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Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius), family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, Oregon, USA

Photograph by Jim Leonard

#i want a good view of one so bad 😭 ive technically seen them twice but not very well #theyre so cool

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the pacific baza is a slender, medium-sized hawk found in australia, indonesia, papua new guinea, the solomon islands, and east timor. they are the only new guinean raptor with a crest. somewhat unusually for a hawk, this species is omnivorous, and feeds on fruits and vegetation in addition to lizards, birds, and other small prey. females are slightly heavier than males, with more brown coloration on their uppersides, sometimes with more dark barring on their secondary flight feathers. both sexes are primarily gray, brown, and white. this species is largely non-migratory.

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Violet-tailed Sylph

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Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea), family Leiothrichidae, India

photograph by Syamala Rupakula

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Painted Sandgrouse (Pterocles indicus), family Pteroclidae, India

Photograph by Bhanudas Chavan‎

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this august I also did #AvianAugust alongside doggust I chose a simple style in order to be able to do them fast, it proved the right call. I was indeed pretty fast and I'm really liking the result!

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Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco), getting a drink, family Ramphastidae, Cuiaba River, the Pantanal, Brazil

photograph by Charles J. Sharp 

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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), family Meropidae, Romania

photograph by Doru Groza https://instagram.com/dorugroza

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Piping Plover chicks

Meaghan Garrahan

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Ultramarine Lorikeets (Vini ultramarina), family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands (South Pacific)

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photograph by peterodekerken

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GET YELLED AT

photos by carl bergstrom

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[1178/10977] Black-headed Honeyeater - Melithreptus affinis

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Meliphagoidea Family: Meliphagidae (honeyeaters)

Photo credit: Terence Alexander via Macaulay Library

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Big and daft

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A trio of tricolors

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spectacled barwing

(photos by sasi-smit)

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Muscovy Duck (domestic) Cairina moschata

1/8/2023 LA County, California

And here is my icon! Muscovy ducks are so pretty, and I just love this individual. The males with really intense caruncles (the warts around their face) kind of creep me out. Those caruncles help keep their feathers clean while they forage in muddy water.

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Great Egret Ardea Alba

4/6/2022 Orange County, Florida

Starting out this blog with my banner photo! This is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken, and one of my best in-flight photos (although this egret had just taken off, and so was not truly in flight). I watched this egret hunting on Lake Apopka, one of my favorite birding locations near Orlando.

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