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A crested serpent eagle in Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Wikipedia: The crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia. Within its widespread range across the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and East Asia, there are considerable variations and some authorities prefer to treat several of its subspecies as completely separate species.
The crested serpent eagle is a reptile eater which hunts over forests, often close to wet grassland, for snakes and lizards. It has also been observed to prey on birds, amphibians, mammals, fishes, termites and large earthworms.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Are you ready for another get away, a break from staying at home and raiding the fridge. We can take a break to Litchfield National Park, a mere 100 Km drive from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Along the way we can stop off to view iconic magnetic termite mounds and clusters of weathered sandstone pillars at the Lost City. There are also several stunning waterfalls that cascade into crystal clear pools.
In this shot, visitors cool off in the pool below the double plunge Florence Falls in Litchfield National Park.
Giant cathedral termite mounds in the Litchfield National Park, Australia. Sometimes called Spinifex Termites (Nasutitermes triodiae)
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Giant cathedral termite mounds in the Litchfield National Park, Australia. Sometimes called Spinifex Termites (Nasutitermes triodiae)
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Serengeti National Park
Tanzania
East Africa
Looking down at the starling from above.
The superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is a member of the starling family of birds. It was formerly known as Spreo superbus.
This species has a very large range and can commonly be found in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, and Tanzania.
The superb starling lives in savanna, in thornbush and acacia arid areas, open woodland, lakeshore woodlands, gardens and cultivated fields, at an elevation of 0–2,650 metres (0–8,694 ft) above sea level.
The superb starling feeds primarily on the ground, often below, or in the vicinity of acacia trees. These birds mainly feeds on insects (grasshoppers, beetles, termites, ants and flies) and worms, but also on grains, fruits and small berries. They are gregarious and are generally rather tame and unafraid of people. The breeding season lasts from October to February in Ethiopia, from March to June in Somalia.
Spherical nests of grasses and twigs are built in bushes, in trees of medium height and also in rock crevices. Females lay 3-4 eggs which are incubated for twelve days. Both the male and the female take care of the offspring. – Wikipedia
Look at this cute little termite. It looks like it is made of wax and lit from within. This is the first time that I have been able to get a photo of one with wings.
Giant cathedral termite mounds in the Litchfield National Park, Australia. Sometimes called Spinifex Termites (Nasutitermes triodiae)
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Photographed the Termite Mound artificial structure at the Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park located on Discovery Island in Bay Lake in Orange County Florida U.S.A
Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung. These termites live in Africa, Australia and South America. The mounds sometimes have a diameter of 30 metres. Most of the mounds are in well-drained areas.
Source: Wikipedia
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We've had some hot weather lately and that always brings out the termites. This particular morning they were gathering in the millions (and then some) in the gently swirling eddies below the clifftops. Would they show up in a photo? Only one way to find out. This is only a minute part of the whole. The numbers are beyond imagining.
the Meridian termite or as the locals call them ‘Magnetic’ Termite Mounds (Amitermes meridionalis) which produce unusual wedge-shaped mounds aligned in a roughly North-South direction. These mounds occur in large numbers on the black soil plains, which become waterlogged in the wet season.
Coruja-buraqueira (Athene cunicularia)
Costumam viver em campos, pastos, restingas, desertos, planÃcies, praias e aeroportos. Também são conhecidas pelos nomes de caburé, caburé-de-cupim, caburé-do-campo, coruja-barata, coruja-do-campo, coruja-mineira, corujinha-buraqueira, corujinha-do-buraco, corujinha-do-campo, guedé, urucuera, urucuréia, urucuriá, coruja-cupinzeira (algumas cidades de Goiás) e capotinha.
Fonte: wikiaves
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
They usually live in fields, pastures, restingas, deserts, plains, beaches and airports. They are also known by the names of caburé, caburé-de-termim, caburé-do-campo, owl-cockroach, field owl, owl-mining, buckwheat owl, guede, urucuera, urucuria, urucuriá, owl-termite (some cities of Goiás) and capotinha.
Source: wikiaves
The spectacular Chestnut-Colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus) occurs from southern Mexico to extreme northwestern Panama. I have to say, this is the most beautiful woodpecker and possibly the most beautiful bird I have ever seen. This is a medium sized crested Woodpecker, 8.5 inches (21.5–24 cm) long and weighs 2.8–3.7 oz (80–105 gm). Overall, as you can see, the bird is bright chestnut-brown. The crest is a paler light rufous-brown, the underparts and back have extensive black chevron-shaped scaling. The male has a red patch on the cheeks that extends around the eyes. The female lacks the red cheek patch. The wing-tips and tail are black. The Chestnut-Colored Woodpecker primarily feeds on ants and termites. Less commonly, it also consumes fruit although the ones I saw did not approach the feeder with bananas.
Termite Mound by Irene Becker © All rights reserved
Kwarau, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Sep 13, 2021 Explore #287
Old build done for Hibernia. Meant to be a terraforming/mining vehicle utilised in rugged environments.
The Cuban Green Woodpecker - Xiphidiopicus percussus - is perhaps the most common and widespread woodpecker in Cuba and is one of only two woodpeckers that are endemic to the island. It will occupy many different types of forest, woodland, mangroves and even open areas with a few trees if there is enough food nearby and it happily lives from the lowlands up to 2000 m. It forages singly or in pairs but sometimes is encountered in small groups of three to five individuals. Only the upperparts of this woodpecker are green and it has a red crown and a white face with a blackish stripe extending backwards from the eye. This one was seen just as it was entering its nest, with a grub to feed its young, quite near our hotel in Guardalavaca, Cuba. We observed the direction it came from and went to when searching for food and by chance we saw it raiding a termite nest a short way away, again observing the directions it flew so we can be reasonably sure it was the same bird.
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Termites in rotten wood of a tree hole
Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017
The lights on this termite mound in Emas National Park, Brazil, are from tiny click beetle larvae (Pyrearinus termitilluminans), which glow from burrows on the outside. The larvae do not blink on and off like fireflies, but leave their lights on, hoping to attract flying insects (like winged termites & ants), which they then grab with their sharp mandibles. When conditions are right, some mounds can glow with the lights of dozens of these larvae, turning the structures into Seussian-looking Christmas trees. The adult beetles also bioluminesce - and are not necessarily safe from predation by the larvae.
These termite mounds are only a few minutes from my Dundee Beach block in the Northern Territory of Australia. I captured this image using the focus stacking app on my Nikon D850, it consists of 17 images that I rendered using Helicon Focus 7 software.
Mechtober week 4!
Right on time... poor guy is a structural disaster and doesn't photograph well; so I piled on some bricks and called it a day. But it's done, I can stop looking at pictures of construction equipment when I lie in bed at night. Only 9 months till I botch next years mechtober!
One of Litchfield National Park's most impressive sights is the hundreds of termite mounds standing up to two metres high in a wide swathe of empty ground. Up to 100 years old, these structures are unique to the northern parts of Australia and Litchfield National Park, 120 kilometres south of Darwin.
Magnetism or magnets have nothing to do with it. This arrangement is nature’s answer to the problem of termite air conditioning. By aligning themselves with the journey of the sun, these termites ensure that the temperature stays even over the course of the ferociously hot day and subsequent cold night.
Best viewed large.
Explore #107