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American white pelicans seem to spend about 80% of their time, preening, scratching or sleeping. Here, they've just woken from a nap.
Cormorants and pelicans peacefully preening in the sunshine. The pelican on the front has its breeding horn showing. The cormorant with the silver on its breast is a juvenile. These species hang out together and even join forces for some cooperative fishing expeditions.
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
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Every so often this Hare would 'wake up' and have a scratch and a preen of his fur, before going back to a resting position.
Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) - Wisconsin, USA
After the bath the waterlogged sandhill crane exited the water and began preening. Its mate and a juvenile sandhill nearby were already way ahead of it and were busy preening themselves.
Another shot of a Turkey Vulture that belongs to the Northwest Raptor Center in Duncan, BC,
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This Northern Mockingbird was in a relaxed mood, quietly preening its "puffed up" feathers. Seen in the Desert Garden at the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens, San Marino CA
The African darter, sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa. The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants. It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
Info source URL: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_darter
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Photo capture date & Location: 2017-12 Rietvlei Nature Reserve
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As much as I love the colors of the mallards, I really like this one in monochrome. I think the duck's eye stands out so much more in monochrome. And those curled tail feathers:)
A Turkey Vulture preening itself on a dead but still standing Maple Tree.
The Turkey Vulture is the most well known Vulture in North America, and locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey. It is unique among vultures in that it finds carrion by smell as well as by sight. When threatened, a Turkey Vulture defends itself by vomiting powerful stomach acids.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
~Chinese Proverb
We went to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary a few days ago and saw this beautiful Sandhill Crane. It was the only one I saw...other than that, ducks and geese were rampant. The sanctuary is a really serene and peaceful place to walk through the trees and around the ponds, except for the geese that chased us.
I'll be busy most of the day tomorrow but will catch up as soon as I can :)