Familia: Coccidae
Presumed Northern Gosbawk (A. gentilis) × Cooper’s Hawk (A. cooperii) hybrid (taxon not currently available). Details in eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S125139043
Presumably a Great Egret x Great Blue Heron Hybrid. I was going through some old trip photos and noticed this guy. Originally assumed Reddish Egret, but the gape length clearly puts this bird in Ardea.
taken during volunteer work in Brazil´s Pantanal in 2022 - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on www.snowmanstudios.de
Continuing odd Red-winged Blackbird. Outwardly male, but lower breast is very female-like. Lots of leucism mainly in tail and vent area but also leggings and odd patches such as a slight bit along the edge of the wing "shoulder". See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144558985 for earlier observations.
Managed to get some slightly better photos of this odd bird. The head and back look like a male, the lower breast looks female and the tail is leucistic. Also see: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144027411
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144513565
Better pictures at https://ebird.org/pnw/checklist/S123865036
Banded bird - Right leg: Orange/Blue. Left leg: Black/Federal Band. Apparently also has a radio transmitter attached to back.
Sounds very similar to Steller's Jay
mother taking care of the babies. what a sight to watch
Or possibly Tufted Duck X Greater Scaup. Tufted Duck X Scaup (sp) does not seem to be an option. A Tufted Duck X Scaup (sp) was reported here on 25 January 2005 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S70674106). See also http://birdhybrids.blogspot.com/2017/03/tufted-duck-x-lesser-scaup.html .
Identification as E. schoenherri confirmed by Alexander Riedel (State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe). The Arfak population represents subspecies petiti (see photo in www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Coleoptera/Curculionoidea/Curculionidae/Eupholus%20schoenherri%20petiti.jpg). Habitat: understory of primary montane forest at 1800 m elev.
Chasing bugs in a swarm around the top of a spruce tree
Around 100 African White-backed Vultures can strip a 100-pound carcass clean in about three minutes. - taken during a conservation project in South Africa - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on / mehr Aufnahmen auf www.snowmanstudios.de #africanimpact
Spotlighting on foot around the camp into the dunes. Time ca. 10 pm.
Had just killed an injured sharp-shinned hawk.
After starting to rip out feathers, the annoyance of jays caused it to fly off with the dead sharp-shinned hawk.
Could this be a fruit tree? Found within woodland