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Very difficult to photograph... always on the ground in the middle of branches and moving very quickly.
Endemic to Madagascar and classified as Vulnerable
Ankarafantsika National Park - Madagascar
Species # 1270
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula.[1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, amphibians and small birds moving about on the ground.[2] Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs are laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to a fair height (69 to 144 metres), descending in swoops and dives,[3] while uttering harsh, discordant cries. The sexes do not differ in coloration, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults.
Dark day in the bird blind. I really wanted to practice using low shutter speeds and see if I could improve the images using curves and WB without introducing too much noise.
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Highland Oaks Park
The Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis) is a bright orange and black songbird native to southern Mexico and Central America, known for the distinctive black spots on its breast. It was introduced to southern Florida in the late 1940s and has since established a population there, inhabiting neighborhoods with flowering and fruiting trees. These orioles build long, hanging nests and feed on berries, nectar, and insects.
A lifer for me! This is the first time I've ever seen any Rose Breasted Grosbeaks. I saw it near the feeder when I was going to feed the dog this morning. By the time I got the camera, it was gone. So I waited a few hours and it finally came back and I was able to get a few shots. There were several of them together, several males and females.
I looked them up to find out what they were and this area is in their migration path so they probably won't stick around too long. I was fortunate to see them today, hopefully they will be around a little longer!
Wikipedia: The yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird found in North America, and is the only member of the family Icteriidae. It was once a member of the New World warbler family Parulidae, but in 2017, the American Ornithological Society moved it to its own family. Its placement is not definitively resolved.
The yellow-breasted chat is found throughout North America. It breeds from the southern plains of Canada to central Mexico, and mainly migrates to Mexico and Central America for the winter, although some may overwinter in coastal areas farther north. This species occurs in areas where dense shrubbery is common. Today, its habitat often consists of abandoned farmland and other rural areas where overgrown vegetation proliferates.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Another bird that is on the priority list of birders or photographers visiting Victoria. Unfortunately they are not the kind you can attract to bird feeders. You are more likely to find them digging holes in trees to get the sap as their name is indicating. I have often seen Hummingbirds following them... they too love the sap.
Backyard bird
Wikipedia: The scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch, is a sparrow-sized estrildid finch native to tropical Asia. The species is endemic to Asia and occurs from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines. It has been introduced into many other parts of the world, and feral populations have established in Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, as well as parts of Australia, and the United States of America, with a sizable population existing in Southern California.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), an African member of the roller (or Coraciidae) family. Known to sit on prominent perches in open woodland and lightly-treed grasslands.
Linyanti Wildlife Reserve, Botswana.
Conservation Status: Least Concern
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Colibrà Pechirrojo, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Boissonneaua matthewsii.
Especie # 1.731
Guango Lodge
Provincia de Napo
Ecuador
Though small in size, Red-breasted Nuthatch is a species with character and this individual displays that. This sighting was in the Horne Settlement Park Reserve near the town of Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Wikipedia: The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Still a rare bird in the UK the winter of 2022 has least three birds s brought at to the east coast. This bird photographed in the Eye Field, Cley-next the-Sea
Description
5-6" (13-15 cm). Chunky and short-tailed, with thin bill. Beady black eye is conspicuous against white face and chest, set off by narrow dark crown stripe (black on males, often gray on females). Can show much orange-brown on lower belly.
Size - About the size of a Sparrow
Color- Black, Gray, White
They are monogamous throughout the year and often reuse their nest holes in subsequent years. We usually have at least one of the two birdhouses on our covered deck occupied with nesting Nuthatches. Sometimes we get to see the little nuthatches launch! It is really miraculous. They have ample black oil seed, suet, insects and water nearby.