Foto: Francisco PiedrahitaNombra en español: Gaviota Rabihorcada Nombre en inglés: Swallow-tailed Gull Nombre científico: Creagrus furcatus Familia: Laridae Canto: Roger AlhmanLa gaviota de las Galápagos (Creagrus furcatus), también conocida como gaviota tijereta o gaviota de cola bifurcada, es una especie de ave charadriforme de la familia de las gaviotas (Laridae). Es endémica de las islas …
Lace monitor lizard in a tree — Birds in Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6XcxLeEBMOE?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent I was walking along, my gaze in the treetops as usual, looking and listening for birds. I heard a frantic scurrying on the path ahead of me, and was just in time to see a lace monitor lizard scramble onto a tree. The lizard hid for a while at the base of the tree, …
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Bluebird food delivery — Mike Powell
I am not sure what kind of insect this male Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) had caught, but he seemed pretty proud of himself yesterday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. When I first spotted him, the bluebird was perched on the roof of a nesting box. I suspect that there may be a female and …
Birds to brighten your day: May 1 — Birds of New England.com
A Day on Merganser Lake XXII Here’s a stately photo of a female red-bellied woodpecker. Males have red extending mullet-style from behind the bill all of the way down the lower neck area. Females have less red, such as this one. A photo of a male is included at the bottom of this post for […] …
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# A PHOTO A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY – Day 36 — Living in Nature
From the archives 28th April 2012 via # A PHOTO A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY – Day 36 — Living in Nature
Avocet — nature has no boss
Blue legs and sunshine on an early spring day. An American Avocet foraging in the shallow waters with cattails still brown from the summer before. via Avocet — nature has no boss
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher — At Ease — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. One of the species that I see often on my morning walks is the Black-tailed Gnatcatcher. These minute birds (two could easily sit side by side in the palm of my hand) are busy early-morning foragers in …
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Notes on Mountain Bluebirds — Wickersham’s Conscience
Mountain Bluebirds, especially males, are on most folks’ short lists of favorite birds. That electric blue color, their early arrival in spring migration and the lovely song, explain why it is both Idaho’s and Nevada’s state bird. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Mountain Bluebirds were in slow decline across much of their […] …
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Zafiro Colidorado/Golden-tailed Sapphire/Chrysuronia oenone — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.132
Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Zafiro Colidorado Nombre en inglés: Golden-tailed Sapphire Nombre científico: Chrysuronia oenone Familia: Trochilidae Canto: Peter BoesmanEl zafiro colidorado (Chrysuronia oenone) también denominado colibrí cola de oro es una especie de ave en la familia Trochilidae Foto: Nick AthanasDistribución y hábitat Se lo encuentra en Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Trinidad …
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