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De wilde eend (Anas platyrhynchos) is een vogel uit de familie Anatidae.
De lengte bedraagt 51 tot 62 cm en de spanwijdte 91 tot 98 cm. Een volwassen eend weegt tussen de 700 en 1500 gram. Gemiddeld wordt een wilde eend vijftien jaar oud. De oudst bekende wilde eend werd negenentwintig jaar. De wilde eend is de stamouder van de gedomesticeerde tamme eend, die waarschijnlijk voor het jaar 1000 in Zuidoost-Azië gedomesticeerd is. De witte varianten van de tamme eend worden in de Lage Landen ook wel pekingeenden en Hollandse kwakers genoemd.
Het mannetje (de woerd) is kleurrijk met een glanzend groene kop, een witte halsband, een kastanjebruine borst en gekrulde zwarte veren aan de staart. Het donkerbruine vrouwtje en de eendenkuikens (pullen) hebben een schutkleur.
Het voedsel bestaat uit een rijk pallet aan plantaardig voedsel, in de zomermaanden voornamelijk zaden (van kroos), in de wintermaanden toenemend wortels (van), grassen en mossen, allerlei soorten kleine visjes, slakken en wormen.
Het vrouwtje bouwt een nest in het lange gras, in een knotwilg of in een holte. De acht tot tien vuilgroene eieren broedt ze uit in 4 weken.
Gewoon in de tuin …….
A pair of Eastern Phoebes were very vocal on my hike yesterday evening. Took a little while but finally got this one at eye level with a nice background. I really like how the rich browns in the foliage compliment the bitd.
landing in the Chobe river, Botswana
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Excuse the quality of the image but I lack the reach with my 70-300mm plus no tripod but this is my first and hopefully not my last red kite
This magnificently graceful bird of prey is unmistakable with its reddish-brown body, angled wings and deeply forked tail. It was saved from national extinction by one of the world's longest-running protection programmes. It has now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland. Red kites are listed under Schedule 1 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Mainly carrion and worms, but opportunistic and will occasionally take small mammals.
Length:60-66cmWingspan:175-195cmWeight:800-1,300g
Smaller than a redshank, turnstones have a mottled appearance with brown or chestnut and black upperparts and brown and white or black and white head pattern, whilst their underparts are white and legs orange. They spend most of their time creeping and fluttering over rocks, picking out food from under stones. What they eat: Insects, crustaceans and molluscs. (Courtesy RSPB)
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The birds were mostly hidden inside the reeds, where they nested, but this one came out for a while and I was lucky to shoot it. Lots of pollen in the water.
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This Burrowing owl was standing on a tree when we pulled into the parking lot. The burrow was not far away from the tree she is perched in.
Burrowing Owls have a higher tolerance for carbon dioxide than other birds, an adaptation found in other burrowing animals, which spend long periods underground, where the gas can accumulate to higher levels than found above ground.
This photo was taken in a park in Cape Coral, Florida
This photo of a juvenile American Robin in a Saskatoon tree was taken in Fish Creek Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
An interesting fact of this bitd is that both male and female American robins tend their nestlings together until they fledge at about two weeks of age. Parents continue to care for the fledglings for about another two weeks, at which time they are largely independent. The male does most of the care for the fledglings at this stage, as the female is busy getting ready for a second brood. She may have up to 3 broods each season.
-Turdus migratorius and Amelanchier alnifolia
Unknown - Taken at Newburgh Beach, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. (Sorry, I do not know the type of bitd).
The great egret, also known as the common egret, large egret, or great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe, recently also spreading to more northern areas of Europe. The grey heron is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn.
This is Papago Butte. This is to the west of Desert Botanical Garden on the other side of Galvin Parkway. It looked good in this morning light. Good rock. I practiced climbing, rappelling (abseiling), and anchor placements on these rocks. BITD
Desert Botanical Garden has an incredible collection of plants and cacti arranged in a beautiful park setting.
"Think the desert is all dirt and tumbleweeds? Think again. Desert Botanical Garden is home to thousands of species of cactus, trees and flowers from all around the world spread across 55 acres in Phoenix, Arizona."
Desert Botanical Garden
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This is a photo of an Australasian darter. He was sitting overlooking the lake on a warm sunny morning in Forest Lake, Australia.
The Australasian darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae) and the Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) are both members of the darter family (Anhingidae) and share many similarities, but they are distinct species.
This bird was not ideally placed with the morning sun for photography. As he was not going to move this is the best I could with what I had to work with.
- Anhinga novaehollandiae