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The bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a jacana. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. For the origin and pronunciation of the name, see Jacana.
The bronze-winged jacana breeds in India and southeast Asia. It is sedentary apart from seasonal dispersion. It lays four black-marked brown eggs in a floating nest. The males, as in some other wader families like the phalaropes, take responsibility for incubation.
These are conspicuous and unmistakable birds. They are 29 cm (11 in) long, but the females are larger than the males. They are mainly black, although the inner wings are very dark brown and the tail is red. There is a striking white eyestripe. The yellow bill extends up as a red coot-like frontal shield, and the legs and very long toes are grey.
Young birds have brown upperparts. Their underparts are white, with a buff foreneck.
The bronze-winged jacana's feeds on insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the water's surface.
Call is a wheezy piping seek-seek-seek given mostly in alarm.
When forced they sometimes choose to hide by submerging themselves. The male may carry chicks between the wings and body.
The jacana's were quite far and the light was low considering the time of the day.
I think this is a black kite – I like the variations in wing color. We were standing in a jeep in Tanzania straining for shots of distant lions when he suddenly appeared at an awkward angle above. I think we were both surprised, but I wheeled and clicked without time to frame the shot well. We were both winging it.
White-winged Dove - Zenaida asiatica mearnsi - Белокрылая горлица
Parque Natural Ria Lagartos, Ria Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico,02/19/2013
Female Golden-winged Warbler wintering at Miguelito County Park on 24 November, 2000. Photo: Brad Hines
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing, located at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C., participate in strafing and bombing exercises at the Poinsett Bombing Range in Wedgefield, S.C., March 16, 2016. Training exercises like these help maintain the skills and capabilities of the pilots, allowing the SCANG to effectively complete its mission. (Courtesy photo by Johnathon Derden/ Fighter Sweep)
In a chance encounter this afternoon, I saw this truck on Broom Way, Lee on Solent and then stopped at the Peel Common roundabout. It appeared to be carrying scrap including, on the top of the pile, an aircraft wing. The vehicle was travelling from the general direction of Lee on Solent airfield, which is not to say that is where it came from, and turned towards Stubbington.
The serial appears to read XG6-4 which I believe was a Sea Venom although the online serial histories do not readily explain its presence here. I have published two similar pictures to give different angles on the serial. Would anyone care to cast any light on this?
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