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Stilt Sandpiper STSA (Calidris himantopus)
Perry Slough
South of
Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Canada
DSCN8218
Taken on September 19, 2021
Classic pose in what i expect is typical fall habitat
At one time in history
this species were referred to as 'Bastard Sandpiper'
thought to be a hybrid between Yellowlegs & Dowitchers
Guide books still refer to some blended similarities and helpful features in common to these aforementioned species but DNA and other studies have shown STSA is indeed a unique species
Diagnostic Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, 38 cm. / 15 in. COMMON resident on offshore waters. Breeds on islands off Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Around 300 birds flew by offshore of the point. Very windy, chilly and wet so we took shelter in the leeward side of the lighthouse.
Nosappu Point, Hokkaido, Japan.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Striped Cuckoo through the vehicle's windshield, Tapera naevia, 28 - 30 cm. / 11 - 12 in. COMMON. Shrubby clearings and pastures with scattered low trees in the west, mainly in more humid regions. More often heard than seen.
Arenillas Ecological Reserve, Arenillas, El Oro Province, Ecuador. ©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Female Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula, 18 in / 45.7 cm. COMMON. Winters on open lakes, rivers and bays in small flocks. Nests in tree cavities and shallow marshy lakes and beaver ponds.
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, United States.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Ryukyu Minivet, Pericrocotus tegimae, 19 - 20 cm. / 7.5 - 7.9 in. Recently split from Ashy Minivet. COMMON resident in evergreen forest.
Tatsugo, Amami Nature Forest, Amami, Japan.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii, 7 cm. / 2.25 in. Canopy and borders of foothill and sub-tropical forest and adjacent clearings.
Alambi, Near Nanegalito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
©bryanjsmith.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participating in Italian
Space Agency ASI’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment aboard the International Space Station.
This experiment uses special headphones containing a small device that records the response of the inner ear to study the effect of microgravity and background noise on astronaut hearing. Detecting hearing loss in space will both help take care of astronauts’ health during long missions and improve a device for testing hearing more accurately in any noisy environment on Earth.
ID: iss067e183692
Credit: ESA/NASA
Diagnostic Spotted Pardalote (Spotted), Pardalotus puntatus punctatus, 9 - 10 cm. / 3.5 - 3.9 in. COMMON and ENDEMIC bird that likes eucalyptus forests and woodlands, especially mallee. This one was on a scrub border along the beach.
Lorne, Victoria, Australia.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Red-tailed Bristlebill, Bleda syndactylus, 22cm. / 8.5in. Locally COMMON but shy in dense forest undergrowth.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Peruvian Meadowlark, Sturnella bellicosa albipes, 20 - 22 cm / 8 - 9 in. Locally COMMON in agricultural valleys of extreme northern Chile. Inhabits various open habitats such as beach stand, farmland, pastures, and shrubby native vegetation in oasis valleys.
Lluta River Mouth, Arica, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Gray-hooded Attila, Grey-hooded Attila, Capitāo-de-saira, Attila rufus hellmayri, 20 cm / 7.9 in. ENDEMIC. Humid forest up to 1500 m.
Diagnostic Beryl-spangled Tanager, Tangara nigroviridis cyanescens, 13.5 cm. / 5.25 in. COMMON and widespread in canopy and borders of sub-tropical forest and woodland on both slopes.
Tandayapa Road, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Great Bustard, Otis tarda tarda, M. 90 - 105cm, F. 75 - 85cm.; WS. 210 - 240cm, 170 - 190cm. Dry, flat and large, open plains, preferably natural steppe, but accepting of undisturbed, arablel fields.
La Cumbre, Caceres County, Extremadura, Spain.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic White-winged Cinclodes, Cinclodes atacamensis atacamensis, 23 cm. / 9.1 in. Ranges from 2500 - 5000 meters elevation, non-migratory, terrestrial birds closely associated with water. The poop on the rocks is from a colony of Vizcachas living at the sendero.
Sendero Las Cuevas, Lauca National Park, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Male Bluethroat (Red Spotted), Luscinia svecia svecia, 5.75 in. UNCOMMON and local breeder in patches of shrubby willows at tree line. Migrates East across the Bering Strait to winter in Asia.
Salmon Lake Campground, North of Nome, Alaska, USA.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnósticos Estéticos - Estructural 4 EDX
MIX Doble Exposición - Transfer-color
Doble Exposición color - ITPTV-MOD.
Selecc. DGV - EDX-DSCF4852.HS
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Diagnostic Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Common Thornbird, Phacellodomus rufifrons, 16.5 cm. / 6.5 in. COMMON in secondary woodland and scrub, clearings with scattered trees. From a long 250 meters away and on tip-toes over a tall hedge. Handheld.
Botanic Gardens, Valladolid, Loja Province, Ecuador.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic shot of a Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidicaps, 17 - 17.5 cm. / 6.7 - 6.9 in. Dry pre-puna with some taller stalks or bushes, Rocky slopes and agricultural fields. Turned out that this was the only RUNAGRTY we saw on the trip.
Lake Chungara, Parinacota Province, Chile.
©bryanjsmith.
Streptoprocne biscutata
A very large Swift; new to me and present in huge numbers especially on this morning. There was a constant stream passing for long periods of time, numbering many thousands of birds.
The broken neck collar is diagnostic.
Diagnostic Common Potoo, Nyetibius griseus panamensis, 40cm / 16in. COMMON and widespread in forest edge and wooded areas to upper subtropics. Lousy timing, right after a rainstorm it had moved higher in the canopy to dry out.
Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve, Depatameinto de Caldas, Colombia.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla tridactyla, 37 - 42cm. UNCOMMON here. Breeds on steep sea cliffs, sometimes on buildings. Rarely seen far from the sea.
Salina do Sambouco, Alochete County, Setubal, Portugal.
©bryanjsmith
Diagnostic Half-collared Kingfisher, Alcedo semitorquata semitorquata, 18 cm / 7.1 in. UNCOMMON resident and nomad at wooded streams, channels in large reed beds and coastal lagoons.
Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo Province, South Africa,
©bryanjsmith.
An LL-290 undergoes diagnostic checks before launch.
NB Thanks to the Brickish Spacers Guild for this photo's composition, editing and laser pointer duties! The robot is courtesy of Peter Reid (Legoloverman).
Diagnostic Maroon-faced Parakeet, White-eared Parakeet, Tiriba-de-orelha-branca, Pyrrhura leucotis, 25 cm / 9.8 in. RARE. Humid forest and adjacent areas with tree stands.
Paris Farm, Bahia, Brazil.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic White-headed Woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus bollei jacksoni, 35cm. / 14in. Family groups are COMMON and widespread in forest.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Female Helmeted Manakin, Soldadinho, Antilophia galeata, 14 cm / 5.5 in. Low levels in riparian habitat, palm groves and woodland. Stayed in the cover and canopy shadows.
Bahia, Brazil.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Male Powerful Woodpecker, Campephilus pollens, 33.5 - 35.4 cm. / 13.25 - 14 in. UNCOMMON. SCARCE in sub-tropical and temperate forest and borders on both slopes.
Refugio Paz de las Aves, Nanegalito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Chilean Flicker, Colaptes pitius, 30 - 33 cm. / 12 - 13 in. Widespread in central and southern Chile. Typical flicker behaviors. Prefers open beech forest or forest edge, agricultural areas with adjacent tall trees and taller matorral. Appear to be shy birds.
Antillanca, Puyehue National Park, Los Lagos Region, Chile. ©bryanjsmith 2017.
The species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the United States as far west as Colorado.
The genus name, Celithemis, is a combination of the Greek words kelis, spotted (referring to the wing spots on most members of the genus), and themis, law, decree, order, presumably because this genus can be “ordered” or classified according to the pattern and number of spots on the wings, which are diagnostic.
Eponina, the specific name, was the wife of Julius Sabinus, a Gaulish chief who attempted to overthrow the Roman occupation and was forced to flee, enduring a decade of privation and hardship, alleviated only by the devotion of his wife. When they were finally captured and sent to Rome, Vespasian executed Sabinus, and Eponina asked to be executed as well, a request that was granted. Plutarch called this the darkest deed of Vespasian’s reign, “there was nothing during Vespasian’s reign to match the horror of this atrocious deed, and that, in retribution for it, the vengeance of the gods fell upon Vespasian, and in a short time after wrought the extirpation of his entire family.”
The English name for this genus, the pennants, is also descriptive: it refers to their habit of perching, flag like, on vertical stems. And, if you’ll recall, pennants are small flags, appropriate because most species in this genus are rather small.
Diagnostic Yellow-winged Blackbird, Agelaius chilies, 19-20 cm / 75.-8 in. Locally COMMON in marshes and adjacent fields or wetlands. Fluffed-up after a bath, there is only a tiny bit of yellow evident on the wing.
Humedal De Cartagena, San Antonio Province, Valparaiso Region, Chile.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Amami Rabbit, Ryukyu Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi. ENDANGERED endemic. Often called a "living fossil" because it is a remnant of ancient rabbit lineage that have all died out off the asian mainland and now are only found on two small islands of the Japan Archipelago. Mainly nocturnal. Habitat is between young and mature forest where there exists pampas grass to eat and mature trees for protection from predators.
Handheld through the vehicle windshield by light from the headlights.
Amami Natural Forest, Amami, Japan.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Rufous-brown Solitaire (Rufous-brown), Sabiá-castanho, Cichlopsis leucogenys leucogenys, 20 cm / 7.9 in. RARE. Arboreal in humid forest.
Serra Bonita, Bahia, Brazil.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis mellori, 30 - 33 cm / 11.8 - 12.9 in. Grassy, reeded or thickly vegetated habitat, usually close to water.
Herdsman Lake, Western Australia, Australia.
©bryanjsmith.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participating in Italian
Space Agency ASI’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment aboard the International Space Station.
This experiment uses special headphones containing a small device that records the response of the inner ear to study the effect of microgravity and background noise on astronaut hearing. Detecting hearing loss in space will both help take care of astronauts’ health during long missions and improve a device for testing hearing more accurately in any noisy environment on Earth.
ID: iss067e183668
Credit: ESA/NASA
Diagnostic Chukar Partridge, Alectoris chukar, 35.56 cm. / 14 in. Introduced from the Middle East. UNCOMMON and local on dry rocky canyon slopes with widely scattered grass and brush. Handheld.
Texas Creek Junction, Fremont County, Colorado, USA.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Yellow Bishop (Yellow), Cape Widowbird, Euplectes capensis, 15 - 18 cm / 5.9 - 7.1 in. COMMON resident in damp, grassy areas and heathlands.
East side False Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Bat Falcon, Falco rufiularis, 24 - 28 cm/ 9.5 - 11 in. Widespread at edges of humid and deciduous forest and woodlands, in trees isolated by cleared land. Diagnostic shot in the rain.
Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura Reserve near Piñas, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Sharpe's Drongo, Dicrurus sharpei, 19cm. / 7.5 in. Recently spilt from Square-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus ludwigii and found in interior forest and edges.
Kakamega Forest, Vihiga, Western, Kenya.
©bryanjsmith.
Departing the Wilson Air Center ramp at Memphis in Quest Diagnostics N567QD. The Pilatus single engine is heading to Dallad Love Field.
[ ALL TAG AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE DATA RE THIS IMAGING OF TINY CREATURES (WHO, MY RESEARCH INDICATES, FLED WEIMAR GERMANY DURING THE DECLINE) REVEALED TO BE LIVING INSIDE THE "CURSED FUJI" HAVE BEEN LOST THANKS TO SOME FREAKO FLICKR ERROR. GRRRR ARGH. ;)
THE FLICKR UPLOADR IS NEITHER COMPELLING NOR SEXY ENOUGH FOR ME TO SPEND AN ENTURE FRIDAY EVENING WITH. OOPS. THAT PERHAPS MERITED A 'CANDOR ALERT' ;-}
PROST.