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A moment of quiet majesty—this Mute Swan glided into perfect light just as the wind caught its wings. Nature’s elegance never fails to amaze me.
Honduran white bat tent (Ectophylla alba) in flight at the low lands of Costa Rica. #birds_captures #bestbirdshots #thewildlifebiologist #igscwildlife #audubonsociety #bird_brilliance #wildplanetphotomag #birds_adored #your_best_birds #bb_of_ig #audubon #feather_perfection #naturehippys #ip_birds #thetweetsuites #splendid_animals #pocket_birds #birdsofinstagram #global4nature #excellent_nature #nanpapix #animal_sultans #photoarena_nature #show_us_nature #nuts_about_birds
While out photographing waterbirds, I came across this striking individual — a leucistic Greylag Goose (Anser anser). Unlike its normally plumaged companion in the background, this goose displays an almost entirely white plumage due to a genetic condition known as leucism.
Leucism causes a partial or total loss of pigment in feathers, but unlike albinism, it doesn’t affect the eyes — notice the dark eye and normally colored bill. These individuals are quite rare, with only a handful of cases reported among thousands of birds, making it a very special encounter.
Seeing this elegant bird gliding across the water alongside its more typical counterpart was a powerful reminder of nature’s diversity and unpredictability. Moments like these are why I love bird photography.
The Indian golden oriole (Oriolus kundoo) is a species of oriole found in the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia.
The male has the black eye stripe extending behind the eye, a large carpal patch on the wing and wide yellow tips to the secondaries and tertiaries.
15 May, 2022
Shalla Pattan, Gurdaspur, Punjab
OMD EM1X 300f4
1/3200, f5.6, ISO500
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This is one of my favorite photos of this species. Not for the pose or the frame or light as such.
More because of what is in the photo. This girls was in the middle of a very busy preening session so the photo contains a floating feather she plucked out as well as a fair bit of feather dust floating around her. It was such a calm morning it just seem to hang in the air.
Red-winged parrot (Female). Aprosmictus erythropterus
Both sexes have bright red wings and a bright green body. The male birds have a black nape, lower blue back and rump with a yellow tip on their tail, an orange bill and grey feet. The female birds have a yellowish-green body and the wings have red and pink trimmings. Also distinguishing the females are dark irises and the lower back is a light blue colour. Juveniles have orange/yellow beaks and pale brown irises, and otherwise resemble females in colouration. Males develop adult plumage at about the age of two years and females at the age of about a year and a half.
The courtship display of the Red-winged Parrot is very colourful: the male circles the favoured female, then lowers his wings to expose the blue patch on his lower back, which is usually hidden. He holds his feathers close to his body and contracts his pupils.
Bar throated Siva
31 October 2021
Rajgarh
EM1X 300f4
1/1250, F4, ISO1600 -0.3ev
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Juvenile Bald Eagle - Came upon this gorgeous Juvenile while driving home last week. Of course I had to yell to Guy to pull over and while it’s not a perfect shot, wishing it was all in focus but I had no time to switch settings I am actually loving the side view as it flies away after I spooked it trying to sneak around the car.
2.18.24 - King William County
Olympus OMD EM1X w/100-400
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Kaziranga National Park, Assam.
These parakeet species are distributed in parts of north and northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, China and Indonesia.
COMMON NAMES: Moustached parakeet, mustache parakeet, Java parakeet, red-breasted parakeet.
A beautiful parrot, the moustached parakeet is named for its distinctive feathers above the beak that looks like a well-groomed mustache.
The Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a large grouse with a chubby, round body, small head, and long tail. Males change shape dramatically when they display, becoming almost spherical as they puff up their chest, droop their wings, and fan their tail into a starburst.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Male) preparing to land...
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