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Very social raptors, they have a variety of territorial and dominance behaviors, this was a more typical one! Crested caracara (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
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) swimming in a fish pond.
Perkoz dwuczuby (Podiceps cristatus) pływający w stawie rybnym.
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)
Crested caracara are falcons that spend much of their time on the ground foraging or eating carrion. These two were having a turf battle and doing their head-back display. Deep South Texas in Starr County, Texas at Santa Clara Ranch.
The gangly Double-crested Cormorant is a prehistoric-looking, matte-black fishing bird with yellow-orange facial skin. Though they look like a combination of a goose and a loon, they are relatives of frigatebirds and boobies and are a common sight around fresh and salt water across North America—perhaps attracting the most attention when they stand on docks, rocky islands, and channel markers, their wings spread out to dry. These solid, heavy-boned birds are experts at diving to catch small fish.
Florida is home to a relict population of northern caracaras that dates to the last glacial period, which ended around 12,500 BP. At that time, Florida and the rest of the Gulf Coast were covered in an oak savanna. As temperatures increased, the savanna between Florida and Texas disappeared. Caracaras were able to survive in the prairies of central Florida and the marshes along the St. Johns River. Cabbage palmettos are a preferred nesting site, although they also nest in southern live oaks. ~ Wikipedia
The great crested flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus Myiarchus in North America, and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent. It dwells mostly in the treetops and rarely is found on the ground.
Fairly large flycatcher; about the same size as a robin but more slender. Favors mature forests, where it nests in cavities. Brightly colored for a flycatcher, with yellow belly and rufous in the wings and tail. Quite vocal, giving loud, rising "queeEEEEP" and various rolling, burry calls. Distinguish from similar Ash-throated Flycatcher by range, bright plumage, and voice.
I found this one in my back yard in Polk County, Florida.
Herrerillo capuchino (Lophophanes cristatus)
European crested tit, or simply crested tit
Veranín de Moñu/ Ferrerín de Picona en la lengua madre
in a wet forest yesterday
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 400mm f/3.2
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foraging in dense forest in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, India
A widespread and medium-sized eagle found in and around forests. Their food consists mainly of reptiles such as lizards and snakes but they also take larger invertebrates.
also called Crested Serpent Eagle
spilornis cheela
Indische slangenarend
serpentaire bacha
Schlangenweihe
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I was just thankful that upon closer inspection, the unattached appendage did not have an opposable thumb.
Caracaras are members of the falcon family but are mostly carrion eaters, more similar to a vulture, which, coincidentally, may be the previous owner of the lost limb based on appearance. Seen at Quintana Beach near Freeport, Texas.
Species: Calerida cristata.
Location: Lesvos, Greece.
The crested lark is a species of lark distinguished from the other 81 species of lark by the crest of feathers that rise up in territorial or courtship displays and when singing. Common to mainland Europe, the birds can also be found in northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China. Wikipedia
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Deep in South Texas these birds are pretty prevalent. Caught these two up to some monkey business. Starr County, Texas
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display.
The great crested grebe was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Colymbus cristatus. The great crested grebe is now the type species of the genus Podiceps that was erected by the English naturalist John Latham in 1787. The type locality is Sweden. The scientific name comes from Latin: the genus name Podiceps is from podicis, "vent" and pes, "foot", and is a reference to the placement of a grebe's legs towards the rear of its body; the species name, cristatus, means "crested".
Wild - at Serra da Canastra. From my files.
The Crested Black-tyrant is an inhabitant of cerrado and pastureland in Southern Brazil from Mato Grosso east to Bahia and south to Rio Grande do Sul and in Paraguay and Uruguay. As the name implies, the Crested Black-tyrant is large, glossy-black and conspicuously crested. Unlike most other members of the genus Knipolegus, both males and females are similarly black in color. The Crested Black-tyrant feeds mainly on insects which it catches making quick aerial sallies, but at times this flycatcher will feed on fruit. The Crested Black-tyrant is usually encountered in pairs. Source: Birds of the World.
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The great crested grebe is the largest member of the grebe family found in the Old World, with some larger species residing in the Americas. They measure 46–51 cm (18–20 in) long with a 59–73 cm (23–29 in) wingspan and weigh 0.9 to 1.5 kg (2.0 to 3.3 lb). It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations. In winter, this is whiter than most grebes, with white above the eye, and a pink bill.
The young are distinctive because their heads are striped black and white. They lose these markings when they become adults.
A Double-crested Cormorant launching out of the water for a powerful takeoff. The DCCO has breeding plumes on its head! Photos taken at Washougal River Greenway Trail.
Crested macaque, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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