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Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee
Photographed in Mt. Hermon.
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A buff-breasted sandpiper walks on the beach at Willapa National Wildlife Refuge on the southern Washington coast, Sept. 11, 2022. USFWS photo: Jake Bonello
Rare sighting of a stunning buff-breasted sandpiper on the southern Washington coast!
These incredible shorebirds migrate thousands of miles from grasslands in Argentina or Uruguay up to the dry tundra of the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic.
Most buff-breasted sandpipers migrate back and forth through the Great Plains – states like Kansas, Nebraska and Texas – but there are recorded sightings on the Oregon and Washington coasts, too.
Buff-breasted sandpipers seen along the Pacific Flyway are typically juveniles, according to Richard Lanctot, a shorebird biologist for the USFWS.
“It is more common for birds to miss the main migration route and fly down the Atlantic Flyway,” added Lanctot.
This particular bird, seen at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge and likely headed back to South America, stuck around for about four days in September while refueling on insects and maybe some small crustaceans.
More about migratory birds: www.fws.gov/program/migratory-birds
California Gulch/Warsaw Canyon confluence, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. We heard two birds first and then one perched in the open long enough for me to snap a couple of pictures. Special thanks to Richard Fray for guiding us to this remote location.
A male buffed-belly on a feeder at Estero Llano Grand SP. Weslaco, TX. Not a lot of hummers in Texas in winter, but some. Also saw a Black-chinned in the area.
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Grutness pools, Mainland, Shetland. Classed as a mega, must have come over from North America in all the storms we'd been having.
More flowers from our garden in May. This is Buff Beauty; it is growing up through our largest Silver Birch tree.
This beauty has been sunning itself in my garden all day. It's still there now.
Explored 15 June 2014. #320. Dropped.
Buff belt buckle of the Grenadier Guards'
Raised in Belgium in 1656.
They were the personal bodyguard for the exiled future King of Britain Charles 2nd who came back to claim his throne in 1660
They are the most senior of the guards regiments. Though the Coldstream Guards are older the Coldtreamers were part of the New Model army and fought for Oliver Cromwell and not the crown
Anthus rubescens
This bird is from the eastern population ssp. japonicus. It is now on the radar of many western European birders after the confirmation of a record in France. Previously the Buff-bellied Pipits that reached Europe were all considered to have been from American origin.
18 Jun - Photo a day 2016.
I found this Buff Tailed Bee crawling round on the floor, apparently unable to fly. I took a few photos, then put in amongst the flowers, hopefully it was OK and just needed a rest.
© Mike Broome 2016
I found this Buff Tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris) crawling around the patio looking a little exhausted! After taking some photos, I put it back on some flowers which the bees like and so it appeared this one did. After getting a fill of nectar it flew off.
Burgundy, France, May 2023
Taken with a Contax Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 35-70mm f/3.4 lens in 35mm "macro" mode at f/16.
Record shots of Buff Breasted Sandpiper with a Black Tailed Godwit. Taken at Burton Mere Wetlands, on the Wirral Cheshire.
Bufftailed bumble bee Bombus terrestris feeding on Scabious pink mist ( Scabious columbaria pink ) uk