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The sandbanks in the area of the Maasvlakte act as an important filling station for migrating birds. The highly industrialised landscape in the background and the grey skies add an odd contrast to the athmosphere.
I forgot where I was with this shot. I remembering up, and just seeing a lot of birds flying around.
An American Goldfinch goes after a sunflower seed. In a field of sunflowers there are plenty to eat and lots of birds going after them. Still, it is a challenge to capture them with their undulating flight as they fly in and out so quickly!
Latest snowfall forced me to seek warmth in my photos from my India trip towards end of 2017. Though trip like this is always more a social visit, in the last two trips I made sure that I left some time to look for old world birds. This photo was taken while riding a dinghy around an Oxbow lake formed by river Ganges. Winter is definitely the best time to see many variety of migratory bird around the lake. Purbasthali, West Bengal, India
I went out birding at Rifle Falls State Park, Colorado. While walking the boardwalk a Long-tailed Weasel popped out from under the boardwalk! Not a bird but a pleasant surprise. This one is turning from winter ermine to summer brown and yellow.
Dove searching for spilt seed on the ground. A dreary December day, but the birds were feeding happily.
Yesterday my colleague gave me this tiny bird "clip" for Christmas（there is a clip at the foot). Made of real feathers. Bokeh lights from our Christmas tree are a bit messy but the bird looks happy.
Bird in flight
colored film study 2000's
photographed @ Lamberton Conservatory
Floral Macro
Scientific Name :
Strelitzia /strɛˈlɪtsiə/[1] is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae.[2] The genus is named after 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, S. nicolai and S. reginae, are frequently grown as houseplants.[3]
Birds are well equipped to survive the coldest of temperatures. They store fat during the short days of winter to keep themselves warm during the long nights. During those freezing nights, they fluff their feathers to trap heat and slow their metabolism to conserve energy. They also look for good places to roost, whether it’s a birdhouse, natural tree cavity, grass thicket, evergreen or shrub.
Here is a Bullocks Oriole visiting my yard last Spring. This is another beautiful bird that I can't wait to see again this spring.
I tried a new method of swapping out the background of an image here. I spent way too much time working on that background color and still am not really happy with it but will be interested to see others opinions.
The kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family, which all belong to the order Otidiformes and are restricted in distribution to the Old World. It is one of the four species (ranging from Africa to India to Australia) in the large-bodied genus Ardeotis. The male kori bustard may be the heaviest living animal capable of flight.
Whilst out taking bird images earlier this week, I spotted this Silvereye enjoying some fresh fruits of this plant - irresistable for bird and photographer!!
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Another bird I encountered yesterday at the Hunter Wetlands Center whilst shooting with fellow flickr tog and long time friend Joe Micallef.
The Brown Honeyeaters were competing with Scarlet Honeyeaters and loads of Silvereyes for the nectar from the flowering Grevilleas here.
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