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breeding plumage - a handsome gull - looks like it has eyeliner on - and I don't know why I'm always surprised you can see right through beaks
The laughing gull is a medium-sized gull of North and South America, named for its laugh-like call. It breeds in large colonies mostly along the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. This one was found on Osborn Island, New Jersey, wearing its Winter plumage.
The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are cream-white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar.
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I'll be honest. I haven't given Gulls much attention in the past. They're often viewed as a nuisance, and I'd be lying if I said I haven't treated them as such. It wasn't until a Spring trip to the beach that I really gave this Laughing Gull a good look. I was surprised by the stunning patterns and colorations on this bird, that I had to take a photo. It's nothing spectacular, nothing more than a standard portrait. That being said, I felt that the bird itself was worth the shot and I hope you do too.
A Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo), a native Australian Kingfisher bird. This image was taken at Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Aus.
(Found this lovely pic from June, last year...) 6/9/17
Ypache, looking as though she's just heard a wonderfully funny joke. In reality, she's yowling for a cuddle.
Ypache is one of Aspyn's only litter: five tiny wee babies. We kept Salyx, Fyonnbahr and Ypache; the remaining two babies, Pipyr and Xandyr, went to two different friends. They were five years old on 1st September. Such lovely and loving wee darlings.
In my garden.
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
Kookaburras can be tricky to get a good photo of. While they don't have the problem to the same extent as say, the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes, it's rather difficult to capture the eyes of the kookaburra unless the light is hitting them thanks to the dark brown markings across both sides of the face.
Photographed along the shoreline in Long Beach, Mississippi. (I believe I am correct regarding the ID for this particular species. Let me know otherwise.)
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Exotic American Bully
Race uniquement élevée aux États-Unis.
En dépit de son apparence patibulaire, c'est un chien sociable et gentil, quoique têtue comme toutes les races de Bull
laughing kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae, at Dartmoor Zoo, Sparkwell, Devon. I finallymanaged to get out of cameras to take pictures, the first real time, since I got bak from India in late February, I went to Dartmoor Zoo, as I have a long term connection with the Zoo, but haven't been for a couple of years.
I took my a7R5 + 200-600mm G lens and my a7600 + 70-350mm G lens.
Although there wasn't a scientific comparison going on, I took similiar shots of the same subjects with both systems, hopefully I will be able to see if there is any major difference between the two, other than the obvious ones.
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