A spoonbill nest at Jefferson Island. Three birds are apparent but there is a another baby in front of nest with its head behind a leafy clump. I tried many times to get a shot with it in the frame but it didn't cooperate!!! :-)

Photographed the Anhinga perched on a dead head in the Banana Creek Marsh off of the Eagle Roost Trail in the Circle B Bar Reserve located in the City of Lakeland in Polk Country Florida U.S.A.

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Common Loon doing it's afternoon stretch on Gillies Lake in the Gillies Lake Conservation Area in Tisdale Township in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

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One of the local pelicans coming in for a landing at Bonnabel Boat Launch, Metairie, Louisiana.

Photographed the pair of Black Swans in one of the ponds at the Cedar Meadows Resort and Spa located in the Township of Mountjoy in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada.

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Photographed the Black Vulture on the Herons Hideout Trail in the Circle B Bar Reserve in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.

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Photographed the juvenile Trumpeter Swan on Invermara Bay Lake Simcoe in the City of Orillia in the Township of Ramara in Simcoe County Ontario Canada

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• American kestrel / Sparrow hawk

• Halconcito común / cernícalo americano

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Falco

Species:F. sparverius

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Guira cuckoo

• Pirincho

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Cuculiformes

Family:Cuculidae

Subfamily:Crotophaginae

Genus:Guira

Species:G. guira

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Chimango caraca / Chimango

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Milvago

Species:M. chimango

Punta del Diablo, Rocha, Uruguay

• Escuercito Común

• Common lesser escuercito, American ground frog

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Amphibia

Order:Anura

Family:Odontophrynidae

Genus:Odontophrynus

Species:O. americanus

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• American kestrel / Sparrow hawk

• Halconcito común / cernícalo americano

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Falco

Species:F. sparverius

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Field flicker

• Carpintero de campo / Picapalo de campo

• Pica-pau-do-campo

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Piciformes

Family:Picidae

Genus:Colaptes

Species:C. campestris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Grey pampean fox / Azara's fox / Azara's zorro

• Zorro de las Pampas / aguará gris / zorro gris

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus:Lycalopex

Species:L. gymnocercus

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• Fork-tailed flycatcher

• Tijereta

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Tyrannidae

Genus:Tyrannus

Species:T. savana

Binomial name

Tyrannus savana

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• Vermilion flycatcher

• Churrinche

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Tyrannidae

Genus:Pyrocephalus

Species:P. rubinus

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• American kestrel / Sparrow hawk

• Halconcito común / cernícalo americano

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Falco

Species:F. sparverius

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Upland goose, Magellan goose

• Cauquén común, caiquén, ganso de Magallanes

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Anseriformes

Family:Anatidae

Genus:Chloephaga

Species:C. picta

Female specimen

Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina

• Lechucita de campo

• Southern burrowing owl

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Strigiformes

Family:Strigidae

Genus:Athene

Species:A. cunicularia

Boca del Cufré, San José, Uruguay

• Red-crested cardinal

• Cardenal copete rojo / cardenilla crestada

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Thraupidae

Genus:Paroaria

Species:P. coronata

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• Pied kingfisher

• Martín pescador pío

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Coraciiformes

Family:Alcedinidae

Subfamily:Cerylinae

Genus:Ceryle

Species:C. rudis

Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa

Previously unpublished photos from my trip to RSA in 2018

• Golondrina parda

• Brown-chested Martin

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Hirundinidae

Genus:Progne

Species:P. tapera

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• Roadside hawk

• Gavilán común

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Accipitriformes

Family:Accipitridae

Genus:Rupornis

Species:R. magnirostris

Syn.: Buteo magnirostris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

Photographed the Green Heron perched on a stump in a quagmire of duckweed waiting for any movement of a potential meal in the Banana Creek Marsh of of Alligator Alley trail in the Circle B Bar Reserve in the City of Lakeland in Polk County Florida U.S.A.

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• Rufous-collared sparrow

• Chingolo

• Tico-tico

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Emberizidae

Genus:Zonotrichia

Species:Z. capensis

Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina

• Upland goose, Magellan goose

• Cauquén común, caiquén, ganso de Magallanes

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Anseriformes

Family:Anatidae

Genus:Chloephaga

Species:C. picta

Male specimen

Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina

• Gaviota austral, gaviota patagona, gaviota gris

• Dolphin gull

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Charadriiformes

Family:Laridae

Genus:Leucophaeus

Species:L. scoresbii

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Roadside hawk

• Gavilán común

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Accipitriformes

Family:Accipitridae

Genus:Rupornis

Species:R. magnirostris

Syn.: Buteo magnirostris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Carpintero nuca roja

• Green-barred woodpecker

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Piciformes

Family:Picidae

Genus:Colaptes

Species:C. melanochloros

Brisas del Plata, Colonia, Uruguay

• White monjita

• Monjita blanca / Viudita blanca común

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Tyrannidae

Genus:Xolmis

Species:X. irupero

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Upland goose, Magellan goose

• Cauquén común, caiquén, ganso de Magallanes

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Anseriformes

Family:Anatidae

Genus:Chloephaga

Species:C. picta

Female specimen

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Chimango caraca / Chimango

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Milvago

Species:M. chimango

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Lechucita de campo

• Southern burrowing owl

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Strigiformes

Family:Strigidae

Genus:Athene

Species:A. cunicularia

Boca del Cufré, San José, Uruguay

• White-browed meadowlark

• Pecho colorado / Loica cejiblanca

• Polícia-inglesa-do-sul

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Icteridae

Genus:Sturnella

Species:S. superciliaris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Grassland sparrow

• Chingolo ceja amarilla

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Passerellidae

Genus:Ammodramus

Species:A. humeralis

Boca del Cufré, San José, Uruguay

• White monjita

• Monjita blanca / Viudita blanca común

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Tyrannidae

Genus:Xolmis

Species:X. irupero

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Roadside hawk

• Gavilán común

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Accipitriformes

Family:Accipitridae

Genus:Rupornis

Species:R. magnirostris

Syn.: Buteo magnirostris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Snowy sheathbill, greater sheathbill, pale-faced sheathbill, paddy

• Paloma antártica, picovaina de Malvinas, picovaina nival, chorlo gigante, chirlote blanco antártico, pico de estuche, pico envainado blanco

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Charadriiformes

Family:Chionidae

Genus:Chionis

Species:C. albus

Canal de Beagle, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Rufous hornero

• Hornero

• João-de-barro

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Furnariidae

Genus:Furnarius

Species:F. rufus

La Barra, Maldonado, Uruguay

• Roadside hawk

• Gavilán común

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Accipitriformes

Family:Accipitridae

Genus:Rupornis

Species:R. magnirostris

Syn.: Buteo magnirostris

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• Dorado

• Saffron finch

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Thraupidae

Genus:Sicalis

Species:S. flaveola

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• South American gray fox, Patagonian fox, gray zorro

• Zorro gris patagónico, Chilla

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus:Lycalopex

Species:L. griseus

Laguna Nimez, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina

• Chotoy spinetail

• Pijuí chotoy, titisiri, chotoy

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Furnariidae

Genus:Schoeniophylax

Species:S. phryganophilus

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• White monjita

• Monjita blanca / Viudita blanca común

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Tyrannidae

Genus:Xolmis

Species:X. irupero

Colonia Delta, San José, Uruguay

• American kestrel / Sparrow hawk

• Halconcito común / cernícalo americano

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Falconiformes

Family:Falconidae

Genus:Falco

Species:F. sparverius

Santa Regina, Colonia, Uruguay

• South american sea lion / patagonian sea lion

• Lobo marino de un pelo

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:Carnivora

Suborder:Pinnipedia

Family:Otariidae

Subfamily:Otariinae

Genus:Otaria

Species:O. flavescens

Canal de Beagle, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• Upland goose, Magellan goose

• Cauquén común, caiquén, ganso de Magallanes

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Anseriformes

Family:Anatidae

Genus:Chloephaga

Species:C. picta

Male specimen

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

• White-rumped swallow

• Golondrina ceja blanca o de rabadilla blanca

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Hirundinidae

Genus:Tachycineta

Species:T. leucorrhoa

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay

• Gilded Sapphire

• Picaflor Bronceado

• Beija-flor-dourado

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Apodiformes

Family:Trochilidae

Genus:Hylocharis

Species:H. chrysura

Paso Centurión, Cerro Largo, Uruguay