Strelitzia is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, Strelitzia nicolai and Strelitzia reginae, are frequently grown as house plants.

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Another bird! I am not happy with the other subjects I took today. However, I am hoping not to complete a project called A Bird A Day for A Month!

Quebec, Canada: 03_09_05

The twittering of birds is one of the most pleasing nature sounds that can ever be. More than water splashing, more than the wind swooshing, more than raindrops falling, more than leaves rustling.

Because like us, the birds are alive.

Birdsong has had a large influence on the development of music. Lot of musicians and composers have incorporated it in their compositions. One example is Beethoven's sixth symphony.

A common Indian robin posing right outside my house. She's the mommie of this one.

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Scottish Birds - Pow Burn

Heather Farm Park

A falcon. Maybe a beluga whale.... Anyway... this is a wild bird, really. Came flying by at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Doing their grooming routine while embracing the sun..:)

Every morning, the birds and squirrels compete for their daily bread. The clever crows get the most because they grab as much as their beaks can hold, fly off with it and then return for more.

Manga Studio 5 with DAUB digital brushes

What kind of bird is this? Is it a starling?

Antony and the Johnsons

birds with fernsehturm

pictures from Marie Selby

BIRD ART

Bronze birds who sometimes get along with each other - but are best separate with a human head in between!

Month of earrings #18

Polder de Biesbosch, Dordrecht

One of the craziest nature happenings i've ever seen. Wish i could say the drops of blood in the water was timing skill. But nope. LUCK.

Nikon D40. Orlando- Lake Eola.

Close-up of a kookaburra in NSW. The bird is actually part of the kingfisher family.

Pronounced: cook-a-bar-ah

May 25, 2014 trip to the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Delta, BC.

Bird of Paradise at dusk

It's Ibis-like, but I haven't found an ID that fits yet. I love this bird!

A few hundred starlings seemed to be stretching their wings in my back garden before their long trip to Africa (or wherever they go). The original shot didn't really have much drama, so I decided to give it a bit of fake lomo action.

Blowing in the wind

It's been a while since a did a textured bird pic, so I thought I would have a go at this Woodpecker.

no colors doesn't mean no feelings

suddenly appear

Sadly the Canadian release for these do not have the sound chip that makes the bird tweets. :(

Built for Biocup 2026 warmup round, G1 Gauntlet.

The moral of this year’s Biocup is that I have a strange fascination with constraction birds.

My souvenir from Finland, a glass bird designed by Oiva Toikka; this is a green lapwing.

Birds

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

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Bird Camping at MacDill AFB, Tampa Florida, Winter 2021

An Osprey with a fish in DE. Taken in June 2014 with my Nikon d7000 and Sigma 500mm.