Just back from this years East Coast Birding Tour. Some fantastic birds again, visiting sites along the east coast of Yorkshire and Northumberland. If you are a photographer and haven’t been on this tour yet … book a place on next year’s trip. You will not regret it. All food, accommodation, boat trip, guiding and […] …
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F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 400. Domestic Goose in Wild What did the tooth brush want to become when he grew older? A broom. Interesting Fact: The domestication, as Charles Darwin remarks (The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication i. 287), is of very ancient date, with archaeological evidence for domesticated geese in Egypt more than […] …
I would argue that no matter how old you are, most of us exclaim 'horse' every time we come upon horses grazing in a lush field. I found these beauties along a local highway en route to North Bay a few days ago.
via Mammoth Terraces — Wilder Alaska
Various forms of life on earth are united by one particular need, this being the need for energy. For many creatures, this is done through a wonderful biological process, one of my favourites in fact. This is eating… On land we can look at a basic example of a food chain, which shows how energy […] …
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With the bottom of their acorn vault looking depleted a pair of Acorn Woodpeckers makes their way towards the top shelf of their tree. The first one confidently leading the way as if saying follow me. I love the colors and the button eyes of these guys. via Hey…Follow me — nature has no boss
Great Egret ” Posing for Friends” © HJ Ruiz – Avian101 via Photo Capture # 100 – Great Egret — H.J. Ruiz - Avian101
No musical instrument has ever had to carry so much baggage, surely, as the Irish harp. It has been the symbol both of Ireland under English rule and of the Irish Free State. Unadorned, on a green background, it was a rebel flag in 1916. While its earliest origins are lost, the Irish harp has… via …
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Nombre en español: Periquito Barrado Nombre en ingles: Barred Parakeet Nombre científico: Bolborhynchus lineola Familia: Psittacidae Foto: Daniel Orozco Canto: Andrew Spencer El perico barreteado, catita barrada o cinarero, también conocido como la catita lineada o perico rayado (Bolborhynchus lineola) es una especie de ave de la familia de los loros (Psittacidae) originaria del sur …
The Northern Herper 
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