North American Birds: Field Guide (Total = 687 Birds)
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These owls roost in the day, usually in pairs. When disturbed they may fly in bright sunshine although they choose to shelter within a dense grove of trees. They produce an eerie chuhua-aa call with a quaver in the second note. This call is an antiphonal duet of the male and female. The male calls one or two times followed by the female's shorter and less tremulous version. The calling is more frequent in November when the begin to breed. Most Nests are found from February to April. They also produce a single note hoot and a screech not unlike that of the barn owl. The nest is a tree hollow in which two to three white eggs are laid. They feed on palm squirrels, mice
Mottled Ducks are quite common in Florida. They sometimes breed with Mallards and hybrids form, much to the consternation of my biologist friend who is interested in preserving the Florida line. Here is a mated pair in flight. You can tell the male is in the foreground by his brighter yellow bill. The female's bill is more orange and duller.
I just looked up the Latin name and I'm almost jealous. How'd you like to be named "Anas fulvigula"? Not great: "Hey Anas, get a load of this!" Great: "Hey, Fulvigula, get a load of this!" :)
Indigo Bunting male, De Pere, Wisconsin USA
Backyard birding. Spotted him from the kitchen window and got out after him.
Indigo Buntings are somewhat rare and elusive at my location and usually move through to points north after just a couple of days during the spring migration. The good news is that more than a week after this capture I am still sighting him and his mate. Hopefully they have decided to make my locale their summer home this year.
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Green cay Wetlands.
Female on the front ,male in background .
Blurs rarely work, and this one didn't either. The head wasn't sharp. However, the image of the flight right before this one had a nice sharp head, but the wings didn't have the effect seen in this frame. All it took was a switcheroo (a term of art) of the head to fix the problem. I tried to diminish the effect of the busy background by desaturating it a bit and removing the brightness from the curved blade in front and under the duck. I normally would have passed on this image, but I'm enamored with the effect of the slow shutter speed (1/200) on the wings. I'll probably hate it by tomorrow.
Caterpillar of mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) moth resting on a leaf.
Gąsienica zimowka ogołotniaka (Erannis defoliaria) odpoczywająca na liściu.
Peering out from within the bamboo in the Bougainvillea Hotel botanic garden, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica
Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico
Highlights of the day were Rufous-bellied Chachalaca (endemic), Short-tailed Hawk, Squirrel Cuckoo, Russet-crowned Motmot, Bright-rumped Attila, Sinaloa Crow (endemic), and this owl.
This image is part of my series Juxtaposition.
Juxtaposition places two or more things side by side to elicit a response within the audience's mind.
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Another view of the star item at RIAT 2023 was Messerschmitt Me 262A 'Schwalbe' (replica) 501244 aka D-IMTT
Arriving in company with a Beech King Air as 'support', for most of the event she was unable to fly due to the awful weather that curtailed many of the scheduled displays
Thankfully on our second visit she made it into the air and quite a sight she was
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