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I'm usually not one to post twice on the same day, but I can't resist sharing this SuperbOwl painting I finished not very long ago.

A happy superbOwl day to those who celebrate!

#art #superbOwl #owl #birds #kentucky #mastoArt #painting

a painting of a superbOwl flying over a house. there are two oak trees on either side of the house.
#art #mastoart #birds #painting #owl #superbowl #kentucky

When I was cycling towards #Bloeidaal this morning I spotted this White #Stork in the beautiful golden hour sunlight.
Standing atop a high light pole, looking out over, well, the industrial area instead of a natural setting.
🪶 #Birds #Birdphotography #takentoday #whitestork #ooievaar #goldenhour
#birds #birdphotography #goldenhour #bloeidaal #stork #takentoday #whitestork #ooievaar

Whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo, did someone say it's Superb Owl Sunday again! 🦉

Go Owls!

Strix nebulosa (Great Gray Owl). (Best Latin name in the business, don't you think?)

Grays are so cool! They can focus sound with their large "ruff" (facial disk) to hear prey under as much as 60cm (2ft) of snow. Grays will hover over deep snow while listening & then snow plunge to catch their prey! Grays are certainly Superb Owls!

#SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwl #Birds #Wildlife #Owl

A color portrait photo of a large gray owl roosting on a dead branch. In the background are out of focus trees with autumn leaves. The owl has a large round face with smallish (for an owl) yellow eyes and a small yellow beak. The owl is looking at the camera.
#birds #wildlife #owl #superbowl #superbowlsunday

Cake please
#birds #robin #InterspeciesFriendship #cake
A robin righfully demands their share of my cheesecake.
#birds #robin #cake #InterspeciesFriendship

Und zum Abschluss meines persönlichen "Tag des Grünspechts" noch diese beiden Fotos eines wirklich schönen Männchens.

Habt ein gutes Wochenende.

#GeschichtenAusDemGarten #birds #birdphotography

Männlicher Grünspecht, eher ein kleines Exemplar, dafür aber dick aufgeplustert, am Stamm des Glockenbaums. Er verharrte so eine ganze Weile als müsse er sich von der anstrengenden Arbeit im Garten ausruhen. Sein Blick ist nach oben gerichtet.
Nahaufnahme des Grünspechtkopfes von der linken Seite. Die Kopffedern sind ein wenig aufgestellt, am Schnabel ist etwas Gartenerde zu sehen.
#birds #birdphotography #geschichtenausdemgarten

Corvid reflections

#birds #birding #birdwatching #crow #reflection

A crow calls from the shallows. It's reflection cast upon blue rippled water. Black feathers shimmer beneath the warm February sunshine.
#birds #reflection #birding #crow #birdwatching

What bird is this? 🤔 (See alt text for clue) 🌍 #whatbird #mybirdcards #birdbrainerapp | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
Image description: A profile view of a small bird with a long, tapering tail (not pictured) perched on a thorny, green-leafed branch. The bird features a prominent, wispy grey crest, a soft brownish-grey body, and a striking pale blue beak with a black tip. Its most distinctive features are its bright pinkish-red legs and feet, which are gripping the branch. The background is a soft, out-of-focus beige, suggesting a dry or desert-like environment. Clue: "Look for the tell-tale combination of a stiff grey crest and vivid red legs, often found scurrying through the scrub of Southern Africa like a feathered rodent." Fun fact: These birds are named not just for their colour, but for their behavior! They are incredibly social and have a habit of crawling through bushes and hanging at odd angles, looking more like small, scurrying mice than birds. Source: Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by SolaGratia via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/solagratia-1146990/
#birds #whatbird #mybirdcards #birdbrainerapp #birdsoftheworld

Today we managed to pass a leaking old beaver dam that is now frozen to the ground.
Snowshoe-packed a trail further into the bush. Yodelled and the old chickadees found us (the families seem to have their territories). How did we know it was them?
They landed on us immediately 😂. And talked!
Happy to see they have survived another year.

#birds #winter

A small bird with white cheeks and a black cap landed on a red wool mitten to inspect the seeds on offer. Snow in the background.
#birds #winter

I've seen bee-eaters "tossing" their prey before - but I've never managed to capture it in mid-flight! This is the same sequence as my previous photo, but now the bird quickly flicks the grass hopper into the air, catches it headfirst and swallowed it - all whilst still flying! #birds #birdphotography
A young bee-eater, in flight - with a grasshopper just suspended in it's open beak - the grasshopper is now "head first" - the correct orientation to swallow!
#birds #birdphotography

si février est chargé d’eau le printemps n’en sera que plus beau

Komori Soseki, Moorhens (poules d’eau), 1929, Color woodblock print, Credit Line : Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin’enkan, Inc.
#weather #painting #birds #art #february

estampe japonaise représentant deux oiseaux debout dans l’eau sous la pluie
#art #birds #weather #painting #february

C is for...Carolina Chickadee. Part two! This time in watercolor.

#ArtABCs #birds #chickadee #carolinaChickadee #watercolor #traditionalArt

Watercolor of a Carolina chickadee bird. The head has a distinctive black and white pattern. The breast is buff colored and fluffy for winter. The wings are dark. The chickadee is standing on a branch that was suggested with just a couple strokes of the brush.
#birds #watercolor #TraditionalArt #artabcs #chickadee #CarolinaChickadee

The perfect couple doesn't exi...

#Puffin #Iceland #PhotoMonday #Puffins #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

Two puffins on a grassy side of a sea cliff. The one on the left is looking at the other while the other is just looking cute.
#nature #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #Photomonday #wildlifephotography #iceland #puffin #puffins

Baumläufer
#birds
Ein Baumläufer an einem mit Moos und Flechten bewachsenem Baum
#birds

Fluffy, round wren I met recently. Seems to be handling the cold winter fine.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photography
Photograph of a small brown and beige bird on a tree branch against a nearly colorless winter background. It's very fluffy and round with a thin beak and slender, upright tail feathers.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

Baumläufer
#birds
Ein Baumläufer an einem mit Moos und Flechten bewachsenem Ast.
#birds

#mywork #myphoto #animals #birds #parakeet #balcony

das mit dem verstecken klappt noch nicht so wirklich, aber dafür sieht es verdammt niedlich aus ;)

#mywork #animals #myphoto #birds #Balcony #parakeet

Female Northern Cardinal hanging out in the back yard in the weekend's snow.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A photograph of a female Northern Cardinal perched on the back of a snow-dusted wooden chair.
#photography #nature #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #massachusetts #masswildlife #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A male Centrocercus urophasianus (greater sage-grouse) at dawn trying to attract a female at a mating lek. They are known for filling giant air sacks in their chests and letting out a low thumping noise. They also strut around while doing the thumping call / display. It's kind of cute, in a strange way. They are extremely sensitive birds and you can't get very close without spooking them. This photo is cropped way in.

#BirdPhotography #Birds #Desert #Wildlife #Photography #Darktable

A color landscape photo of a bird standing in dry yellow grass. The bird faces toward the camera angled toward the left. He is brown with white specks in the back, a large white fatty chest, and a dark brown head with short thin wire like protrusions sticking out. Its tail feathers from a short spiky fan in back.
#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #darktable #desert

#Photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #birds

Between things

Monochrome Aufnahme mit zwei Krähen, die auf dem oberen von zwei waagerechten Balken sitzen, welche ein kleines Segelboot mit vom Wind geblähten Segeln einrahmen, das auf dem Horizont entlang des Meer zu befahren scheint.
#photography #birds #blackandwhite #monochrome

Mandarin Ducks / Mandarinenten
(Mannheim, Germany)

#ducks #birds #vögel #enten #mannheim

Three mandarin ducks, two males in colourful breeding plumage and one grey female between them. All three are sitting on snow, next to a river
#birds #ducks #Vögel #mannheim #Enten

Star
#birds
Ein Star auf einem Ast
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Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus, 🇩🇪 Schwanzmeise, 🇵🇱 raniuszek).

#birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki

This frontal close-up view shows a long-tailed tit perched on an oblique branch. The bird has tilted its head to the side. The background consists of blurred branches and a dull sky.
#nature #birds #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #vogelflausch #ptaki

Snow day activity #Wisconsin #Arena #January #Birds #SnowFall
Slightly off-balance Blue Jay, maybe trying for a peacock pose
Cardinal in gentle snow
Red-bellied woodpecker with some suet on a tree trunk
White throated sparrow safely hiding under snow covered stems
#birds #wisconsin #snowfall #january #arena

Had my closest ever encounter with a kingfisher!

#birds

Photo of a kingfisher perched on green, algae coated rocks, little pink feet gripping the slippery surface. The kingfisher is side on to the camera, gazing at something off to the right, and showing off their long pointed bill. They have shimmering blue plumage on head and back, orange breast and a flash of white on the side of the neck.
#birds

Buffy Helmetcrest (Oxypogon stuebelii), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, endemic to Colombia

Photograph by Lisandro Enrique Pérez Acevedo

#photography
#birds

Buffy Helmetcrest
#photography #birds

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