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"I'm a small finch, often found in suburban areas across North America. While most of my kind are known for their red and brown plumage, I stand out with vibrant yellow on my head and chest. I have a streaky brown back and a conical beak perfect for cracking seeds." 2.5 Flash (Edited) What bird am I? 📷: Photo by Veronika_Andrews via Pixabay

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#birds Lake Michigan at sunset.

A female Northern Cardinal stopped by for a look around the yard.
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This is a Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). The photo shows the bird perched on a branch, looking downwards, with a light-coloured tree trunk blurred in the background. #chaffinch #bird #lukehaigh #photography #canon #photo

This is a Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). The photo shows the bird perched on a branch, looking downwards, with a light-coloured tree trunk blurred in the background. #chaffinch #birds #lukehaigh #photography #canon #photo

Fantails are great and I loved reading Margaret Mahy’s wonderful book to my children

Who is a Pretty Flycatcher then!

The end of a rainbow emerging from behind leafy green trees, against a grey sky. All seven colours, I reckon! 🌈

A wider angle shot of the same rainbow. A supermarket carpark is in the foreground 🙂

A remarkably bright rainbow (well, one end at least 🙂) this evening on my walk to a nearby supermarket 🌈 #weather #rainbows #Faversham #Kent #England

"I am a brightly coloured bird with a slender body and a long, slightly downturned beak. My plumage is a mix of chestnut, yellow, blue, and green, and I have a black mask across my eyes. My name comes from my diet, which consists mainly of flying insects - especially bees, wasps, and hornets, whose stings I remove before eating. I nest in burrows dug into sandy banks." 2.5 Flash (Edited) What bird am I? 📷: Photo by makamuki0 via Pixabay

Name This Bird! 🤔 (See ALT-Text for clue) 🔍 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🌍🦜

Answer: European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) 🌍 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

The plumage of cormorants is not fully waterproof and becomes wet when they dive through the water to catch their prey. By absorbing water, their plumage reduces the cormorants’ buoyancy, which helps them be more maneuverable.

A Cormorant taking care of those special feathers. The inner area, around the central shaft (rachis), is extremely water-resistant. The outer area of the feather absorbs water like a sponge. See ALT #birds #cormorant #birdphotography #birdsoftheworld #nature #wildlife #BirdWatching

An expansive beach setting when the tide is out. Puddles of water, sand and vegetation in foreground. Mountains of Donegal mid-ground. Blue sky and cumulus clouds above.

Good morning. From yesterday’s walk. #BlueSkyMonday #Ireland #photography #EastCoastKin

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Up close with an American Crow…took all my zoom but it seemed OK with people…maybe a resident at Sportsman State Park, Yakima…
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#easternWashington #closeup
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This is a portrait of a vigilant male California Quail wondering what's next for his family in this changing, unprecedented world. They're a western bird with a range from SW Canada to the tip of Baja California, Mexico.
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🌏 New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) The New Zealand Fantail is a small, energetic bird with a variable grey-brown back, a yellowish-orange underside, and a dark band across its chest below a white throat. Distinctive white "eyebrows" adorn its dark grey face. Found throughout New Zealand in forests, gardens, and scrublands, it is highly active and not shy. It uses its fanned tail to make acrobatic flights while catching insects. Four subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by LorryM via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/new-zealand-native-bird-fantail-4835197/ YPSN

🌏 New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) #NewZealandBirds #AustralasianBirds | #NewZealandFantail #RhipiduraFuliginosa | #NewZealandFantails #Fantails #FantailFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by LorryM🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

Bald #Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

📌 Hackensack River, Bergen County, NJ
📸 #Nikon D500 | 200-500mm
🗓️ July 23, 2025

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Pitiguari pousado entre galhos de uma árvore seca. A ave está de lado olhando para frente. Possui barriga branca, asas e pescoço verde oliva, uma faixa vermelha nos olhos, a parte de cima da cabeça cinza. Ao redor céu azul sem nuvens.

Outro ângulo do Pitiguari, de baixo para cima, ele olha para o lado direito, o bico é curto, com a parte de cima castanha, o olho alaranjado.

Pitiguari (Cyclarhis gujanensis). Essa primeira imagem é a foto mais bonita e fofa que eu tenho de um pitiguari. Olha a posição dele. :p 🌳🐦
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Robin wedi colli ei gynffon ymysg blodau Fucshia.
Dydd Llun hapus i chi i gyd.

Robin that has lost its tail amongst the Fucshias.
Happy Monday to you all.

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Posting pictures I have taken of birds to stop my feed here just being depressing politics #birds #birdsofbluesky #ukwildlife Nuthatch, London, October 2020

子ムクドリを観察してたらコムクドリが混ざっていました(わざとややこしく言ってみる)
#野鳥
#野鳥撮影
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#starling

A Great Egret, a large all-white bird with a yellow bill. Standing in amongst tall grasses at high tide.

When the grasses really try and mess with your focus. Great Egret, ducking behind grass stems. #Birds 🪶 #Photography #FujiFilm #XT5

Mute Swan. While taking this individuals photo, a dog came over and scared the poor thing... it hissed at he dog right in my face which caught me off guard haha.
Weald Country Park, Brentwood, UK
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Snow Leopards (Panthera uncia) are a large, elusive cat native to the high altitudes of Central and South Asia's mountain ranges.

Would love to see one! Unfortunately, they are very rare these days in England 😞

Two lizards are sitting on a rock. The female is light brown with dark brown markings. Inside the dark spots there are one or two tiny light spots. Two light stripes run along the back. The male is darker coloured and the sides of the head and body as well as the front legs are green. The female is pointing her head towards the male (and to the right in the picture) and the male is pointing its head towards something just below the camera.

🦎Male and female sand lizard (Lacerta agilis).

Max size 24 cm (9.4").

Found in most of mainland Europe (except for Spain and Portugal) and in England. Its distribution extends as far east as Mongolia.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by hansbenn on Pixabay

I like the scientific name. The 1st part is Greek for bee-eater and the 2nd part is Latin for bee-eater making this the bee-eater bee-eater.

Similar to the Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) which is Latin and 2x Greek for bear. Thus the scientific name means bear bear bear.

Tiê-sangue Espécie e ave símbolo da Mata Atlântica e uma das mais espetaculares do mundo, o tiê-sangue (Ramphocelus bresilia), também conhecido como tingê, sangue-de-boi, tiê-fogo, chau-baeta, japiranga e tapiranga, é uma ave sul-americana passeriforme da família Thraupidae, reconhecida pela beleza de sua plumagem vermelha. Nome Científico Seu nome científico significa: do grego rhamphos = bico; e koilos, këlis, kelas = côncavo, marcado; e do latim bresilia = referente ao Brasil, brasileiro. ⇒ (Pássaro) brasileiro com bico côncavo. Características Mede entre 18 e 19 centímetros de comprimento e pesa entre 27,9 e 35,5 gramas. (Hilty, 2016). A plumagem do macho é de um vermelho vivo, que deu origem ao nome. Parte das asas e da cauda são pretas. A espécie apresenta dimorfismo sexual, sendo a plumagem da fêmea menos vistosa, de cor parda nas partes superiores e marrom-avermelhada nas inferiores. O macho imaturo é semelhante à fêmea na plumagem, mas o bico é totalmente negro e não pardo. Uma característica importante do gênero Ramphocelus, e que ocorre exclusivamente no sexo masculino, é a calosidade branca reluzente na base da mandíbula. Essa espécie não é considerada entre as que possuem canto mais bonito. A vocalização de chamada (ou advertência) é muito dura. O canto é um gorjear melodioso e trissilábico, que costuma ser repetido sem pressa. Às vezes, alguns indivíduos vocalizam juntos. Fonte: https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/tie-sangue

🇧🇷 Tiê-sangue ♂️
🇺🇸 Brazilian Tanager ♂️
🔬 Ramphocelus bresilia (Linnaeus, 1766)
📍 Mongagua/SP/Brasil
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Still time for me to get the #SuperSeabirdSunday post done, all you need to do is look at the photos and Share/QP them or post your own captures.

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"I'm a vibrant bird from the woodlands of West and Central Africa. My plumage is primarily a glossy, deep violet-purple, contrasting with a striking bright red and yellow beak, and a chestnut crown on my head. I'm known for my loud, "kow-kow-kow" calls." 2.5 Flash (Edited) What bird am I? 📷: Photo by jersnav via Pixabay

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