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Massive raptor with rather long, heavy bill; broad, plank-like wings; and relatively short, graduated tail. Looks like a flying barn door and soars with wings rather level (not slightly raised like Golden Eagle). Plumage dark overall. Adult has paler brown head and body, white tail, yellowish bill. Immature starts with mostly brown tail streaked white, blackish bill; attains fully white tail in about 4 years. Generally uncommon, mainly found along seacoasts and larger rivers (feeds predominantly on fish).
A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk visiting our deck in the Boise Highlands. This hawk was born in a nest behind our house on May 2nd. Photograph taken through our living room window.
A Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) perched on an old fencepost near the Great Sandhills south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2 June, 2011.
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Notosciurus granatensis or Sciurus granatensis
(Red-tailed squirrel / Ardilla de cola roja)
Taken in La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The red-tailed squirrel (Notosciurus granatensis or Sciurus granatensis) is a largish tree squirrel distributed from southern Central to northern South America.
It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Ranges from 0 to 3,000m in elevation. It inhabits many types of forests.
It was recently reclassified as Notosciurus granatensis in 2015, Notosciurus being a genus created in 1914 by Joel Asaph Allen for a juvenile of this species.
A Swallow tailed kite a real rarity to Ontario preening in a tree after hunting insects and eating them on the fly.
And...she sticks the landing!
Juvenile Red-tailed hawk. Point Reyes National Seashore, CA. This is from the same location as my previous post of the Bull Elk sparring. We were heading back to the car and noticed this hawk perched on a post, not 15 ft from us. We quickly took some shots, then moved closer, it would not budge! After a few minutes, it dropped to the grass at the base of the fence post, then it flew up to the next post and I was able to catch it landing.
Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm f5.6E
Focal length 400mm f6.3 1/1600s ISO 3200
This was one of my favorite birds in south Patagonia. Like all meadowlarks they really prefer to show you their camouflaged backside, but this guy hopped up on a rock and posed. Gracias, señor. Torres del Paines National Park, Chile.
A White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) totally ignores the wildlife photographer as it grazes on the prairie landscape of the National Bison Range near St. Ignatius, Montana, U.S.A.
14 October, 2011.
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Can you fall in love with a bird? I think I can. When I saw this picture I melted away, this long-tailed tit with her(?) eyes made up with a little mascara is so adorable!!
I took this shot rather close to my home, and it was a sunny day again. I was looking for hawfinches, since I never have seen one and they were reported in that area.
Alas I didn't see them but instead i found these next to a firecrest, a treecreeper, and a lot of siskins. Winter time for that reason is great to go out. No leaves on trees.
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The beautiful and highly distinctive Pin-tailed Manakin is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, where it is not rare but the species is nonetheless highly prized by birdwatchers, especially as its unusually quiet vocalisations can render it unobtrusive, making encounters much less frequent than with other manakins that occur in the same region. The male Pin-tailed Manakin is one of the most unmistakable and prettiest of manakins, and even the female is difficult to confuse given that it shares the male’s ‘unusual’ head shape and ‘pin-tail’ central rectrices. The species prefers humid forest, woodlots and mature second growth, perhaps most frequently in valleys. Its systematic relationships have only recently been elucidated, although its uniqueness has long been recognised by taxonomists. However, some facets of the Pin-tailed Manakin’s life history, especially its breeding biology and diet, are still relatively poorly known. birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pitman1/cur/introduction
This beautiful male was photographed at Tapiraí - São Paulo. Wishing everyone a Peaceful Thursday and for those who celebrate a Peaceful Thanksgiving!
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The long tailed duck is the only duck that uses it's wings to dive and can dive to depths of up to 200 feet.
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The Green-tailed Towhee normally breeds in the western USA, and winters in the Southern USA and most of Mexico. However, this colourful bird made a rare appearance in Alberta, Canada, in May, 2020.
A white tail kite hovers in the warm Texas breeze stalking an elusive dragonfly who appears to be oblivious to the danger lurking near by.
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
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This one was working its way along a tree-lined creek.
It was in no hurry and for once at low level it wasn't being harassed by the local neighbourhood watch: Magpies, Mudlarks and Ravens
Starting with this Sharp-tailed Grouse, the theme for my next few posts will be birds that nest on the ground.
It comes as a mild surprise to me that this group of birds can ever raise their young. The list of critters in various habitats that will eat their eggs and prey on their young is long. But evolution has provided ways for these birds to survive and thrive.
Nesting for this species is described by the Cornell Lab:
"Females select the nest site in grassland with brushy cover, usually less than a mile from the lek, in a place with vegetation at least 3 inches high. The female builds a nest that is an oval-shaped depression incorporating nearby plants—grasses, sedges, ferns, mosses, forbs, and leaves, sometimes lined with breast feathers. Nests are about 7 inches wide and 2.8 inches deep."
This pretty female was photographed in Custer State Park, South Dakota.
My neighbor crocheted a pair of gloves for me using what is called the mermaids tail stich.
Macro Mondays - Stich
HMM
This Rufous-tailed Jacamar was hunting from a somewhat concealed perch in a strip of wooded area next to a fairly large pond during our Pantanal trip earlier this month. It was fun to watch as it flew out to grab insects. This bird was incredibly fast, it almost seemed like it was running on a different clock than we were.
Galbula ruficauda
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We will be doing this trip again next year, if you think you might be interested more information is available here: www.texastargetbirds.com/group-photo-trips/2018-brazil-s-...
Taking a short break from posting my holiday snaps! Here's one of a Long Tailed Tit I took yesterday at High Batts Nature Reserve where the temperature didn't get much above 0°C, if at all. The promised full sun never really broke through the morning mist. I'm sure this LTT was puffing out its feathers to try and keep warm!
The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper is related to our Pectoral Sandpiper, and like that species it is a long-distance migrant, traveling from Siberia to Australia and New Zealand. A few reach North America every year, mostly fall migrants in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta).
Family Lemuridae.
Lemurs are native only to Madagascar. Lemurs are Prosimians; the most primitive extant (still in existence) primates. Lemurs are threatened by habitat destruction but some, like the Ring-tailed Lemur reproduce readily in captivity. Lemurs are primarily frugivores (fruit eating) but will eat leaves, seeds and some insects as well.
Photographed at the Nashville, Tennessee Zoo on 11/25/2006.