The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

Adult male Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina superba)

at a display branch, displaying with cape raised, trying to lure down female... while facing away from the camera.

A friend opines that I must surely be living in paradise. Guess she's right ...

7/12/18 Female Kumul Lodge, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

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Morag Magnolia Brownlie // Film Maker/ Show Director and Choreographer / Costume designer/Performance artist // www.birdsofparadise.co.nz

The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

Young male Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus) performing a practice display.

7/10/2018 Male at desplay lek, KM 17 near Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

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travels in cameron highlands, December 08

The National Aviary, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 2024. The bird paradise is the largest independent indoor nonprofit aviary in the U.S. It is also the country's largest aviary, and the only one accorded honorary "National" status by the U.S. Congress.

The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

These Birds of Paradise were so colorful and beautiful - standing so tall!

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The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

This is a single flower on a Birds of Paradise plant I took a macro exposure of. I got some nice bokeh in this shot for such a small little camera/lens combination.

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MoMu Antwerp

Kate MccGwire - MoMu Antwerp

Right outside our hotel.

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Adult male in flight, chased by young male.

The first cruise since December 2019 due to Covid 19, we visited familiar places along the California coast for 7 days. Tried to capture some unusual pictures. Enjoy.

Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba)

Adult male