Southern Vectis
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Patagonia, Chile
Vanellus chilensis
Chileense kievit
Vanneau téro
Bronzekiebitz
Avefría Tero / Queltehue / Tero común
Pavoncella del Sudamerica
Quero-quero
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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.
(Macronectes giganteus) The southern giant petrel is a large seabird of the southern oceans. Its distribution overlaps broadly with the similar northern giant petrel which I posted a picture of a few days ago. The main difference between the two species is the colour of the tip of the beak which in this case is greenish but pinkish in the northern variety.
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
Heading out for a little over one week tomorrow - hopefully will get some more photos to post at a later date!
Southern Hawker - Aeshna cyanea
Breeds in water line vegetation in well-vegetated, small ponds, often in garden ponds. Hunts well away from water and may be found hawking woodland rides well into the evening.
Very common in southern and central England and Wales, more local elsewhere (vagrant only to Ireland).
Similar in appearence to other Hawkers but the bands on S9 and S10 and the broad ante-humerals are distinctive.
Species GroupDragonflies
Identification Notes
Look for 'headlights' on the top of the thorax and blue coloured bands along S9 and S10 on male
Prefers non acidic waters
Very inquisitive dragonfly, will often come close
July – October
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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.
Vespula squamosa, the southern yellowjacket, is a social wasp. This species can be identified by its distinctive black and yellow patterning and orange queen. These yellowjackets are typically found in eastern North America, and its territory extends as far south as Central America.
HONORED TO BE IN EXPLORE 6/22/2023
Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
An Atlanta garden - Handheld
If you are fortunate enough to live in the Southeastern United States, you are probably familiar with the heady scent of the gorgeous summer blooming magnolias. Growing 60 to 80 feet tall with a spread of 40 feet, these gorgeous evergreen trees grace many a southern lawn. Seldom do the flowers appear low enough to be seen up close, so I was delighted to find this beauty on my morning run. Racing home to get my camera, I tried to capture a bit of the glorious beauty of this dinner plate sized bloom and only wish I could send you the wonderful, sweet smell that accompanies it.
Lake Manyara NP, Tanzania
The largest hornbill in the world.
A ground dwelling bird that lives in pairs or in small groups in savanna or in woodland.
They have a loud booming call that is typically heard in the morning.
Beautiful in flight when the white parts of the wings are visible
Southern Ground-Hornbill or Ground Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
zuidelijke hoornraaf
Bucorve du Sud
Rotgesicht-Hornrabe
Cálao Terrestre Sureño
Bucorvo meridionale
Calau-gigante
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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.
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
23 August 2020
Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
'Cause it's easier to fly
Than to face another night
In southern sun
And your love is all around
In the air to set me free
a great chill out tune: youtu.be/7UphfrPANJk
“Black-headed Grosbeak parents fly south with worn feathers after breeding season. Their molting locations had been a mystery. The California scientists solved it with relatively inexpensive Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving devices.
They attached the 1-gm electronic devices to a leg of each grosbeak. The devices wake up every 2-6 weeks, record the GPS position and switch off. The GPS device, leg harness and leg bands weigh less than 2 g, or the equivalent of a long-distance runner carrying a laptop in a backpack. Each bird must be recaptured to download the data.” Topbirdingtours.com
The Meridian Southern Railway’s road train slowly rolls through the countryside just south of Quitman, MS, as they make the trek south to Waynesboro, MS. The train is powered by a matching pair of former Santa Fe GE B23-7s, with nine grain hoppers and six empty center beams in tow. MDS 4228 was built for Santa Fe Railway in 1979 as ATSF 6371, and MDS 4270 in 1985 as ATSF 6413. Both units would be renumbered by BNSF to their current numbers after the merger. The pair found themselves in shortline service around 2007ish, first on the Nashville & Eastern, then the Meridian Southern since around 2015ish to present. There are very few places left where one can find such relics still in operation and in such good condition, definitely making the MDS a gold mine for a railfan.
Queltehue, Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis.
Desembocadura Río Maipo
Santo Domingo
Región de Valparaíso
Chile
I tried to catch them in flight, which doesn't work out really good and later I noticed they are no small white but southern small white. That's very exciting. Schwetzingen is awfully hot, just like the Mediterranean regions.
The southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the southern caracara or carancho, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. The classification of this species and name have evolved. It was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus. The use of the name formerly extended to two subspecies: the northern caracara (C. cheriway) of the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America, and the extinct Guadalupe caracara (C. lutosa) as subspecies. The use of the name southern caracara is now restricted to a bird that is found in central and southern South America.
A bold, opportunistic raptor, the southern crested caracara is often seen walking around on the ground looking for food. It mainly feeds on carcasses of dead animals, but will steal food from other raptors, raid bird nests, and take live prey if the possibility arises (mostly insects or other small prey, but at least up to the size of a snowy egret). It is dominant over the black and turkey vulture at carcasses. It is typically solitary, but several individuals may gather at a large food source (e.g. dumps). Breeding takes place in the austral spring/summer in the southern part of its range, but timing is less strict in warmer regions. The nest is a large open structure, typically placed on the top of a tree or palm, but sometimes on the ground. Average clutch size is two eggs.