On May 4, Cornell Lab and eBird sponsor Global Big Day. Will you join more than 30,000 others and become a part of Global Big Day? You don’t have to commit to birding for 24 hours—an hour or even 10 minutes of watching birds makes you part of the team. Visit your favorite spot or […] …
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Masai Mara, Kenya. via Alone ! — Light Touch
Some of the wintering birds have left, but many remain, and our breeding birds are arriving. The air may be filled with swallows. Grebes, loons, pelicans, ducks, egrets, hawks, shorebirds, flycatchers, orioles, finches, ad infinitum. Some of the great birds we’ve had in April are: Brant, Clark’s Grebe, Osprey, American Kestrel, Virginia Rail, Sora, Snowy […] …
Three noisy falcon chicks hungry for food reveal themselves in a cathedral spire nest. via Norwich Cathedral peregrine falcons' chicks hatch — BBC News - Science & Environment
Alsace – Spirit and hormones unfold, along with the flowers down on the ground. via Love in the air — Le Drake Noir
Spring is an amazing and important time for our Seabrook Island shorebirds! Migrating Red Knots are here in growing numbers. After wintering with us, Piping Plovers are heading north to breed. Least Terns, Wilson’s Plovers, and other shorebirds are getting ready to mate and possibly nest on North Beach. It’s a time to enjoy the […] …
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A Mountain Bluebird with a Killdeer behind forage for insects that thrive in the warm waters of a Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The warm waters provide food for birds that have arrived early this year before the spring thaw. via Mountain Bluebird — nature has no boss
Nombre en español: Picaflor Rabiazul Nombre en ingles: Black-throated Flowerpiercer Nombre científico: Diglossa brunneiventris Familia: Thraupidae Foto: Rodrigo Gaviria Canto: Andrew Spencer El comesebo negro1 (Diglossa brunneiventris), es una especie de ave de la familia Thraupidae. Mide 14 cm. Se le encuentra en Bolivia, Chile, Colombia y Perú. Sus hábitats naturales son los bosques nubosos …
Heron fishing the scrapes The post Heron Fishing the Scrapes appeared first on The Wilden Marsh Blog. via Heron Fishing the Scrapes — The Wilden Marsh Blog
Blue blue sky and a bright blue bird. Western Scrub Jay keeping a watchful eye on us as she enjoyed an afternoon snack. For the next couple of weeks we will be posting some of our favorite posts from the past as we take a small respite from the digital world. via Western Scrub Jay — …
The Northern Herper 
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