Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day with these small waders at the Embouchure du Var in southeastern France.
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Helmeted Guineafowl, in Uganda
According to Merlin, Guineafowl “often behave like lunatics, charging around issuing a loud and distinctive “kek-kek-kek-kraaaaah” alarm”. I know a few people like that. And I think I’ve come up with a new nickname for them.
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Imperial Cormorant, in Chilean Patagonia
Eastern Warbling Vireo, in Ohio
Hamerkop, in Western Uganda
Willets, in North Carolina
Yellowish Flycatcher, in Costa Rica
Yellow-billed Chough, in the Julian Alps
Hooded Crow, in Central Europe
Black-tailed Godwit, in Portugal
Godwit is from the Old English for ‘good creature’; its Latin name, Limosa limosa, means ‘muddy, muddy’. Both work for this sensational creature.
Continue readingGreater Flamingos of October – Tagus and Rhone River Estuaries
I crossed paths with more than a thousand Greater Flamingos in October. That’s not an exaggeration. Although this one, at top, would have been enough to get my fill. Those eyes and bill are mesmerising.
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