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The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) also known as the crested wood partridge, roul-roul, red-crowned wood partridge, green wood quail or green wood partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is the only member of the genus Rollulus.
Taken Roundhay Park Tropical World Leeds
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One of my favourite diving birds, the crested grebe is a majestic and distinctive looking bird. Taken at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury.
Crested macaques in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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The other night James was on our front porch with a couple of neighbors, and one neighbor heard a bird call she identified as a Flycatcher, but James couldn't remember the kind. James had never seen one before. We talked a little bit about Flycatchers afterwards and I thought it was probably a Great Crested Flycatcher, having seen one only once before. Today on our 6 mile walk around the lake, James mentioned that perhaps we'll see one. In fact, we saw 3 of them in 2 different locations, and I was able to get one decent shot. James keeps calling events like these "Synchronicity" Here is the Synchronicity Principle according to Carl Jung: "Synchronicity is an acausal principle and can be defined by a meaningful coincidence which appears between a mental state and an event occurring in the external world". We've had a lot of these coincidences lately!
Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes
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I've known that Cresties make a metallic wing 'click' as they fly.
The noise comes from the 8th primary being about half the width of the others.
(You can just about see it here 3rd in from the front. )
I just didn't know that a wing beat was so extended.
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
This photo was taken at the Letaba rest camp in the Kruger National Park. The camp is situated on a sweeping bend of the Letaba River, midway between the southern and northern boundaries of the Park.
In winter the gardens are a riot of colour, with several species of Aloe and the Impala lily in full bloom.
The Aloes attract a variety of birds, including the White Bellied and Marico Sunbird, Crested Barbet, Blackheaded Oriole and Black Eyed Bulbul.
The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon.
The Crested Caracara is the only falcon that collects material to build a nest. Other falcons lay their eggs in an old nest built by another species or in a scrape on the ground.
I looked at this branch about a minute before taking this picture and there was a turkey vulture sitting there. Whatever events transpired in that minute, when the caracara took the vulture's spot, I totally missed. Maybe it was a friendly encounter, like coworkers crossing paths while punching in/out of work... who knows...
Braunig Lake Park (near San Antonio, TX)
The beautiful Crested Grebe on Lake Forsyth.
The Australasian crested grebe is majestic and distinctive diving bird that is usually seen on the southern lakes of New Zealand where it breeds. It has a slender neck, sharp black bill and head with a distinctive black double crest and bright chestnut and black cheek frills, which it uses in its complex and bizarre mating displays. It is unusual for the way it carries its young on its back when swimming. The crested grebe belongs to an ancient order of diving water birds found on every continent in the world. They are rarely seen on land except when they clamber onto their nests on the lake shore.
Another type of bird seen at the airport. I think it really enjoyed being photographed, as it hung around for more !!
The crested pigeon is a bird found widely throughout mainland Australia except for the far northern tropical areas. Only two Australian pigeon species possess an erect crest, the crested pigeon and the spinifex pigeon. The crested pigeon is the larger of the two species. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Ocyphaps lophotes
Phylum: Chordata
Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus
The European crested tit, or simply crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) (formerly Parus cristatus), is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian peninsula.
In Great Britain, it is chiefly restricted to the ancient pinewoods of Inverness and Strathspey in Scotland, and seldom strays far from its haunts.
A few vagrant crested tits have been seen in England. It is resident, and most individuals do not migrate.
It is an easy tit to recognise, for besides its erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved, its gorget and collar are distinctive. It is, like other tits, talkative, and birds keep up a constant zee, zee, zee ,similar to that of the coal tit.
It makes a nest in a hole in rotting stumps. This bird often feeds low down in trees, but although not shy, it is not always easily approached. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.
Like other tits it is found in pairs and it feeds on insects (including caterpillars) and seeds.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,500 pairs
UK wintering:
5,200-9,500 birds
A pair of shy, but still inquiring pigeons.
Thanks goes out to Walter who gave me the mono-pod that was used to take the image.
l have found that the lens a Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary needs to be as steady as possible, in order to get sharp images, and the aid of a tripod or mono pod greatly helps.
It should be noted that l am older, and at times have shaking hands, due to health issues, for the price it is a stunning lens.
A small and nervous resident of pine forests and of mixed forests with enough pine or spruce.
also called European Crested Tit
lophophanes cristatus
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Haubenmeise
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Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus
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The European crested tit, or simply crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) (formerly Parus cristatus), is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian peninsula.
In Great Britain, it is chiefly restricted to the ancient pinewoods of Inverness and Strathspey in Scotland, and seldom strays far from its haunts.
A few vagrant crested tits have been seen in England. It is resident, and most individuals do not migrate.
It is an easy tit to recognise, for besides its erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved, its gorget and collar are distinctive. It is, like other tits, talkative, and birds keep up a constant zee, zee, zee ,similar to that of the coal tit.
It makes a nest in a hole in rotting stumps. This bird often feeds low down in trees, but although not shy, it is not always easily approached. It will join winter tit flocks with other species.
Like other tits it is found in pairs and it feeds on insects (including caterpillars) and seeds.
Population:
UK breeding:
1,500 pairs
UK wintering:
5,200-9,500 birds
Kenansville, Florida.
As I was getting back home after a great day of shooting, I spotted this juvenile Caracara in a tree along Peavine Road. He was kind enough to pose for me and show up his wings.
A juvenile Double-crested Cormorant on Beaver Lake in the Okanogan National Forest in Washington State.
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