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Small waxbill, adult olive green above, gray below, with red eyebrow, red bill, and black tail. In flight, bright red rump apparent. Juvenile with red rump but otherwise olive drab with dark bill. Inhabits grassy areas close to thick cover in eastern and southeastern coastal Australia. Often-heard call is a thin "seeeeep." (eBird)
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Finally, one stopped moving long enough to get a photo! These beautiful finch live in large flocks and all want to land on the feeder at the same moment. This one was just contemplating his next move.
Julatten, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Pied-billed Grebes are relatively small water birds (13.5"; 34 cm) that always seem to dive just as I'm about to snap the picture.
With their webbed toes, they are fairy fast swimmers, and may re-appear a good distance from where they dive. They catch fish underwater, and their strong, thick bills enable them to crack the exoskeleton of hard-shelled crustaceans.
The species Syritta pipiens is within the family of Syrphidae, commonly called hover or flower flies. Syrphidae is one of the largest families within the Diptera order[12] and contains about 6,000 known species widely distributed around the world. They are distinctive flies that are often found on flowers, where the adult males primarily feed on nectar and adult females eat protein-rich pollen to produce eggs
Lemek Conservancy, Kenya
Thick-knees ( Burhinidae ) are also called Stone Curlews or Dikkops and are large waders/shorebirds ( the order Charadriiformes ).
They all have large eyes and long thickly jointed legs.
The Spotted Thick-knee is often active at night when its loud call can be heard from a distance.
This one was foraging during the day near soem bushes where it could find cover.
Burhinus capensis
Kaapse griel
Oedicnème tachard
Kaptriel
Alcaraván de El Cabo
Occhione maculato
alcaravão-do-cabo
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around sunset from a small boat on the beautiful Ken River in Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India.
The Great Thick-knee is a large thick-knee ( or stone-curlew ) species ( up to 55 cm or 22" ). It is found on stony banks along large rivers and lakes.
This mostly nocturnal or crepuscular wader has a very large bill and feeds on crabs, large insects etc`
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
esacus recurvirostris
grote griel
grand oedicnème
Krabbentriel
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You could hear the sea, like a continuous avalanche, the incessant thunder of a storm born of who knows what sky. It didn't stop for a moment. He knew no weariness. A. Baricco
Senegal Thick-knee - Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western, Uganda
Bird Species # (651) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
On this trip to Uganda we used Ngoni Safaris Uganda. They provided excellent service. I highly recommend them.
eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/645046996
Early morning fog envelops the light at Montauk Pt. June 2017
Montauk Light house. Construction on the lighthouse was authorized by the Second United States Congress, under President George Washington it's the 4th oldest lighthouse in USA and the first built in NYC. Was one of the most important lights, guiding many ships form Europe.
A Western Palearctic "lifer" for me - Morocco 2019.
Off birding in Iceland so won't be posting for a while...happy birding!!
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Large finch, nearly twice the size of a goldfinch. Stocky with strong, thick, pale bill and short, notched tail. Males are stunning with dark head fading to bright yellow underparts, and mostly black wings with bright white secondaries. Females are overall gray with some white on the wing. Flocks often come to feeders for sunflower seeds. Found in forested regions especially at higher elevations. Populations declining dramatically. (eBird)
Taken through my dining room window on the first and only time that they visited the feeders in one of my former homes.
My garden, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2009.
Early in 1914, moreover, we realized that it would be impossible to free the Saint Anna from the ice; at best, we would drift until the autumn of 1915, more than three years after we had departed Alexandrovsk.* If we stayed on board, starvation would become a real threat by January 1915, if not sooner. In the darkness of the long polar night, a struggle against hunger carries no hope of salvation. During this season, hunting is out of the question, as all animals are in hibernation. The only certainty for those trapped in its realm is that "white death" lies in wait for them.
excerpt from In the Land of White Death by John Krakauer