More images from the birds of prey at Amnéville. I must say they got the optics down to a T, puuting the black guy on the white horse and the blond white woman on the black one.
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I think we’ve had these images before, but since naturalcynic expressed dismay at the lack of close ups of the condor, here’s the next smaller bird I have to offer: Norbert, a European griffin vulture. According to one of the falconers he takes a much more direct approach to food than “waiting until you drop dead”.
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I personally think his feather collar is just so posh.
A wee birdie.
At Amnéville they built a “Medieval Arena” to show their birds of prey, which has the advantage of high ramparts that allow them to fly even larger birds.
There’s going to be more pics, but the first bord was my absolute favourite because how can you top a South American Condor?
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This week’s Friday Feathers come from Nightjar who writes this:
These sanderlings briefly landed in front of me during a relaxed walk on the beach, understandably I was not carrying the 500mm lens with me. I took these with the 50mm, and then I cropped and cropped some more, and then I pretended I meant to compose the images like this all along because sand and seawater are pretty too. :D
I completely agree that the composition IS beautiful and I sympathise with “if only I had the other lens”. I am wondering, are sanderlings related to starlings?
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Our neighbourhood crows, posing elegantly.
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Yesterday we watched a tiny bird hatch and start to eat. Well, what goes in must come out so today I present the other end of the story. I’ll bet you can’t watch without smiling.
This video is for all the bird lovers out there. I still can’t get over how something this small and frail can survive. Enjoy.
While on land, penguins are rather clumsy and funny, but underwater they turn into graceful hunters, flying through their adapted medium.
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Zoos aren’t just for “exotic” animals. They are often the favourite spot for the local wildlife as well.
Your friendly neighbourhood corvid
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Autumn is bringing back all the birds that seemed to have vanished during summer, including Florence the Woodpecker.
Did you miss me?
More tit pics.
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See you
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The Barcelona Zoo is home top a colony of herons who happily steal fish from the penguins and whoever isn’t fast enough.
Ready for take off
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Admit it, you’ve been missing the tit pics.
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The tree is a “bird cherry”. They grow here en masse and the stains can only be removed with a pair of scissors.