-crested laughingthrush is a popular caged bird species, and it is likely that individuals who escaped or were voluntarily released during religious practices are the cause for the expansion of G. l. diardi's range to Malaysia and Singapore in the 1970s-1980s. The exotic bird trade has brought it to the UK and US as well, but no wild populations have been reported there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_laughingthrush
Conservation status: Least Concern
The worldwide range of a Gray-crested Helmetshrike is a small area located in northern Tanzania and southwest Kenya. My field guide indicates their range is less than 50,000 square km, and the eBird sighting map supports that. Their Conservation Status is Near Threatened primarily due to habitat loss. I wish I had more time to get a less obscured photograph of this bird.
Edit - I noticed that I got the units wrong on its range. I wrote "50 square km", and it should be "50,000 square km". Oops! Fixed.
Edit 2- 50,000 square kilometers is about the size of Costa Rica.
Barbudo Crestado, Crested Barbet, Trachyphonus vaillantii.
Moremi Game Reserve
Okavango Delta
Botsuana
The Great Crested Flycatcher is the only eastern flycatcher that nests in holes.
An unusual habit is its frequent use of shed snakeskins in its nest lining. Whether this is intended to frighten off predators or merely decorate the nest is not known.
Great Crested Grebe with Perch. Love watching them fish but its sods law the interesting shots are in the darkest part of a lake and a bit far off🤔
We had seen our very first Crested Caracara two days earlier on a grey, rainy day. We decided to make the 3 hour round trip again to see if we could catch one in better light. After about 5 hours it was time to leave this remote ranch when up flew this guy who had obviously been taking a drink from a cattle water trough below this tap. Perhaps not the best perch ever but we were delighted to catch another glimpse of one of these amazing birds before we left.
Taken in Hendry County, Florida.
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The Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) is a member of the falcon family despite its quite non falcon-like behavior and appearance. It occurs in Florida, Texas and Arizona and southward into the tropical areas of Central and South America. A similar species, the Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) occurs all the way south to the Tierra del Fuego area of South America. The Crested Caracara will often feed on snakes, lizards, and other live prey, but it will readily feed on carrion as well. This species has often been referred to as "Mexican Eagle" and is, in fact, thought to be the bird depicted on the original national emblem and flag of Mexico. The modern Mexican emblem and flag now show a Golden Eagle.
I found this one along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
The Great Crested Flycatcher is a bird of the treetops. It spends very little time on the ground, and does not hop or walk. It prefers to fly from place to place on the ground rather than walk.
in a wet forest last week
A small and nervous resident tit of pine forests and of mixed forests with enough pine or spruce.
also called European Crested Tit
lophophanes cristatus
kuifmees
mésange huppée
Haubenmeise
Herrerillo Capuchino
Cincia dal ciuffo
Chapim-de-poupa
Nikon Z9 560mm f/4
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The Great Crested Flycatcher is found throughout eastern and mid-western areas of North America. This species resides mostly in treetops, and rarely is found at ground level. They breed in deciduous and mixed forests in eastern North America. Nests are built inside of tree cavities, using snakeskin or plastic for insulation. In winter months, this species migrates south to Mexico, South America, Florida and Cuba. Diets of the Great Crested Flycatcher consist of fruits and berries, and insects caught mid-flight. This bird is the most widespread species in its genus.
I found this one at Arbuckle Wildlife Management Area in Polk County, Florida.
Llanos Orientales in eastern Colombia
Caracara plancus
Kuifcaracara
Caracara huppé
Schopfkarakara
Caracara Carancho
Caracara meridionale
caracara-de-crista / carcará
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Celebes crested macaque
Kuifmakaak
Macaca nigra
The Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), also known as the crested black macaque, Sulawesi crested macaque, or the black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the Tangkoko reserve in the northeastern tip of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi (Celebes), as well as on smaller neighboring islands.
The Celebes crested macaque is a diurnal rain forest dweller. This macaque is primarily terrestrial, spending more than 60% of its day on the ground foraging for food and socializing, while sleeping and searching for food in the trees.
he Celebes crested macaque is frugivorous, with 70% of its diet consisting of fruits. It also consumes leaves, buds, seeds, fungus, small birds and bird eggs, insects (such as beetles and caterpillars) worms, snails and the occasional small lizard or frog.
Great crested grebes (Podiceps cristatus) swimming in a pond – seemingly bigger juvenile on the left and seemingly smaller parent on the right.
Perkozy dwuczube (Podiceps cristatus) pływające w stawie – pozornie większy młody osobnik po lewej i pozornie mniejszy rodzic po prawej.
Very social raptors, they have a variety of territorial and dominance behaviors, this was a more typical one! Crested caracara (Caracara cheriway)
Coming in hot! Found this bird in South Texas back in 2019. Found from South America to Florida and the US Southwest. Caracara cheriway
Wikipedia: The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae. It is a highly social and vocal bird found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia. Similarly to other laughingthrushes, G. leucolophus is omnivorous and opportunistic. It subsists mostly on invertebrates such as beetles, spiders, flies, mealworms and caterpillars, snails and leeches. However, it also eats fruits, seeds, nectar, and even small reptiles and amphibians (snakes, lizards and frogs).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_laughingthrush
Conservation status: Least Concern
The white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae. It is a highly social and vocal bird found in forest and scrub from the Himalayan foothills to Southeast Asia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crested_laughingthrush
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)