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Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
While its black plumage identifies it as a crow, the chough (pronounced 'chuff') has a red bill and legs unlike any other member of the crow family. It is restricted to the west of the British Isles.
It readily displays its mastery of flight with wonderful aerial displays of diving and swooping. This Schedule 1 species can be found in flocks in autumn and winter.
There are two species of passerine birds commonly called chough that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (Pyrrhocorax graculus). The white-winged chough of Australia, despite its name, is not a true chough but rather a member of the family Corcoracidae and only distantly related.
The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet, and bills, and are resident in the mountains of southern Eurasia and North Africa. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics. Both species pair for life and display fidelity to their breeding sites, which are usually caves or crevices in a cliff face. They build a lined stick nest and lay three to five eggs. They feed, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey, supplemented by vegetable material or food from human habitation, especially in winter.
Population:
UK breeding:
250-350 pairs in Great Britain; 120-150 pairs on the Isle of Man
An invertebrate of damp meadows, woodland rides and hillside pastures, the Common green grasshopper is widespread in the uplands, but has a more patchy distribution, and may be declining, in the lowlands. It is the earliest grasshopper to appear in the spring, hatching in April and moulting into adult form in June. Males can be seen displaying to females by rubbing their legs against their wings to create a 'song' - in this case, it is a long, loud, 'churring' noise. After mating, the eggs are laid in the soil ready to hatch the following spring.
The Common green grasshopper is mostly green, but sometimes has brownish sides. Most grasshoppers are best identified by their songs: the Common green grasshopper's characteristic long, loud song lasts 20 seconds or more, and sounds like the ticking of a free-wheeling bicycle.
Huge white bird with long neck and all-black bill. Immatures dusky gray-brown with pink on bill. Forages in shallow, vegetated wetlands reaching under the water for plants, and walks through corn stubble. Breeds in freshwater marshes and ponds. Winters on any open body of water where food is available. Extremely similar to Tundra Swan, but never shows yellow on bill. Also, note subtle features of face: facial skin is relatively broad where it meets eye, so the eye doesn't stand out, and border between white face and black bill is straight (curved on Tundra). From head-on, the border of the bill and forehead is usually pointed (straight or curved on Tundra). Often in pairs or family groups. Almost went extinct in early 20th century, but population has rebounded and been reintroduced to some areas. (eBird)
This swan was an unusual find in Victoria. It was nice to see one without wing tags - most of the Trumpeter Swans in Ontario have been re-introduced and so sport large yellow tags on their wings. Admittedly, this makes it easier to identify them if you can't see their face clearly.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Ultimate British Columbia.
Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
Males have two, sometimes three, mates at a time. Females build nests on the ground using soft woven grasses and hide them in the taller grass of an open field. The nest usually has an arched “roof” with a side entrance. A clutch of two to six grayish-white eggs speckled with brown and lavender may be laid any time from late March through July. Eggs are incubated by the female for 13 to 15 days. The young fledge at 12 days. The parents continue to tend them for about two weeks until they are able to fly. Juveniles are similar to adults, but the black “V” becomes prominent in adulthood. The meadowlark has been known to live ten years in captivity.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
It has been a awhile since we’ve spotted a Kestrel. We were visiting Yolo Bypass near Davis Ca and there were lots of birds to see, including this little beauty.
This Female kestrel was easy to identify by the rufous coloring on her head, wings, and back, with black barring.
The female’s wings lack the male’s blue-gray color.
A large duck species easily identified due to their bright white and brown plumage. The birds are migratory from South Eastern Europe and much of Central Asia during winters to India. They are not so common in our state, but common in our neighbouring western state.
Found them in a shallow lake in the middle of a grassland where there was a group of 6 along with dozens of Pintails, Garganeys and Pochards. The rest of the ducks flew away by our presence, but these Shelducks stayed put cautiously and after a short while ignored us entirely. The birds were chasing each other and seemed to have fun for a short while. The presence of 3 large raptors distracted us and the birds which flocked together to probably feel more secure.
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The Pintails return for winter. Yolo bypass was full of birds, including this handsome Pintail Drake. The dilemma: They were all hanging out in the middle of the lake. We captured this Pintail that was hanging around, close to the shore, looking for food. Slim and long-necked, the Northern Pintail has a distinctive silhouette. The male is easy to identify by his striking markings and long tail.
Originally I thought this was a boat house because it looks like it is in the water. It has a chimney and windows though. It is constructed of wood and metal. The door seems to be too big for a house and too small for a boat. There are two buckets hanging on either side of the door. It couldn’t be a barn because you would have to take the animals through the water to get them inside. I’m stumped!
I have to find a picture of something that I can identify. There are just no write ups on these old buildings.
Broadwater Warren RSPB, Kent.
Normally found in their hundreds munching away on yellow-flowered ragwort, and their bold black-and-gold stripes make them easy to identify.
This year although there were hundreds of Ragwort plants only a few had caterpillars.
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A Common stork often seen in fields, grasslands and in dry lakebeds and easily identified by its black body and white neck. They are resident birds in the country and can be seen throughout the year.
The colors of the bird are quite interesting and the wings and head feathers are iridescent. They are pretty tall around 80-90 cms and taller compared to the other herons / storks we have here. The birds are seen in small groups, though they forage alone like this one.
We sighted this in a grassland and the rains made the landscape very beautiful. These large storks were hunting for insects in the semi wet ground and seemed quite successful in getting a good meal.
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These flowers (Identify plant.net told me what kind they were. I have no idea who Lemmon was.) have been growing, untended, in an area in the suburbs of San Diego for several years, and they seem to be doing fine, whatever the rainfall.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
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What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy,
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy.
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives,
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives.
"Pizza Pie" - System Of A Down
My best effort identifies this damselfly as a Powdered Dancer in blue form. Still with the morning's dew on its back, it rests upon the bloom of an American Water Willow. Water Willow is a perennial which commonly colonizes along the edges of Ozark streams and is a host to many dragonflies, damselflies, bees and butterflies. If you would like to see the colonization of water willow along a stream and discover some of an Ozark stream's beautiful and amazing inhabitants, above and below the water, I would be honored if you took a look at my latest blog post here: www.gmichaellewis.com/blog/2015/6/life-of-an-ozark-stream
Identified only in 1985 and named after the American conservation biologist Steven Michael Goodman. It is nocturnal and weighing just around 50 grams is one of the smallest primate in the world. The smallest is Madame Berthe's mouse lemur that lives only in the Kirindy forest and is just slightly smaller.
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I incorrecly identified this bird originally as an american goldfinch however as BridgetSpencer13 and Engilis Photos pointed out, it's a female western tanager. Interestingly enough phingular who has previously posted two pictures of this bird correctly identified it :D Oh well!
This was taken in August at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
In various states of resistance to the prevailing gales, these larches are above Ullswater at a spot called Spying How.
Panorama stitched from four camera jpegs then processed in snapseed.
I am only guessing that these are larches. If anyone can identify them accurately please comment!
Starman by David Bowie
'There's a Starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds'
After all the dark weather (and news!) I thought it was time for a splash of colour and fun! This is the 9 metre tall 'Identified Flying Object', colloquially known as 'The Birdcage' that stands on railway land between King's Cross and St. Pancras stations. It was designed by Jacques Rival and first appeared in 2011, being suspended above different locations in the area, certainly having the appearance of a UFO!
The psychodelic raindrops in the foreground are resting on one of the safety bollards that protect the station from vehicular attack, a prescient move in light of the events in Nice and Berlin.
Is there life out there beyond our planet? It's a thought that I've always been somewhat uncomfortable with. I hope it remains Science Fiction but the idea is becoming increasingly mainstream, with scientists claiming we might find life on another planet within the next ten years.
Sleep tight!
Edited using Photos on iPhone.
My grandkids spent ages over a series of shots I took of the ceiling and reflections trying to identify the people around them!
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A Roman copy of a Greek original - the original was from the early 4th century B.C., while this piece is from early imperial times. She is wearing a chiton and her himation forms the billowing shape behind her. The attributes that confirms her identification is, apart from the raised cloak, the crescent moon on her head the torch in her hand (it might look like the sheath for a dagger, but it's not - but the flame itself is gone).
Selene was the Greek moon goddess (her Roman equivalent was Luna), the daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and the sister of Helios (the sun) and Eos (the dawn). In Classical times she was often identified with Artemis (and in Rome, Diana).
Pouvez-vous identifier deux comportements remarquables de la chouette épervière dans cette image ?🤔
En premier lieu, la chouette emploie sa queue comme un troisième point d'appui, de façon similaire à un pic-bois. Chose qui ne m'avait jamais frappée avant de regarder cette photo.
Secondo, si vous dirigez à nouveau votre regard vers le bas de la queue, à gauche, vous apercevrez la queue et la patte d'un campagnol qu'elle a dissimulées entre l'arbre et l'écorce. Comme c'est le cas pour de nombreux oiseaux, la chouette enfouit de la nourriture aux quatre coins de la forêt afin de se préparer à une éventuelle disette.
Nous saisissons désormais la raison pour laquelle on dit qu'on est jamais vraiment confortable lorsqu'on est "entre l'arbre et l'écorce"...😉
Can you identify two remarkable behaviors of the northern hawk owl in this picture?🤔
Firstly, the owl uses its tail as a third fulcrum, similar to a woodpecker. Something that had never struck me before looking at this photo.
Secondly, if you look again at the bottom left of the tail, you'll see the tail and leg of a vole that it has hidden between the bark and the tree. As is the case with many birds, the owl buries food in the four corners of the forest in preparation for a possible dearth.
Now we understand why it's said that you're never really comfortable when you're “between the bark and the tree...😉
If anyone can help me identify the species or even family, I'd be very grateful.
Davis, Ca. April, 2020.
A Willow Flycatcher pauses with food en route to a nearby (hidden) nest. This species, a member of the difficult to tell apart Empidonax genus, was identified by its “fitz-bew” vocalizations. The setting was Bow Valley Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
Can anybody identify this animal print? Something has been walking around my backyard and making weird sounds in the middle of the night. It would be nice to know what's out there. Thanks!
Central Maryland
iPhone 5
2016
I was only able to get one shot. Never seen one of these before and sure would like to know what it is.
This is one of two Xylota species of hoverfly that spend their time scurrying around the leaves of late-flowering plants. The 'golden tail' identifies it as one of two species which is narrowed down to one by half-dark hind-tibia.
Photographed on a burdock leaf in Storeton Woods.
Please tell me it's something more interesting than the immature white-crowned I suspect it of being, please!
Ophir Creek at Tahoe Meadows, Nevada. August 2018.
When you look close, you might identify my office in the background. I am privileged to have a great place to work. Specially during these foggy mornings.
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Identifying the black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta varia, is as simple as black and white. Really. And if that isn't easy enough, it's habit of creeping up, down and around tree trunks and branches makes it even easier to finger.
Easily identified as it is the only tit with blue wing, tail and crown. The chest is yellow and the blue tit has white cheeks. A black line runs through the eye, round the nape and cheeks. A white border surrounds the blue crown, while the back is a greenish colour, with yellow colouration on the rump. The bill is black with a brownish tip, legs are a deep slate blue.
Identified on iNaturalist as Shrubby Rockrose (Cistus x Skanbergii), aka Dwarf Pink Rockrose
Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species. They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands.
C. x skanbergii is a compact, bushy evergreen shrub to 75cm tall, with narrow grey-green leaves and clear pale pink flowers 3cm wide in summer.
I don't know that I should identify this as a breeding adult - what happens in the bedrooms of these birds is really none of my business. Spotted on the bank of Swan River in Perth. He did not appreciate the photo session and flew off a little too eagerly for my liking even though I was a fair distance away so as not to disturb his supper. Some birds are welcoming, this one not. I sense he picked up on the Canadian accent.
I thought I should mention this for your amusement. We just arrived in Perth yesterday. Nice quiet place at least we thought. What do we see arrive today at the same premises - 4 large vans full of pre-teen male cricket players, their luggage and their attitude unloaded and inserted into our quiet peaceful space. Here 'til Friday - all week. I don't know how he did it but I suspect Rick was somehow involved in all of this.
Sony ILCE-7RM4
FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
ƒ/5.6 400.0 mm 1/400 ISO 160
I have difficulty identifying hawks in flight at a far distance, but there is little doubt about a powerful hawk flying low across a field, with a white patch on the rump...Northern Harrier.
This hawk was seen at a VERY far distance, so it was necessary to crop the picture. Not the sharpest of shots but still with some feather detail and motion blur. Happy to have gotten it for Life Bird Photograph #236.
Morning Snack for this little guy, while patiently wading, he grabbed a critter. I couldn't identify what the critter was, but this young Ibis had his fill. He took the first one with me just looking, and then I waited and I grabbed a shot of the second snack he got.
The Ibis is almost entirely white, save for the black-tipped wings and brilliant reddish pink legs and bill. The bare skin around their blue eyes is also reddish pink. Juveniles (fall through winter) are brown above and white below with a streaky brown neck. The legs and bill of juveniles are orange-pink. Immatures (first summer birds) are splotchy brown and white above as they molt into adult plumage.