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Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
Trzmiel ziemny (Bombus terrestris) na lawendzie wąskolistnej (Lavandula angustifolia).
Driving on a snowy morning, this Red-tailed Hawk was sitting at the road edge. As I pulled over, it dove into the brush coming up with a house finch.
** Long-tailed tits are not common in our garden, but occasionally a small flock will land in our cherry tree . Of course, I often don’t have a camera ready when they arrive . However, on this occasion, for some reason, I did have my camera out, and I could quickly take a few shots. They are pretty little birds.
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A Singapore Airlines plane almost successfully hiding behind the building, except its tail giving it away. A slight mirage effect happening on the right, from the exhaust of another plane.
Swallow-tailed Kite ~ Elanoides forficatus
Out on a hike photographing wildflowers with my macro lens and this happened overhead...I took the shot with the 100mm macro so it's cropped in a lot!
Long tailed broadbill, Vietnam.
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Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) foraging under a branch.
Raniuszek (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) żerujący pod gałązką.
Swallow-tailed Kite - These are one of my favorite birds of prey. They visit Florida for a few months in spring and summer and live the rest of the year in South America. This one was flying over the parking lot at Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park.
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Curly-tailed lizardsis a family of iguanian lizards.
Curlytail lizards are native to the West Indies. They mostly forage on arthropods like insects, but also commonly take flowers and fruits.
One of the defining features of these lizards is that their tail often curls over.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
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With the low warter over the mudflats, they had plenty of choices of dining location
The Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) is one of the most striking hummingbirds of the Andes, and this individual was photographed at La Minga Ecolodge in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Perched on a weathered branch, the bird displays its iridescent green plumage and elongated sapphire-blue tail, features that shimmer differently with every shift of light. I framed the subject against a softly blurred background to isolate its form and enhance the subtle contrast between feather detail and the muted tones of the forest.
From a technical perspective, my goal was to balance speed and detail, ensuring crisp focus while maintaining natural light tones. The branch’s texture complements the smooth gradient backdrop, creating a composition that highlights the bird’s delicate lines. For me, this image reflects not only the beauty of the species but also the challenge of capturing its fleeting stillness. It is a reminder that patience and precision are as vital as equipment choice in bird photography.
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Compared to the Bar-tailed Godwit, these have much longer legs, especially flashing a lot more thigh, a straighter, less upcurved bill and, in flight the strong black-and-white markings on the wings and tail
Another wader from Summer Leys this spring. Although black-tailed godwits are fairly common at Summer Leys at the right time of year they rarely come close enough for photographs, this individual however was completely different coming much closer than any godwit I've seen at Summer Leys before
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) perched on a branch.
Raniuszek (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) siedzący na gałązce.
This photograph features the Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii), captured at La Minga Ecolodge near Cali in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The bird is shown perched in a moment of stillness, its elongated tail flowing well below the branch and creating a strong vertical line through the frame. Emerald-green plumage with subtle blue iridescence contrasts gently with the muted tones of the cloud forest background, which falls away into soft layers shaped by distance and diffused light.
From a photographic standpoint, this image was about restraint and timing. I waited for the sylph to settle into a clean angle where posture, tail alignment, and background separation worked together naturally. The soft forest light helped preserve fine feather detail without harsh highlights, while focal compression simplified the scene and kept attention on form and color. La Minga consistently offers these quiet opportunities, where patience and observation matter more than speed, making it a rewarding place to work thoughtfully with wildlife.
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The Streamer-tailed Tyrant is a distinctive resident of Buriti palm groves and seasonally wet grassland from western Bolivia to central Brazil and to northeastern Argentina. Overall these birds appear pale gray with black wings that are highlighted by a patch of cinnamon at the base of the primaries. Aptly named, the Streamer-tailed Tyrant has a long deeply forked tail. Streamer-tailed Tyrants often perch conspicuously on the tops of low trees and bushes and utter a harsh repeated "wurreep" call. They forage by flying low over marshy areas before pouncing to the ground to catch large arthropods.
During courtship, the members of a pair of Streamer-tailed Tyrants perch 10-50 cm apart facing one another, while each bird alternately lowers their head and raises and fans their long tail. The birds then proceed to lower their tail and raise their heads while raising their wings and calling continuously. Source: Birds of the World.
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During a visit to the launderette, as the clothes come out of the dryer they find their way on top of Tailer!!
Probably the most commonly seen hawk in the mid-latitudes of North America, red-tailed hawks are also amazingly variable in their plumage colors and patterns. The spring 2025 edition of Living Bird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) has an instructive story on this variation, based on the doctoral dissertation of a student at Cornell. He concluded there are at least 16 subspecies of red-tailed hawks associated with fairly distinct geographic locations, with color variation relating to the habitat (e.g. light morphs in warm climates, dark morphs in cold climates).
This tiny Fat-tailed dunnart is a species of mouse-like marsupial.
Deniliquin - New South Wales - Australia
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) perched on a branch.
Raniuszek (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) siedzący na gałęzi.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, Eagle Lake, Texas
Bird Species (# 325) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
The tail feathers of a Sandhill Crane. At first glance it looks like the feathers a beige but if you look again, there is light blue. A beautiful color combination arranged by nature.
The Rufous-tailed Jacamar, measuring 9–10 inches in length, is native to the tropical lowlands of Central and South America. It thrives in open woodlands, along forest edges, and near riverbanks. An expert aerial hunter feeds primarily on flying insects such as butterflies, bees, and dragonflies, snatching them mid-flight.
This Bar-Tailed Godwit did not make it from its home in Alaska to New Zealand. It stopped here in the SF Bay Area for some reason unknown to all of us. But normally each fall, migratory flocks take flight from western Alaska nonstop for over 10,000 km (6,000 miles) until they reach their nonbreeding grounds in New Zealand and Australia.
Needless to say it's a rare bird here and many birders from all over come to find it and take its photo.
Another fascinating tidbit is that they digest parts of their own organs as part of an incredible adaptation for their long, non-stop migration. They absorb up to 25% of the tissue from their liver, kidneys, and digestive tract to make room for extra fat and to reduce weight. This process, called autophagy, allows the organs to be rebuilt once the birds arrive at their destination.
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) perched on a branch.
Raniuszek (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus) siedzący na gałązce.
White-tailed deer eating grass in a field of Espoo Central Park.
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White tailed robin in Yunnan, China.
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