I was puzzled when I heard a series of different bird calls coming from one location. I looked up, expecting to see a butcherbird, as they’re good mimics. Instead I saw what looked like a Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, also called a shufflewing. I decided the mimicked noises must be coming from a hidden bird, and I […]Masked …
Photography of Birds – Set # 63 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Set # 63 Tufted Titmouse The tufted titmouse gathers food from the ground and from tree branches. It eats berries, nuts, insects, small fruit, snails, and seeds. Caterpillars constitute a major part of its diet during the summer. Titmice will stash food for later use. The titmouse can demonstrate curiosity regarding humans, and will sometimes […]Photography …
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Crested Caracaras — Domesticity — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. As I stated a couple of days ago, I’ve had the exciting opportunity these last few weeks to get a fairly close look at Crested Caracaras’ family life, something that I had thought that I never would […]Crested …
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Ninfa Morada/Fork-tailed Woodnymph/Thalurania furcata — One Bird Per Day/Un Ave Por Día #1.173
Foto: Nick AthanasNombre en español: Ninfa Morada Nombre en inglés: Fork-tailed Woodnymph Nombre científico: Thalurania furcata Familia: Trochilidae Canto: Andrew SpencerEl zafiro golondrina (Thalurania furcata), también denominado picaflor zafiro (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay), colibrí hada de alas azules, ninfa morada (Colombia), ninfa mexicana (México) o tucusito morado (Venezuela), es una especie de ave apodiforme perteneciente al …
The Northern Herper 