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White-fronted Bee-eaters perched in the late afternoon near their nesting holes in a sandbank on an island in the Kafue River (Kafue NP, Zambia).
The guides had put a branch on the sandbank before the breeding season to facilitate observation from a small boat.
The title does not only apply to the birds, also to us in the boat.....
merops bullockoides
witkapbijeneter
guêpier à front blanc
Weissstirnspint
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Taken Bushy Park, London.
This young Heron was catching small fish while moving along the edge of the lake, the Perch was also in very close. The Heron suddenly darted a short distance and successfully speared this large Perch. For the next 40 minutes the Heron tried unsuccessfully to swallow it.
High up in Örskärs lighthouse, the sun goes down on the sea.../Upflugen, högt upp i Örskärsfyr, solen går ner i havet.../Encaramado en lo alto del faro de Örskär, el sol poniéndose en el mar...(DSC_7035)
a martial eagle (polemaetus bellicosus) leaving the perch.
in africa there are three species of "big" eagles and they occupy three different ecosystems.
the black eagle live in the mountains ad rocky areas.
the crowned eagle live in the forests.
the martial eagle prefer open woodlands ,savannas and arid areas.
this is a male,not so big and less spotted than the female.
females can arrive till 4.5/4.8 kgs with 240cm wingspan.
it is a very agile raptor able to catch big birds but enough strong to kill young/small antelopes,primates
and small predators till the jackal size.
kruger national park,SA
"the jump"
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of a female D'Arnaud's barbet / Ohrfleck-Bartvogel (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
Serengeti N.P., Tanzania, Africa
Queen Caithlin posing in the cat tree
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 07.06.2023.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
The lighthouse at New Brighton viewed from the Pier looking across the Mersey towards Bootle. It sits next to the Perch Rock fort. The first light was fixed to a simple wooden 'Perch' or large post put up in 1683. The foundation stone of the new lighthouse was laid on 8th June 1827 by Thomas Littledale, Mayor of Liverpool. It was designed on the lines of Eddystone by Mr. Foster and built of marble rock from Anglesey by Tomkinson & Company. Work was only possible at low tide and it was not completed until 1830.
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A great egret (Ardea alba, Ardeidae) perched in a dead cottonwood tree (Populus deltoides, Salicaceae) at Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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This guy has hardly left this perch all summer. He sits here for hours on end, flies a few inches to the feeder and back to his perch. He chases away the other hummers that come to the feeder. I'm entertained for hours on end. It's the simply things in life.
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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Picture taken on 3/1/20
There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. G. K. Chesterton
~happy fence friday~
Staying local after Scotland. Not sure I enjoy driving as much as I used to but the dog isn't complaining for sure, getting to sprint around on the beach.
This was one of those will it, wont it sunsets. There was a bank of cloud that wasn't supposed to be there according to the apps, but it cleared just in time for sunset thankfully.
Great to be out with my good friend Oli and met up with another local tog who was out for the first time after 6 weeks recovering from a hip replacement operation. It was safe to say that at 78 yrs old with a new hip he went nowhere near the slippy rocks but still got some great shots from angles I've never seen before.
A wren landed near me. They are always so good at calling attention to themselves with their distinctive call.
I spotted this little character, an Eastern Wood Pewee, I believe, at Chicago's Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary.
HBW and HWW
Rose ringed parakeets perched on the side of a high canal wall looking down upon the flowing waters.
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