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This Plain Chachalaca seemed quite proud of its tail feathers.
From the Cornell Lab:
"The Plain Chachalaca is sort of a long-tailed, tropical chicken that lives in the treetops. These sandy brown and gray birds are locally fairly common in brushy and thorny forests along streams in the Rio Grande Valley and south into Central America."
The second post from our first trip of 2022. We found this show-off in Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Mission, Texas.
Day trip to Carrizo Plain National Monument. Carrizo's claim to fame is particularly that it lies on the San Andreas Fault so well known in California for its earthquake history. No shakin' today. This is one of my favorite views through the years, and the Tidy Tips in the foreground were wonderful. Especially of note here is the Soda Lake bed, usually dry and powdery white, actually has water in it from our historic rains of 2023.
A Northern Plains Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) wanders through a canola stubble field on the east side of Beaverhill Lake, Alberta, Canada.
The light was a little harsh but it is not often that I see a skunk, so I decided I would give it a try.
7 April, 2022.
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Lowland Plain Trail
Broad Run Park
Louisville, Kentucky.
Camera - Nikon D7100
Lens - Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 os
Photo uploaded on July 24, 2019
This yearling Plains Bison (Bison bison) fired the winter quite well and is now putting on some extra weight to continue its growth into the second year. There is a healthy population of Plains Bison on the north half of Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada while the louth half of the park is inhabited by Wood Bison.
9 May, 2022.
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(Dendrocincla fuliginosa) B28I8238 Tarapoto - North Peru
Endemic Tour in Peru : Guide Alex Durand alexdurand8bg@gmail.com
The 'Plains Cupid' or 'Cycad Blue'(Luthrodes pandava, formerly Chilades pandava) is a 'Lycaenid' butterfly. They are found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina. Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra, and the Philippines. These butterflies breed on plants of the Cycad class. ( Info: WIKI) I took this shot in my father's garden, Durgapur.
I've lived in Alaska for 23 years now and have only seen bison three times. The first two times the herd was on the Deltana River at least a half mile away. The third time, five bison came to within 25 yard of us. We were on our way to see family near Tok Alaska when we seen these bison walking in a clearing. Needless to say, we, my wife and I were really excited to see them. We only had a few minutes with them, they turned and went back into the woods, but wow, what an experience.
These bison are part of a herd that was introduced to Alaska back in 1928.
The plain prinia, or the plain, or white-browed wren-warbler is a small warbler in the Cisticolidae family. It is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia.This skulking passerine bird is typically found in wet lowland grassland, open woodland, scrub and sometimes gardens. The plain prinia builds its nest in a shrub or tall grass and lays three to six eggs.These 13–14-cm long warblers have short rounded wings, a longish tail, strong legs and a short black bill. In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white supercilium and rufous fringes on the closed wings. Underparts are whitish-buff. The sexes are identical.
In winter, the upperparts are a warmer brown, and the underparts more buff. The tail is longer than in summer.
A 'Plain tiger' or 'African queen' butterfly( Danaus chrysippus) enjoying the nectar of Lantana flowers in my garden. This butterfly is widespread in Asia, Australia, and Africa.
D. chrysippus, also known as the plain tiger or African queen is a medium-sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in). The body is black with many white spots. The wings are orange, the upperside brighter and richer than the underside. The apical half of the forewing is black with a white band. The hindwing has three black spots in the center. The wings are bordered in black and outlined with semicircular white spots.
Last in my brown bird series. As you can see, the Plain Chachalaca is actually brownish gray, with a little olive mixed in, but brown enough to include in the series. This species is found mostly in Central America and in extreme south Texas...The Rio Grande Valley. We found this one in a preserve in the RGV.
We searched extensively for the more elusive Fancy Chachalaca but to no avail, so had to settle for this plain one.
This uncommon and localized Australian endemic was the reason for our trip to Deniliquin.
It is very difficult to find in the middle of the grasslands, and to see it at night we need to walk in the dark in the middle of the plains covered with dry grass and with the help of a guide who incredibly discovered it in the middle of nowhere.
Contrary to what is usual, the females of this species are more beautiful and colourful.
It is classified as endangered
Deniliquin - New South Wales - Australia
The Carrizo Plain is a large enclosed grassland plain in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California. It contains the Carrizo Plain National Monument and is the largest single native grassland remaining in California. It's widely known for its spring wildflowers. Soda Lake is a shallow alkaline lake at the north end of the Carrizo Plain. It has no drainage outlet. The infamous San Andreas earthquake fault runs through the region.
This photo was taken at the southern end of Soda Lake during the legendary 2017 California “super bloom.” The flower bloom there this year is off to a great start but it remains to be seen if it'll equal 2017.
The Carrizo Plain is rather isolated and there are no services for many miles.
High Plains Drifter, 1973, was filmed in this location. The town Lago was constructed on the shore of Mono Lake and later removed. Panum Crater can be seen in the film and is to camera left
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