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This little Yellow-billed Oxpecker is sitting on the “boss” of Buffalo.
The oxpecker-mammal relationship is more complex than was previously thought. These little birds feed almost exclusively on what they can clean from the skin of large African mammals.
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also known as sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan.
Why the bright colors? In the jungle, where the light is dimmer, these colors aren't bright. The various colors brake up his contours and helps hide his shape from predators.
A Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) perched on the dead wooden core of a cactus in the Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
12 December, 2017.
Slide # GWB_20171212_0083.CR2
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Had a great day out in Portland Bill yesterday and the light was just perfect in every way. Made very good use of my K5 with a circular Polerizing filter
A Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding in the mud flats of Miquelon Lakes southeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
7 August, 2014.
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A Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) checks for danger on the prairie landscape east of Brooks, Alberta, Canada.
15 May, 2013.
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One of the beautiful aracaris to see when visiting Ecuador is the gorgeous pale billed. He is quite striking and when you have the opportunity to see him from the back he reveals his awesome bright red feathers just at the top of his tail and just below his wings . Truly breathtakingly beautiful and we were grateful to have a chance to see and photograph him.
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Infomal Decorative Dahlia
Riesen- und Großblumige Dekorative Dahlie
Botanischer Garten Wien
The blossom is some 8 or 9 inches (20 - 23 cm) large in diameter.
A Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) feeding in the shallows of a wetland along the roadside east of Beaverhill Lake near Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
9 May, 2022.
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The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a charismatic species from Andean South America. It is found from Venezuela and Colombia in the north to Bolivia in the south. The species belongs to a monotypic genus, Ensifera, and is quite different from all other hummingbirds; metallic green and bronzed overall, with a black bill that is slightly upcurved and longer than the body length. This is the only bird species with a bill length that exceeds the body length. When seen perched, the species usually holds its bill quite upright, presumably because of balance issues stemming from this long and relatively heavy structure.
doi.org/10.2173/bow.swbhum1.01
For me one of the most amazing hummingbirds of Ecuador! Taken at the amazing Zuro Loma Reserve.
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A female broad-billed hummingbird emerges from the shadows at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. If I were to choose my perfect bokeh, it would not be beige, but living in the desert there tends to be a bit of beige around. So you shoot what you see. At least the hummingbird brings a sparkle of green to the scene.
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Strong-billed Woodcreeper - Santa Rosa Bird Lodge, (The Birdwatcher's House, Mindo, Ecuador
Bird Species (# 340) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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Ring-billed gull Miami.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
I was stitting on a bench near the edge of the water when this one flew to a boulder close beside me. Here is a close up showing the red eye ring they sport during breeding season.
William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Good numbers of these around in various places. We should start seeing Short-billed Dowitchers especially juveniles coming through soon.
Murray Marsh. Sturgeon County, Alberta.
Although it was not far away, this Broad-billed Motmot was perched quietly among vegetation (typical of members of the family) and it was by seeing the characteristic side-to-side movement of the tail that I located it. This individual was on the grounds of the Los Amigos Biological Station on the Rio Madre de Dios in the Amazon Basin in lowland southeastern Peru. [That spot also had the similar but larger Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii), which I did not manage to photograph.]
Broad billed motmot, Panama.
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Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) strolling the mud and sand flats along the beach of Miquelon Lake southeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
7 August, 2014.
Slide # GWB_20140807_1702.CR2
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Ring-billed gull Miami, Florida, USA.
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Ring-billed gull.
No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
Stork-Billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis, Pekaka Emas
This is a very large kingfisher, measuring up to 38 cm in length. The call of this species is noisy. Stork-billed kingfisher is a species of a variety of well-wooded habitats near lakes, rivers or coasts. It perches quietly whilst seeking food, and is often inconspicuous despite its size. It is territorial and will chase away eagles and other large predators. This species hunts fish, frogs, crabs, rodents and young birds. The nest is dig in a river bank, in the decaying tree, or maybe a tree termite nest.