Confirmé ultérieurement par analyse (mucus + écaille). 3eme photo pour l'habitat
Learn more in
https://www.georgiawildtrout.com/fly-fishing-morocco
Previously thought to be extinct. Much of the older research on this fish and lake needs to be updated. Learn more in
https://www.georgiawildtrout.com/fly-fishing-morocco
Likely the rarest trout on the planet. Population still in trouble from harvest by local anglers. Learn more in
https://www.georgiawildtrout.com/fly-fishing-morocco
first photo is female; 2nd photo is male
(Cecropis semirufa)
Red-Breasted Swallow; Rotbrustschwalbe
En aljibe.
Variant leucique
https://feederwatch.org/fr/color_variant/albinisme-et-leucisme/
Actuellement en couple avec un individu pica pica de coloration normale, stade de construction du nid.
A silver pike is a phase of a northern pike. It is not albino it has a rare scale coloring.
Melanistic Alligator Gar (rare!) — Was caught during a fishing trip and fortunately released back to the water easily. (It actually removed the hook itself; it never left the water thankfully)
Cliff Swallows built mud nests under a neighbor's eaves. Since the Spreckles sugar plant across the river was dismantled, the swallows have had to relocate. It takes a lot of time and effort for a Swallow to collect wet mud in their small mouth and bring it back one mouthful at a time to build a large mud nest. Very impressive animal architecture!
Link to better closeup photo/observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208965919
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a fast-flying, migratory, highly social bird in the Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae) family. They live in colonies and are best known for building mud nests, often on man-made structures.
The Cornell Lab: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cliff_Swallow/
"Cliff Swallows often swarm around bridges and overpasses in summer, offering passers-by a chance to admire avian architecture and family life at once. Clusters of their intricate mud nests cling to vertical walls, and when a Cliff Swallow is home you can see its bright forehead glowing from the dim entrance. These common, sociable swallows are nearly always found in large groups, whether they’re chasing insects high above the ground, preening on perches, or dipping into a river for a bath."
E Bird: https://ebird.org/species/cliswa/
Cliff Swallow is a "compact swallow with a short, square tail. In flight, looks slightly less angular than other swallows, with more rounded wings. Note pale buffy-orange rump, which separates Cliff Swallow from most other swallows in this range. Also look for dark throat and pale forehead. Widespread and fairly common, especially in western North America. Breeds under bridges, eaves of buildings, overpasses, and culverts. Winters in South America. Before man-made structures, it built its jug-shaped mud nests on the sides of cliffs. However, the sides of barns and the supports of bridges provided sheltered sites that were far more widespread than the natural ones. Taking advantage of these artificial locations, the species has moved to many areas where it never nested before. Although it is continuing to spread in the east, it is still more common in the west, where practically every culvert and highway bridge seems to have its own Cliff Swallow colony."
E Bird: https://ebird.org/species/cliswa/
Audubon Guide to North American Birds https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide and https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/cliff-swallow
Bird songs and sound recordings from around the world https://xeno-canto.org/explore?query=Petrochelidon%20pyrrhonota
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BIRD (References in general):
The Cornell Lab (Birds in U.S. and Canada, includes Compare with Similiar Species) https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/
Xeno-canto: Bird songs, sound recordings, bird range and migration map: https://xeno-canto.org/about/xeno-canto
Audubon Guide to North American Birds https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide
Ebird with species description, range map and sound recordings: https://ebird.org/explore
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 7th ed., 2017
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America, ed. Jon L. Dunn, 2008
Monterey Birds, Don Roberson, 2nd ed. 2002, sponsored by Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society
Merlin Bird ID: How to use/get the portable App (Bird ID help for 8,500+ species) https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/
Comprehensive Feather I.D. tools and more: https://foundfeathers.org/resources/
Found Feathers (Worldwide): https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php
photo: autorised by Bret Whitney, Field Guides Inc.
Live stranding reported by tourists. Successfully refloated and guided out of the bay into open water.
A truly amazing encounter with one of the world's most enigmatic ungulates. When I first saw this Pygmy Hippo, it was resting on the ground a few meters off the trail, covered with sweat droplets. After about an hour of waiting, it got up and slowly walked through the forest. It did not appear to mind my presence.
Photo from Museo de la Ballena, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. This photo is use for enviromental education.
Photographed by Fernando Trujillo - Fundación Omacha
has been here for the past few days at least, first record for ireland. been seen by many other birders
irishbirding record for today's sighting: https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/185364/Birding_Opportunity.html
m 1w + f ; long staying birds, found by E.Leneveu
supposed to be this hybrid. With ring, escaped.
Inscription on bottles left here, most probably between 1942-1947:
"NO DEPOSIT NO RETURN"
"NOT TO BE RETURNED"
First record of the species in Western Palearctic
1st record for the WP
This Swift (Tachymarptis melba, formerly Apus melba) flew into a window and had a concussion. Luckily, it flew off a few hours later.
roosting cavity in thermal insulation
roosting cavity in thermal insulation
Deuxième individu héraultais en 2008 et son poussin. L'adulte avait été bagué en Espagne quelques mois plus tôt
Voir un vautour fauve à Remuzat est chose courante, mais en voir un venir se poser à moins de 4 mètres de vous est assez excitant.