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Birds ID: Indian pitta/দেশি শুমচা/বন সুন্দরী/নওরঙ
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Bird# 46
Bird Description: flic.kr/p/2fYJaT2
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Green cay wetlands
Make a lot of shots -i like to see bird eye ,and when his grooming eye not visible all times
Ah yes, these little critters never let me down and always provide plenty of poses and expressions for my awaiting lens.
That pink tongue is working hard to clean those paws, one seen on the nose and the other just below the tongue :)
Rodents spend a lot of time grooming themselves and keeping their coats clean and shiny.
This Common Merganser was in the process of grooming itself as I captured several photos of it. It would work on the left side and then on the right side, each time pausing briefly to make sure there was no danger. I timed my shots to capture that brief pause and get the head in profile. Such an interesting bird!
Taken 14 October 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
Got to look one's best before setting off on that long journey. This scene at Hua Lumphong station caught my eye the other day when I was getting ready to come home
Uncropped image of a late afternoon grooming session.
Kruger National Park
Mpumalanga Province
South Africa
These two common mergansers were all about being next to the log, a nice platform from which they could perch and groom themselves with those sharp serrated bills of theirs...
Taken 14 October 2019 at Spenard Crossing, Anchorage, Alaska.
A female stands in water grooming in the middle of a small flock. While the males get a lot more attention, I find the females have a lovely subtle plumage, and the fall reflections on the water framed the scene well.
A larger group spent several weeks on the Lake in the fall, spooked and flushed periodically by Hawks and the occasional Bald Eagle. The species is a frequent fall visitor, and there are occasional northbound migrants in the spring.
A feature of the species that always seems striking to my eye is the short, beautifully coloured bill. It is often described as ‘goose-like’ and it helps them have greater pulling force on the underwater greens that form the core of their diet.
Anhinga
From ADW:
Males have greenish-black plumage overall, accentuated by silver-gray feathers on the upper back and wings that are edged with long white plumes. They also have black crests. Females are brown with a lighter brown head and neck; juveniles are a uniform brown color. Molting of all flight feathers at the same time render them flightless for a while. Unlike some aquatic birds, all of the body feathers become completely wet upon contact with the water, allowing them to dive through the water more easily. This feature, however, causes them to have little buoyancy, to lose heat quickly, and hinders flight. (del Hoyo, et al., 1992; Hennemann, 1982; Owre, 1967; Scott, 1983).
This one definitely had more of a blueish tone to its feathers - you can see that compared to the black feathers on the middle of the back of the Anhinga.
I'll post a photo of just the spread wings in the comments below.
The spread-wing posture allows them to absorb solar energy to supplement their low metabolic heat production and to offset their high rate of heat loss.
Explored.
Tail Grooming.
The resident Cooper's Hawk in my yard in Chester County, PA preening its magnificent tail feathers.
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Two Crows were sitting on one of the Hydro Wires busily grooming each other. Surely they were a pair. I don't think that they would otherwise groom one another. Maybe it was a love.scene also!
Yashka visited groomer 2 days ago. This time he had 2 calming capsules 1 hour before it, so it was easier to trim his fur.
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meadow grasshopper
Gemeiner Grashüpfer
(Chorthippus parallelus)
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