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Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Time to preen…This eagle perched close to the dyke and seemed unconcerned about passing foot traffic.
Preening is the art of cleaning, grooming, and maintaining parts of the body.
Among animals, birds must preen each of their feathers once a day to remove parasites, keep them in good aerodynamic condition, and oil them.
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If you look closely (it's more obvious in the photo of the pair), there is ice on the water a little bit away from the duck, both at the top left of the photo and at the lower third.
Taken on Islas Lobos de Tierra, Peru.
Though closely related, the Peruvian Pelican is almost twice as large as its northern congener, the Brown Pelican. The species breeds along the Pacific Coast of South America in Peru and Chile. Though still common, with about half a million breeding adults, the population has been negatively affected by strong El Niño fluctuations and changes in food fish populations, particularly anchoveta. Peruvian Pelicans are easily observed from shore as they fly back and forth in nearshore waters by means of soaring interrupted by deep, methodical wingbeats.
List of birds sighted by Hilary Stewart (in "On Island Time," p. 102) on her Quadra property (gulls not included):
Red Shafted Flicker
Red Breasted Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Robins
Viloet-Green Swallows
Eagles
Ravens & Crows
Rufous Humming Bird
Quail?
Grouse - Sharp Tailed
Rufous Sided Towhees
Winter Wren
Chickadee, Chestnut Backed
Oregon Juncos
Slate Coloured Junco
Stellers Jay
Varied Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Golden Crowned Kinglet
Golden Crowned Sparrow
White Crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Brown Headed Cowbird
House Finch
Bush Tits
Blue Heron
Sharp Shinned Hawk
Pine Siskins
Starlings
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Warbling Vireo
And at Village Bay Lake, "a couple of Hooded Mergansers paddle by, the male so decoratively patterned and coloured it could be an exotic tropical bird." (p. 111-112)
Despite the shadows, a pelican preening its' feathers is just an amazing sight to me. Taken yesterday at the Wildlife Safari.
I love to watch these Great Egrets preen and go through their feathers to keep them in pirme condition - Huntley Meadows Park
After gorging on salmon on the Harrison River it is time to get ones self cleaned up. Frankly this bird was almost lumbering to get up into the tree as it was so stuffed I expect.
A few more Puffin images from a short sty on Skomer last week.
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