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Falkland Islands, Pebble Island
Unfortunately strong wind prevented our small plane from taking us to one of the Islands where this Albatross breeds. On several occasions we saw and photographed them from some distance offshore. The Black-browed Albatross are found circumpolar in sub-Antarctic waters and over 200,000 pair nest on small islands off West Falkland.
I was about to say that this would have been one of the last close views at Bempton, but it appears to have returned!
The black-browed albatross is very distinctly marked with its black eyebrow, but also the black plumage on both sides of its wings. It is one of the smaller albatross species, with a wingspan of just over 2m.
When searching for food, this species follows a regular flight pattern, somewhat resembling a figure 8. The effortless way it harnesses the wind to glide is amazing to watch. Nary a wingbeat.
37421+37116 at Lawsings Brow with 1Q83 14.13 Blackpool North - Derby RTC later to fail at Hest Bank due to a coach failure. Friday 23 April 2021.
Thalassarche melanophris
Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire.
Albert has been the star of Bempton for some weeks now and what an amazing bird it is.
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Motmots have always been among my favorite birds. Their colours are absolutely stunning! The Turquoise-browed Motmot is found from the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico down to Costa Rica. I recently returned from a trip to the Yucatan region of Mexico, where I had an amazing time photographing this individual which I would find in the same area almost every day. What a beautiful bird!
The Black-browed Albatross currently resident of RSPB Bempton Cliffs on Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire.
Mill Brow has been designated as a Conservation Area of special architectural and historic interest. Mill Brow is a small hamlet I struggled to find it on a map.
It has just over fifty dwellings, mostly built of local millstone grit with the Pub Hare and Hounds lying at the centre of the hamlet. From the late medieval period Mill Brow was a community of scattered farms. By the early nineteenth century a dramatic change had occurred with the building of four cotton mills on Mill Beck, the stream flowing through Mill Brow which then became a flourishing industrial centre. With the decline in the importance of water power the mills fell into disuse and today their legacy is best seen in weavers’ and mill workers cottages. Mill Brow has been designated as a Conservation Area of special architectural and historic interest.
At Miriam's Restaurant in the Savegre Valley of Costa Rica there are fruit feeders outside that attract tons of local birds.
When my wife and I arrived there was a large tour group on the patio watching the feeders. One of these birds popped up and otherwise polite birders were elbowing and nearly crawling over each other to get a shot.
We decided to order some lunch (Casado con pollo) and wait for the crowd to clear out. After a very good lunch, and with the place mostly to ourselves, we hung around the feeders and eventually another Chlorophonia showed up.
(Only males have the "golden brow," so this is probably a female)
Name: Snowy-browed flycatcher (male)
Scientific: Ficedula hyperythra
Malay: Sambar Dahi Putih / Sambar Kening-salju / Sambar Kudong
Family: Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2017): Least Concern
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White-browed Scrubwren
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There are birds that move fast throught the bushes.
Then
There are Scrubwrens
But once they are airborne they seem to have an effortless means of flight. Black Browed Albatross photographed in the Chilean Fjords.
Albatros de Ceja Negra, Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophris.
IUCN: Near Threatened (NT)
Offshore Valparaíso
Región de Valparaíso
Chile
We came across a variety of birds I don't recognize like this one, so I need to do a google search to find the name...and hope I have it right! Just back from Costa Rica with many photos to look at, and many photos to catch up with.
Red-browed Finch, Neochmia temporalis
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One of a family that was feeding among the grasses.
Chalk-browed Mockingbird is a mimic like other Mockingbirds, indicative of its intelligence. The individual in this image had to deploy every bit of that resourcefulness, since (as can be seen in a close look) it has lost its left foot. Its adaptability is illustrated by the setting of this photograph, which was a rocky beach on the shores of Guanabara Bay near the international airport in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This species is found only in South America, but is widespread in the eastern part of the continent from Brazil south of the Amazon Basin down to central Argentina.