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I tentatively ID'd this beautiful bird based on a small drawing in National Geographics "Field Guide to the Birds of North America" as a Krider's Red-tailed Hawk but was not confident that I was correct. Thanks, Brennan, for properly identifying it as a pale immature red-tailed hawk. I appreciate the help!
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Listening to Carole King today… another old Rocker that’s made beautiful music for a number of years.
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.
Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter.
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The Hooded Merganser:
Spotted this Female Hooded Merganser Strutting Her Stuff after finishing a breakfast of Frog Legs alfresco. The legs were still attached to the frog, so it took her awhile to dine, but she seems to have had a Happy Ending : )
Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a “nictitating membrane,” which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases, they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water.
The oldest recorded Hooded Merganser was a male and at least 14 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mississippi in 2009. He had been banded in Minnesota in 1995.
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Querétaro - México.
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♫Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Saying
This is my message to you-ou-ou...♪
happy sliderssunday!
♥
A strange bird at the feeder with an attitude.
A major crop, so nothing great. Thanks for looking and happy week.
Belding's savannah sparrow, taken in Bolsa Chica Reserve
There is something about birds singing on barbed wire that always appeals to me, especially now.
Birds of prey, or raptors, include species of bird that primarily hunt and feed on vertebrates that are large relative to the hunter.
I almost only see these colorful birds in winter. Then there are several couples who visit the bird tray every day and eat lots of sunflower seeds!
Leaves of the Bird of Paradise flower's plant with the flower bokeh in the background.
Taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
Hope you like Coldplay's song
"Paradise"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4isv_Fylg
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