Hummingbird on Flickr.
It looks so fierce
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Grey Partridges on the Roadside by Arne Ader
The Estonian Ornithological Society chose the grey partridge, also known as the English partridge or Hungarian partridge, as bird of the year for 2013. This bird, who is the size of a small domestic hen, lives mainly in cultivated landscapes and can often be found near farmsteads, barns and other human settlements. In spite of that, not much is known about the life of grey partridges.
Yellowhammer by Arne Ader
Booted Eagle by Lucas Planelles
Greater Yellowlegs in an Oregon Wetlands (by russell.tomlin)
Dead birds were intoxicated
Animal health specialists were called to examine a dozen birds found in the playground, many with trauma injuries. Post-mortem analysis revealed that one of the birds had a large amount of pure alcohol in its liver. Scientists suggest the birds sustained their injuries in flight because they were intoxicated by fermented berries. Staff from the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) published their results in the Veterinary Record.
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A similar diagnosis was made in 1999 for a group of redwings, which had been feeding on holly berries that were fermenting following a frost.
(via BBC Nature )
Photo of Rose-colored Starling by Tatoshe4ka :)
Poachers gun down iconic ibis
“The leading bird in a European project to develop a method to save a rare species of ibis was killed last weekend by illegal hunters in Italy. Goja, a northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), was on her way to wintering grounds in Tuscany when she was shot down.”
This makes me so mad it is worth another post or two or three.
Black Storks (and Grey Herons)
Red Shank at Cadiz by Birgit Kremer
Three Ospreys on the Nest
(In the next few weeks these three will be making their first journey from Estonia to Central or Southern Africa. Each of them will make this long journey on their own. Until they leave they are content to fly about, lounge, and beg their father to deliver more fishes.)
capture by eaglette
Three Chicks, their Mum and a Fish (4:55 July 2)
Whooper Swan by Mart Smit, Netherlands (under 18)
Capercaillie by Tom Schandy, Norway
Photo by Altay-Birder :)
