strykeroz , to random
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There goes the neighbourhood.

A Great Egret enjoying a quiet perch in the sunshine, at the very top of a tree, in on a cold morning at Berrinba Wetlands

Here the first pair of Australian White Ibis loudly arrive to join the bandwagon (and end that moment of zen)

PhoenixSerenity , to random
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Look who just decided to show up in our backyard, this afternoon!!!!

A very handsome, mature & inquisitive . He was perched up in a tree, near our old, rusting swing set. Stayed there for about 10 minutes before taking off. He was pretty close! This is from my Samsung Galaxy 10 camera phone.

NatureWithSteve , to random
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[🧵 1/2] "Is that black thing on the wall up there a bird, or just a black thing?" I asked my brother Rob. There had been a family of near that spot earlier, so we slowly approached—and found that one of the youngsters had been left behind.

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A scene from the lake

NevadaWolf , to random
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Someone reported a common nighthawk in the area and included a picture. Huh, I know that tree.

Ya know, turns out I know that tree.

A bare branch with a thin layer of rough grey brown bark surrounded by thin bare twigs. In the middle, lit by the clear sunlight from the bright blue sky, is an odd lump of a bird, whose coloring and feather patterns match the tree limb it is hunkered down on to catch some sleep. A closed eye is visible on the round head.
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    JimsPhotos , to random
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    I went back to see the Sand Martins at Pitsford water today. Didn't quite manage the same quality of photo as last week but it was great watching them again.

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    A summer visitor, nesting on gravelly beaches and islands around the coast and on inland flooded gravel pits and reservoirs.

    Common Tern

    enzo , to random
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    I first saw this kōtuku ngutupapa feeding here a couple of weeks ago. When I told a couple of my photography friends, they gave me a bit of a hard time for not getting down in the mud to get the shot. So today I did! Very smelly mud though. I’d advise against getting into my car in the next week or two…

    ChadMeyer , to random
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    Checking in! I had a pretty cool experience watching a beaver last night on my evening walk.

    Here is one of the few videos I captured.

    This is a video of a beaver eating vegetation in a wetland area. Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents found in the Northern Hemisphere. Beavers have stout bodies, long chisel-like incisors, brown or gray fur, and flat, scaly tails. They inhabit freshwater habitats like rivers, streams, and lakes, and their infrastructure—dams and lodges—creates wetlands used by other species. Beavers are considered a keystone species due to their impact on ecosystems

    ncgleason , to random
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    Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus saturatus) eating Dwarf Lupine flowers (Lupinus lepidus) in the Mount Saint Helens area of Washington.

    Photo captured with a telephoto lens, then cropped, which gives the illusion of being close.

    A small, brown squirrel is up on its hind legs and holding its front paws together. Its ears are perked up, and it is looking at the camera. The squirrel is next to a purple lupine flower. The foreground and background are blurred out shades of gray and lavendar of the surrounding lupine-covered landscape.
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    ⚪ Fliegender Adler...heute ein
    Lieblingsfoto. 😉
    🟤 Flying eagle...today a favorite photo
    📷 by Artist: in Loc.: /Canadian Raptor Conservancy Canada 🇨🇦 2019 - Title: "Bruce, the bald eagle" - ➡️ ⚽

    Photography. A color photo of a bald eagle over water. The large black-white bird has spread its wings and is staring straight ahead. It flies so close above the water that the ends of its wings touch the water. Its whole body is reflected in the calm waters of the pond, and the result is a breathtaking photograph.
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    A Piping Plover chick exploring its surroundings on Gooseberry Island in Westport, MA.

    JanLuitPhotos , to random
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    A female Northern Flicker in the grass

    See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/northern-flicker-in-the-grass-jan-luit.html

    lycophidion , to random
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    This Saltmarsh Sparrow's nest was inundated by a spring tide. The Marine Nature Study Area director showed me a photo of the lone surviving chick, which was just old enough to scramble up a Phragmites stalk and keep its head above water and then make its way into a Phragmites patch near a footpath. For days afterward, the mother could be seen flying back and forth between foraging spots and the chick's refuge with insect larvae. This species is considered endangered precisely by the double-whammy of rising sea-level due to climate change and habitat loss.
    MNSA, NY
    6.7.24

    CatherineBabault , to random
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    This red-breasted sapsucker was not camera shy and it was also at eye level, which allowed me to get great shots. While it was being somewhat ''cooperative'', I didn't overstay because it needed to eat in peace and get the calories it needs to survive.

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    Turtle crawling over a stick that sits over broken bits of wood and bark and a few green plants. They are viewed head-on, so their black face with yellow markings is clearly visible, though it appears to be mostly within the shade of their shell. A bit of white stringy material --- perhaps a broken bit of spiderweb --- hangs over their nose and around one nostril. Their leg (black with red markings that contrast the turtle's face) on the camera's left reaches over the stick, revealing all five of its claws. On that leg, two mosquito-like insects sit, apparently ready to bite. Their other leg is reaching to make its way over the stick.
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    My photos of the Hare were interspersed with pics of an family nesting on part of Bryn Aber, the former home of airman and (appropriately enough) ornithologist Captain Vivian Hewitt. There were three chicks, and an attentive father bringing food.

    Three photos combined. Top - The female Oystercatcher at rest on her nesting platform, on top of a brick buttress. Grasses and other wild plants are growing in the crumbling cement, pieces of very rusty barbed wire can be seen, and three Oystercatcher chicks can be made out. Bottom left - The head of the female Oystercatcher (black, with a red eye and long orange beak) can be seen, and next to her is one of her chicks, who has a short, dark-coloured beak with hints of orange at the base, and a covering of fluff which is mottled above and white below. Bottom right - The male Oystercatcher standing next to the resting female. We can see a little more of him, including his black back and wing, and white underparts.
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    Rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, staring down the paparazzi at Red Rock Canyon

    https://flic.kr/p/2pTpymp

    JimsPhotos , to random
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    A soggy Lapwing

    JimsPhotos , to random
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    As soon as the rain stopped, the Egrets returned to the lake.

    Little Egret

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    We didn't find the nest of these Pacific wrens, but they mush have fledged that day. the little ones were not good at flying.
    Mom kept trying to feed them a spider, but none of them wanted it.

    Pacific Wren Fledglings. they have yellow beaks and look grumpy. both are standing on a branch waiting.
    a Pacific Wren standing on a vertical branch with the sun just hitting his head. He has a very short vertical tail. I imagine he recently lost feathers there.
    Mama Pacific wren tries to feed her chick a spider. but the chick doesn't want it. they are both standing on a small branch. just above the forest floor.

    JimsPhotos , to random
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    Lapwing in the rain this afternoon at Summer Leys

    BelfastRoadster , to random
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    Some interesting in the at this morning:
    , , & .

    @savebutterflies

    Bee Moth
    Brimstone Moth
    Campion Moth

    JimsPhotos , to random
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    This little bird is the most frequent visitor to my back garden, sometime visits with its parent, sometime not.

    Juvenile Pied Wagtail stood on a garden seat that's set in front of a Fuchsia

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    A knob-billed duck floating on a placid pond, creating a near-perfect reflection. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/knob-billed-duck-tanzania-africa-joan-carroll.html

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