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The southern lapwing is a wader in the order Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions, the higher parts of the Andes and the arid coast of a large part of western South America.
This lapwing is the only crested wader in South America. The upperparts are mainly brownish grey, with a bronze glossing on the shoulders. The head is particularly striking; mainly grey with a black forehead and throat patch extending onto the black breast. A white border separates the black of the face from the grey of the head and crest. The rest of the underparts are white, and the eye ring, legs and most of the bill are pink.
Brazil, Pantanal
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Feeling Mellow Today… Listening to Crosby, Stills & Nash.
The osprey (also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk) is a fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.
(Nikon, 500mm, 1/500 @ f/8, ISO 100)
My first ever flight shot of this species. Even with the R5, these are not easy to capture!
Taken at the Boundary Brook NR in Oxford
candy, cakes and ice-cream!! :))
Pasted this by on the way to the beach but we did not stop to waste any time on this beautiful light before our family dinner!
background is Balcombe Viaduct ,train is from Bluebell Railway.This one is an attempt to recreate the days of steam in the 1940's-50's when summers seemed so much better and southern rail had real trains!All images are by me texture is the usual PS oil.
My first encounter with a wild cassowary. This is a female close to 6 feet tall. Barron River, Queensland.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Aulacorhynchus albivitta
(Southern Emerald toucanet / Tucancito Esmeralda)
Like other toucans, the Emerald Toucanet is brightly marked and has a large bill. The adult is 30–35 cm (12–14 in) long. The sexes are alike in appearance, although the female generally is smaller and slightly shorter-billed.
The Emerald Toucanet is a generally common in humid forest and woodland, mainly at higher elevations.
Wikipedia
Southern Boobook Owl
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This Blue/ Southern Hawker kept hovering near me.. so I had to try to take a picture of it. After a while I got a few nice shots.
While shooting this, the strong wind, 落山風 (a phenomenal scene took place in that region) might've blown me away, that my grandnephew had to grab my clothes to secure me. He said, "I understand how some photographers can risk their lives to take a shot they want", as he's into photography himself. :-))
我在這裡遇到了落山風 - - -
落山風是臺灣恆春半島對於東北季風的慣稱，詳細地來說，落山風是屬於下坡風（山風），恆春半島的中央山脈高度降低至400-1000公尺左右，每年從10月到次年4月，東北季風翻過山脈而下，強勁的下坡風直撲恆春半島西岸，襲捲在背風坡的車城、牡丹、恆春等地區。落山風瞬間強度可達6、7級，相當於輕度颱風的威力，曾有吹翻摩托車和小汽車而造成傷亡的紀錄。更是使九棚沙漠、海口沙漠掀起黃沙的景象。
Shot from a moving helicopter! It's lucky I have anything in the frame and the horizon level!
When I was in New Zealand, I took a helicopter ride (my first ever) to land at the Franz Joseph Glacier and do a flyby of the Fox Glacier. The mountains shown in the picture are either part of Mount Cook or Mount Tasman, the highest mountains of the Southern Alps.
This gorgeous Boobook was quite difficult to capture as it was very high up in a Jacaranda tree, there were a pair of them, but it's mate was well hidden. I felt thrilled to see them, let alone get a shot of one.
I'm going to be off Flickr for a while...thank you so much for all your kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.
a group of these birds were just walking around a grassy yard - some with little ones - in El Bolson (Patagonia), Argentina. (I took liberties with the color of the background.)
I really wanted to see the Caracara. I didn't see them in Florida but this area had a lot of them. I think this is a juvenile but I am not sure so I would appreciate if someone could please clarify for me. Taken in South Pantanal, Brazil.
Thank you Thelma for confirming that this is a juvenile.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_crested_caracara
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Limenitis reducta
Taken in the Pirin Mountains (Bulgaria).
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Three Southern Railway GP50’s wheel a southbound manifest through Faber, Virginia. Although GP50’s had been around for close to two years, they did not sell in the northeast, and this was my first encounter with one.
The sewage treatment plant is a hotspot for birds, which I believe are attracted to the location because of the fresh water and the ample insect life. Definitely not the most glamorous of locations. But that is where to find the southern lapwings.
We've come a long way from debutants and cotillion balls.
I have started a new series for experimental portraits. I hope you enjoy it as much as I had fun making them.
I am thankful for all my friends and their eager cooperation.
I am also thankful for your support.
Models: Jessica, Melinda, Deborah, Amanda, and Karen.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!