Birds Of The Indian Subcontinent
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at their most beautiful end of March
a relative of the Grosbeaks
coccothraustes coccothraustes
appelvink
gros-bec casse-noyaux
Kernbeißer
Picogordo Común
Frosone
Bico-grossudo
Nikon Z9
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in a local forest early 2022
Nikon Z9
buteo buteo
buizerd
Buse variable
Mäusebussard
Busardo ratonero
Poiana
Águia-d'asa-redonda
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Red backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia but it only rarely occurs in the British Isles. It is migratory and winters in the western areas of tropical Africa.
Once a common migratory visitor to Great Britain, numbers declined sharply during the 20th century. The bird's last stronghold was in Breckland but by 1988 just a single pair remained, successfully raising young at Santon Downham. The following year for the first time no nests were recorded in the UK. But since then sporadic breeding has taken place, mostly in Scotland and Wales. In September 2010 the RSPB announced that a pair had raised chicks at a secret location on Dartmoor where the bird last bred in 1970. In 2011, two pairs nested in the same locality, fledging seven young. In 2012 there was another breeding attempt, this time unsuccessful, probably due to a prolonged spell of wet weather. In 2013 breeding was again confirmed in Devon, with two young fledged at a new site.
This return to south western England has been an unexpected development and has raised speculation that a warming climate could assist the bird in re-colonising some of its former haunts, if only in small numbers.
Population:
UK breeding:
1-3 pairs
UK passage:
250 birds
Athene noctua
Little Owl
steenuil
Chevêche d'Athéna ou Chouette chevêche
Steinkauz
Mochuelo Europeo
Civetta
Mocho-galego
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For those celebrating, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope that you and those around you can find calm in this holiday season.
Little Owl at sunset
Athene noctua
steenuil
Chevêche d'Athéna ou Chouette chevêche
Steinkauz
Mochuelo Europeo
Civetta
Mocho-galego
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dendrocopos major
grote bonte specht
pic épeiche
Buntspecht
Pico Picapinos
Picchio rosso maggiore
Pica-pau-malhado-grande
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one of my favorite African birds but not an easy one to photograph as contrary to other starlings it prefers to forage in the canopy of trees.
The female has entirely different plumage and looks more like a thrush
Lake Manyara NP, Tanzania
previously known as the Plum-coloured Starling or the Amethyst Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Amethistspreeuw
Étourneau améthyste
Amethystglanzstar
Estornino amatista
Storno ametista
estorinho-de-dorso-violeta
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Ndutu area in southeastern Serengeti, Tanzania
cheetah
acinonyx jubatus
jachtluipaard
guépard
Gepard
guepardo o chita
ghepardo
guepardo ou chita
IUCN RED LIST Status: Vulnerable and the trend is DECREASING
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on the plains of the remote Western Corridor of the Serengeti we found a Cheetah with 4 cubs .
There is plenty of prey in that area including large herds of Thomson's Gazelle but there are also lots of Lions and Spotted Hyena's .
I find Cheetah mothers really fascinating
cheetah
acinonyx jubatus
jachtluipaard
guépard
Gepard
guepardo o chita
ghepardo
guepardo ou chita
IUCN RED LIST Status: Vulnerable and the trend is DECREASING
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on a rock at the coast of the Pacific Ocean in central Chile
IUCN RED LIST Status: Near Threatened
Pelecanus thagus
Peruaanse pelikaan
Pélican thage
Chilepelikan
Pelícano alcatraz / Pelícano de Humboldt
Pellicano del Perù
Pelicano-peruano
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adult in a forest a few weeks ago
buteo buteo
buizerd
Buse variable
Mäusebussard
Busardo ratonero
Poiana
Águia-d'asa-redonda
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in a clearing in a forest
Muscicapa striata
grauwe vliegenvanger
gobemouche gris
Grauschnäpper
Nikon Z7 with Nikkor 500mm f/5.6E PF
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The Black Phoebe is a dapper flycatcher of the western U.S. with a sooty black body and crisp white belly. They sit in the open on low perches to scan for insects, often keeping up a running series of shrill chirps. Black Phoebes use mud to build cup-shaped nests against walls, overhangs, culverts, and bridges. Look for them near any water source from small streams, to suburbs, all the way to the salt-sprayed rocks and cliffs of the Pacific Ocean.
Black Phoebes do well around humans. They don't come to seed feeders (though they may visit for mealworms), but they may use your backyard as a place to catch insects, or even build nests under eaves of a building, especially if there is water or mud nearby.
The male Black Phoebe gives the female a tour of potential nest sites, hovering in front of each likely spot for 5 to 10 seconds. But it’s the female who makes the final decision and does all the nest construction.
Black Phoebes don’t usually venture outside their breeding and wintering areas, but on rare occasions they are seen as far east as Florida. One misplaced bird showed up in Minnesota in the fall.
One pair of Black Phoebes got some unwanted house guests when a pair of House Finches moved into their nest. The finches added 5 eggs to the 6 phoebe eggs already there, and the two females alternated incubation duties for an entire week before both species abandoned the nest.
The oldest Black Phoebe on record was at least 8 years old when it was recaptured and released during banding operations in California in 1981
the Greater Kudu is a woodland antelope found in Southern and Eastern Africa; it is the best known species of the spiral-horned antelopes
tragelaphus strepsiceros
grote koedoe
grand koudou
Grosskudu
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Ndutu sector in the southeast of the Serengeti, Tanzania
Eudorcas thomsonii
a fairly small and elegant gazelle. It is one of the fastest land animals.
These are mainly grazers and prefer cropped grasses . So they have benefitted in the Serengeti/Masai Mara area from the increase in the number of Wildebeest. When needed these gazelle will also browse.
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Un macho de pinzón vulgar luciendo sus bellos colores. No es tan bonito como su pariente el pinzón real, pero es más abundante y da más oportunidades a los fotógrafos de naturaleza.
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Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal
aso otus
ransuil
hibou moyen-duc
Waldohreule
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Turmfalke / Kestrel / Faucon crécerelle / Cernícalo vulgar /
Falco tinnunculus
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Thursday afternoon when I saw something reddish approaching against the light in the tall grass I thought about everything but not Him, but it was Him.
It was an incredible two minutes of emotion for me, and for him after noticing me.
He stopped, then left again, then went back, looked around, then looked at me and the same when he sank into a sea of tall grass, leaving me.
Bellezza selvaggia, il Lupo
Giovedì pomeriggio quando ho visto qualcosa di rossiccio che si avvicinava in controluce nell'erba alta ho pensato a tutto meno che a Lui, ma invece era proprio Lui.
Sono stati due minuti incredibili di emozioni positive per me e qualcosa è successo anche al Lupo dopo essersi accorto di me.
Si è fermato, poi è ripartito, poi è tornato indietro, si è guardato intorno, poi mi guardato ed idem quando si è inabissato in un mare di erba alta, andando via.
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Trying to figure out why that shrub is clicking
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Southern Oregon
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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Eastern Chipmunk.
Between 8 1/2 to 11 3/4 inches in length. Reddish brown above with a white belly. 1 white stripe bordered by 2 black stripes on sides ending at the rump. 2 white stripes on back much thinner than side stripes. Dark center stripe down the back. Pale facial stripes above and below the eyes. Tail brown on tip and edged with black. Prominent ears.
The Eastern Chipmunk's habitat includes open deciduous woodlands, forest edges, brushy areas, bushes and stone walls in cemeteries and around houses.
They range from southeastern Canada and the north-eastern U.S. east from North Dakota and eastern Oklahoma and south to Missisippi, northwest Carolina and Virginia.
Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.