Bronze-winged Courser

Bronze-winged Courser

Bronze-winged Courser

Image by zimbart
Gorongosa National park. Wouldn't get of the track until we had taken its picture

Eagle Eye

Image by TwelveX
This is a closer crop of the previous eagle picture. Shot at the Woodland Park Zoo, April 3, 2006.

Espiguero bengalí [Lesson's Seedeater] (Sporophila bouvronides) (♀)

Image by barloventomagico
Lugar: Finca La Pomarrosa. Esta especie es un migratorio muy común en Barlovento que súbitamente aparece en Mayo y se queda hasta noviembre o diciembre. Es muy difícil diferenciar en el campo las hembras del género Sporophila. La mejor manera es encontrando a machos y hembras alimentándose juntos, como fue el caso cuando esta foto fue tomada. (P.S. Esta es la primera foto de una hembra de esta especie colocada en Flickr). Place: Finca La Pomarrosa. This species is a migrant very common in Barlovento that suddendly appears in May and stay up to November-December. It is very difficult to differentiate Sporophila females in field; the best way is by finding males and females feeding together, like was the case when this picture was taken. (P.S.: This is the first picture of a female of this species posted in Flickr).

Hazel Grouse

Image by ressaure
that was unexpected. I sat down to rest and this guy started walking up and down a fallen log and then whistled and flew away. I've no damnedest idea why these images turned out as JPG (the ones right before and after these are RAW all right). Also saw a black kite chasing a heron and discovered a mesotrophic bog with large Sphagnum pads (among other interesting Bryophyta goodies) - all within a 15 minute bike ride from my home :) i'm geotagging the picture to the center of Akademgorodok - just in case.

East African Crowned Crane Taking Off

Image by Bill Gracey
This beautiful bird was showing off his flying skills at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Other pictures taken at Safari Park are here. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628351207247/... Like most photographs, it looks best when viewed large. Press "L" to test my theory.

little willies

Image by certified su
Willie Wagtail.....the pair of nesting Rhipidura leucophrys outside one of my bedroom windows have a birth announcement today. All is well. Rick took this shot super quick while the parents were gone shopping. (no, he didn't touch the nest or branch). Its all very exciting to be able to watch them from the window. Breeding season: mainly August to February; can nest all year round Clutch size: 3 Incubation: 14 days Time in nest: 14 days Its hard to believe that in 14 days they will be flying about. Must take a picture from the window everyday. This is what they sound like : www.birdsinbackyards.net/images/audio/rhipidura-leucophry...

Bar-tailed Godwit & friends

Image by markkilner
Reculver, March 2011. View large. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Predator

Image by gainesp2003
Golden eagle with dinner, giving us "the eye." Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. The RMRP is a great place to schedule a photo-shoot to get great pictures and support a great Mission like theirs. Call RMRP at 970-484-7756 to set one up.

Glass Bird

Image by zeevveez
Picture of glass Star of David taken by Hayim Shtayer at Nachlat Binyamin bazzar, Tel Aviv, Israel. Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

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Cool Bird Picture images

Survival of the bravest

Image by Sillar
Tornando dall'isola d'Elba, sul traghetto per Piombino, un uomo con una borsa piena di pane dava da mangiare ai gabbiani che seguivano la nave. Ma non glielo gettava come avrebbe fatto chiunque altro, no; tendeva il braccio fuori bordo e aspettava che i gabbiani se lo venissero a prendere. O meglio, IL gabbiano, perché solo uno, quello nella foto, aveva il coraggio di avvicinarsi per prendere il premio! Giuro, era uno spettacolo. Prima si piazzava al punto giusto, circa dieci metri indietro e leggermente più in alto rispetto alla preda, e poi sfruttava la maggiore altezza per scendere lentamente e guadagnare quei 20 cm al secondo di velocità in più rispetto alla nave che gli permettevano di avvicinarsi con precisione. Sembrava un F15 che si avvicina al cavo per il rifornimento in volo. Appena afferrato il pane, si allontanava velocemente sfruttando il vento, per poi ripetere l'operazione. Coming back from the island of Elba, on the ferry to Piombino, a man with a bag full of bread was feeding the seagulls that were following the boat. But he didn't just threw the bread at them like anyone else would have, no; he held his arm overboard and waited for the seagulls to come and get the bread. Or rather, the seagull, for only the one in the picture was brave enough to come close enough to claim the prize for himself! That was a real treat! First it positioned itself at the right spot, 10 meters behind and just a little above its prey and then it exploited its higher position to slowly come down and gain 20cm/s of speed over the boat so that it could approach the bread precisely. It looked like an F15 targeting the pipe for in-flight refueling. After snatching the bread, it would quickly fall back using the wind, just to do it all over again.

cardinal1

Image by winteridge2
I found this in my picture file, and thought I would cool things down a bit. I may have posted this one before - I will have to check. It was a bit dark, with the snowstorm and a gloomy day.

Dead Pelican In A Tree

Image by ex_magician
Another shot. Something you don't see every day - a pelican in a tree. Regrettably he is dead. I think that this pelican must have been blown into the tree; we had some windy days recently and pelicans are big, clumsy fliers. It appears to have been a young pelican. The pelican is the symbolic bird of Klamath Falls; so what does a dead pelican signify?. This photo was taken at the Link River Trail trailhead, the end near Moore Park. I am tempted to go back today with a branch trimmer to get a decent shot - there was no good angle because of the all the branches. Update: I did go back and trim the thick willow branches and replaced these two shots. Sorry for posting a grotesque picture; but I think it is poignant.

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Image by Ludie Cochrane
Some photos of vultures around my house. No distracting backgrounds, just a bird doing what birds do. Yes it is a vulture, but who says they are ugly. . . See where this picture was taken. [?]

Lakes 2007_S04278

Image by Ennor
I pulled up in a car park near Elterwater, after driving through the Langdale valley, and this robin flew over and perched on my door mirror, and sat there while I opened my camera bag, took out my camera and raised it to take this shot. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Easy is Right?

Image by g'pa bill (losing hope of ever catching up)
Instead of spending hours in the heat, looking for coyotes, I can just pop open the kitchen window and take pictures of these guys. We had twenty at once last evening. We seem to have babies (the fledglings have the dark coloration on their beaks) year round. "Agapornis" is aptly named.

Sea gull posing.

Image by reflexer
Seen in Bonifacio. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Pied Oystercatchers

Image by neilalderney123
These guys were looking for food along the river in Queensland, as I was walking along looking for a photograph. They kept on flying ahead when I got too close & then would feed until I came along again! A bit like running along the railway tracks when a train is coming! This shot was a moment before they took off again, so they are looking at me with suspicion in their eyes. View my stream LARGE on DARKR it is worth it. View On Black See where this picture was taken. [?]

Egyptian vulture in the grass

Image by Tambako the Jaguar
Now I start a series of pictures taken at the Zürich Zoo. First of them is a Egyptian vulture. It's been a while I haven't posted a picture of these birds.

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Robin

Robin

Robin

Image by **Mirm**
View large is recommended Finally a nice shot of "my" Robin although it's taken through my window (that's why it's a little unsharp). This Robin visits our garden several times a day and normally I work every day in the morning. Due to my illness I'm able to make pictures in the morning and to enjoy the sun at that side of my house. Today I took advantage of that because this Robin has never been so close to my house with such nice light! The chains you see in here are from a hanging basket in which the Robin is looking for seeds.

Cold Coal Tit - Winchester

Image by neilalderney123
This tiny little bird is a Coal Tit. He looks like he is all puffed up against the cold. This is one of the many birds that congregate around my bird feeder Looks MUCH better large on black. See where this picture was taken. [?] Look at my stream on black on the really cool site DARCKR Also, have a peek at my Interestingness page

Águia Pesqueira // Osprey

Image by jvverde
(Pandion haliaetus) Portugal Ainda não é a foto que queria mas até a conseguir terei de me contentar com esta -- Still not the picture I which to achieve of this bird, uncommon here in Portugal, but for now, I have no option than content myself with this You can share me if you wish

Happy Mother's Day

Image by emma.kate
We have a bush in our backyard that has a Cardinal's nest in it. I went outside this morning to find that the babies had hatched, right on Mother's Day :) I thought it was the sweetest thing and it completely brightened my day. They were so hard to get a picture of, so this was the best one I got. It is a really dense bush and they are right at the top in the middle, but inside. So I walked around and stood on a stool until I could get this shot :) It was cute because I randomly started whistling Break Out! Break Out! by All Time Low, and when I did two of the babies perked up and opened their mouths. I guess they thought I was their mom chirping :) Anyway, happy mother's day to any moms out there :)

Speglingar (Reflections)

Image by JsonLind
Strandskator (Haematopus ostralegus) på Storsjön vid solnedgång. (Eurasian oystercatchers at sunset. Picture taken in Östersund, Sweden.)

Flying stork

Image by Tambako the Jaguar
I took the picture quite in a rush, my camera wasn't really ready, but finally the result was okay! :) I just had to crop it quite because the stork was rather far away. Picture taken in the zoo of Basel

hello,are you looking at my?

Image by sophiea
picture taken in the zwin provincial nature park

klapperstorch

Image by extranoise
small cutout of a much bigger picture of this stork in Mallnow, Germany

Perched vulture

Image by Tambako the Jaguar
This is a bearded vulture, or lammergeier, which is a beard of prey one also finds in Switzerland, why do I go to Germany to photography these? ;) Picture taken in the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart. I like the red ring around the eyes.

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Curious Cuckoos

Curious Cuckoos

Curious Cuckoos

Image by ressaure
Cuculus canorus - Common Cuckoo - обыкновенная кукушка view large, please - it's an uncropped picture. I went for a bicycle ride in the forest south of Akademgorodok and heard a cuckoo. I stopped to look for it and noticed another one sitting in no more than 10 m from me, staring at me. I then saw the one I'd heard at first, perched on a willow nearby, and yet another one further to my right. I sat down on the road with my camera, and one of the cuckoos landed very close to me, then flew around me, then sat on a tall birch stump; I watched it feed - every now and then it would jump down to the ground or fly to the trunks of birches nearby to catch bugs and worms, but stayed very close to me. The sun was setting, but I was still able to take several pictures. I'm starting to get a feeling that cuckoos like me for some reason - they're said to be secretive and elusive birds and I've been seeing them a lot lately!

straines

Image by screenpunk
i dont know how it goes with you .. but in the sunny overexposure of camerapreview i take pictures on a guess-this-will-be-okey basis .. yes with the results a bit out of range

French Kiss

Image by ^riza^
Love is unconditional. Don't talk about love with me. I'm not an expert on that :). But one thing about love I know, love is unconditional. It can touch every hearts of living things beyond time and space. Don't talk about kiss with me. I'm also not very good on that :). But one thing about a kiss I know, a kiss should be delivered with love. And that what defines you, a good kisser. *Picture taken from Lory Loft, Jurong Bird Park of Singapore.

Flamingo's in the Camargue, South of France

Image by dirk huijssoon
see also next picture

Marsh Madness

Image by Carly & Art
Select pictures from our weekend walks around wetlands. Kenilworth Aquatic Garden, DC; Lake Artemesia, College Park, MD; McKee-Beshers WMA & the C&O Canal, near Poolesville, MD 1. First Bloodroot, 2. Dutchman's Breeches, 3. American Coot, 4. Snappers having a tussle, 5. Why is he smiling?, 6. Spring has arrived , 7. Abandoned Goose Egg, 8. Birds do it., 9. Muskrat at Kenilworth AG Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Negrola // Common Scoter

Image by jvverde
(Melanitta nigra) Estuário do Douro Gaia Portugal Tenho mais de uma centenas de fotos desta ave. Quando a vi (muito) ao longe pensei que era um corvo marinho e fui-lhe tirando fotos e aproximando-me cada vez mais. Cheguei a estar a cerca de 5 metros dela. No entanto, as boas notícias terminam aqui, porque embora a ave voe e não se deixe apanhar facilmente (avisei a brigada ambiental da GNR, por sugestão do P. Biológico de Gaia), está com as asas emaranhadas num fio de pesca que obviamente a incomoda. Enquanto lá estive não me apercebi nem do que era uma aparente linha branca nas penas, nem do porquê de a ave não parar de se catar. Só quando meti as fotos no computador e no processo de identificação da ave, com a ajuda da minha esposa, é que percebemos do que se tratava. Isso deve explicar o motivo de estar em terra. Além disso quando me aproximei voou para o meio do rio, mas mal me afastei voltou para o mesmo local. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have more than a hundred photos of this bird The first time I saw him I thought is was a cormorant and I started taking pictures and getting closer and closer. At one time I was about 5 meters from him. However the good news end here, because although the bird flyies and doesn't let herself get cought easily, he had his wings wrapped around a fishing line which obviously bothered him. While I was there I didn't realize about the situation. Only when I saw the pictures on the computer and went through the identification process with the help of my wife, we realized what it was. That should explain why it was on the shore coast Other Names: Basque : ahatebeltz Breton : duanenn voutin Catalan : ànec negre Danish : sortand Dutch : zwarte zeeeend English : black scoter // common scoter Esperanto : nigra maranaso Finnish : mustalintu French : macreuse noire Galician : pentumeiro German : Trauerente Irish : scótar Italian : orchetto marino Latin : Melanitta nigra Norwegian : svartand Polish : markaczka Portuguese : pato-negro Spanish : negrón común Swedish : sjöorre Welsh : môr-hwyaden ddu [Translated by Logos Dictionary www.logosdictionary.org/ ] You can share me if you wish

Negrola // Common Scoter

Image by jvverde
(Melanitta nigra) Estuário do Douro Gaia Portugal Tenho mais de uma centenas de fotos desta ave. Quando a vi (muito) ao longe pensei que era um corvo marinho e fui-lhe tirando fotos e aproximando-me cada vez mais. Cheguei a estar a cerca de 5 metros dela. No entanto, as boas notícias terminam aqui, porque embora a ave voe e não se deixe apanhar facilmente (avisei a brigada ambiental da GNR, por sugestão do P. Biológico de Gaia), está com as asas emaranhadas num fio de pesca que obviamente a incomoda. Enquanto lá estive não me apercebi nem do que era uma aparente linha branca nas penas, nem do porquê de a ave não parar de se catar. Só quando meti as fotos no computador e no processo de identificação da ave, com a ajuda da minha esposa, é que percebemos do que se tratava. Isso deve explicar o motivo de estar em terra. Além disso quando me aproximei voou para o meio do rio, mas mal me afastei voltou para o mesmo local. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have more than a hundred photos of this bird The first time I saw him I thought is was a cormorant and I started taking pictures and getting closer and closer. At one time I was about 5 meters from him. However the good news end here, because although the bird flyies and doesn't let herself get cought easily, he had his wings wrapped around a fishing line which obviously bothered him. While I was there I didn't realize about the situation. Only when I saw the pictures on the computer and went through the identification process with the help of my wife, we realized what it was. That should explain why it was on the shore coast Other Names: Basque : ahatebeltz Breton : duanenn voutin Catalan : ànec negre Danish : sortand Dutch : zwarte zeeeend English : black scoter // common scoter Esperanto : nigra maranaso Finnish : mustalintu French : macreuse noire Galician : pentumeiro German : Trauerente Irish : scótar Italian : orchetto marino Latin : Melanitta nigra Norwegian : svartand Polish : markaczka Portuguese : pato-negro Spanish : negrón común Swedish : sjöorre Welsh : môr-hwyaden ddu [Translated by Logos Dictionary www.logosdictionary.org/ ] You can share me if you wish

Wryneck - for the record

Image by ressaure
Jynx torquilla - Wryneck - вертишейка It was totally unexpected - I was watching a flycatcher frolic in the branches of a large pine when this little gray bird came to watch it, too. The place where that happened is pretty busy, there's a bus stop and a busy road nearby, a lot of passers-by, not your usual quiet birdwatching nook. I took several shots from a rather long distance, and the bird took off. When I'd looked at the pictures I realized that I'd seen a really interesting creature - the Wryneck. A blurry addition to my woodpecker collection :) I guess I'll have to hang around that place some more.

Feeling well at home

Image by Tambako the Jaguar
A blackbird perched on a small wooden bird house, I took this picture during one of my lately walks, it was pretty snowy but the weather was nice.

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Cool Bird Picture images

Welcome Swallow

Image by kahunapulej
This welcome swallow, Hirundo Neoxena lives in the aircraft hangar at Aiyura. It is welcome to swallow all of the mosquitoes, flies, and other flying bugs it likes. The welcome swallow looks kind of like a barn swallow, except without the black band on the neck and with slightly shorter tail streamers. I tried to get a picture of this very fast flier in flight, but it came out blurry. Another bird of this kind flew ahead of my truck, yesterday, at about 40 kph before speeding away. Any bird that eats mosquitoes is a friend of mine.

Red Top

Image by markkilner
I found that rarest of things today - a woodpecker which didn't mind having a camera pointed at it. View large. Canterbury, September 2012. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Descansando (Torcaza)

Image by Joz3.69
Pentax K-r - Septiembre 2011 Sigma DL Zoom 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 Lomo script - GIMP Lomo Script with Old Style Colors: registry.gimp.org/node/7870 Animals can suffer and feel pain. They need greater protection worldwide. We are seeking this in the form of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) at the United Nations. - www.animalsmatter.org/en/supporter/new See where this picture was taken. [?] See where this picture was taken. [?]

Il gabbiano Poldo

Image by Sundust_L
So,. usually seagulls fly away. This was too fat perhaps, or too sleepy. I took many close pictures of him. The name fits. Di solito i gabbiani scappano. questo o era troppo grasso o troppo addormentato. O troppo pigro. Il nome ci sta bene.

Jackdaw

Image by markkilner
Not the most interesting shot, I know, but Jackdaws always turn their back on me as soon as I raise my camera. Lydden Temple Ewell Nature Reserve, May 2010. View large. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Seagulls on chains

Image by Stéfan
Yokohama Harbor See where this picture was taken. [?]

Corvids

Image by ressaure
Crows, rooks, and carrion crows browsing in a wheat field between Akademgorodok and Iskitim. I thought I should take some broad-view pictures too showing the birds in their natural environment - close-ups are great but sometimes they require so much stalking and cause so much of the my-lens-is-too-short frustration that it takes the very fun out of watching the birds.

"Oh @#$ %!! How do I get out of here?!"

Image by Images by John 'K'
I've been in and out of the screen door during the day as I work on stuff in my yard... Well at some stage this little devil slipped in through the screen door while it was open. I have no idea when it did so, but I spotted it as it was flitting around our skylights trying to get out (as you can see they have screens on them so there's no way out up there). Try as I might, I couldn't coax the little fellow to fly down and out of the door it came in through on its own, and it was getting more and more exhausted trying to get out through the screened skylight. In the end I had up go up on our balcony (yes we have an indoor balcony) below the skylight, and climb up on a chair so I could reach the poor little thing as it sat in the corner of the skylight, totally exhausted. It was so worn out by this stage, it just sat there as I carefully put my hands around it, and I then proceeded to carry it outside and put it on its favorite feeder, where it drank long and hard before f lying off. They may be pretty to look at but they are bloody stupid :) This was taken fairly early on in the encounter as I was working out whether I'd be able to convince it to make its own way back out... later on it was a 2-handed operation and I'm the only one at home right now, so no pictures of me holding the little thing I'm afraid. I could have stopped and grabbed a camera and shot myself holding the little bird but the poor thing was traumatized enough without me taking further advantage of the situation. :( I typically upload in small sets - don't just look at the latest one in my photostream as you might be missing something you'll like more.... and your comments are ALWAYS welcome :) © All rights reserved. John Krzesinski, 2009.

Blue Heron in flight

Image by Heavenhated
In flight from a big series of picturees...has around 12-14 pictures of the whole flight. All Pictures are Copyrighted if used for Commercial Purpose. You can download and use the picture for personal use (like wallpaper etc). In case of forwarding to ur friends please credit the Photographer. There are no restrictions to use the pictures for personal use. Do not print pictures without prior permission

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Cool Bird Picture images

Great Black-backed Gull

Image by markkilner
Broadstairs, September 2008. Large. See where this picture was taken. [?]

An artic tern with a fish

Image by Patrick Mayon
View On Black Picture of an artic tern holding a little fish in its beack. The photo was taken in the Inner farne, one of the Farne Islands. Photo d'une sterne artique prise dans les iles Farnes. Les sternes vont pecher des poissons pour nourrir les jeunes sternes.

Whinchat

Image by markkilner
North Foreland, September 2008. View large. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Nesting Kildeer

Image by Loco Steve
This here is a Kildeer on its egg..They nest in a hollow in the ground in open spaces where they can watch out for predators .. If it sees something coming like me with my weedeater it makes a high pitch squeaky noise and runs away from its nest to draw you away from it . To make you think it is injured it fans out its wings displaying an orangy color and pretends one of its wings is broken hoping that you will follow it away from the nest.... anyway in the last picture you can see its nest and egg... No Kildeers were injured photographing this bird......Thanks to Theresa for teaching me how to post multiple photo's :-)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

Image by markkilner
Foreness, August 2009. View large. See where this picture was taken. [?]

All You Can Eat | 293/365

Image by mfhiatt
I took a picture of the first Robin early in spring and now they're getting ready to head south. These berries were the fuel stop they needed before taking off. 2011YIP Our Daily Challenge: Rule of Thirds 10.20.2011 View my 365 project here.

great tailed grackel ( female )

Image by ljmacphee
Unknown bird hanging out on pond with ducks, egrets, heron, vultures and cormorants. I've been taking pictures here since early this year and it's the first one I've seen. There were about a half dozen like him. North West Houston area, USA

Elegance #2

Image by jinterwas
Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam Please feel free to take a look at more of my flamingo pictures, or take a look at my "all creatures great & small"-collection. All photos are free to use, but I would appreciate credits :). All it takes is a link back to this page and/or a tag 'jinterwas' on your picture. I´d also love to see the result of your creativity, so a link to your photo (or website you use this picture on) or a small size sample in the comment section would be great :)) !! Please do not abuse the CC-licence by claiming anything in my photostream as your own, nor to sell it on a compilation CD and/or internet. Thanks for looking at and/or using anything on my photostream. Any comment is much appreciated :) !!

Start Ling

Image by wiseacre
I took this picture eons ago and am only now getting around to uploading it.

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