It is found in the Himalayas and the hills of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and southern China including Yunnan. Birds of this species are 25 cm with a long tail. The sexes are alike, having a white forehead and a black crown and nape.
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Here is a young one enjoying a bath. I never tire of watching them. 💙
- Photo courtesy of Jason Tiesman.
This is a distinctive wading bird found in coastal saltwater habitats, known for its energetic, "dancing"
Range: Primarily the Gulf Coast of the U.S. (Texas, Louisiana, Florida), Mexico, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
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Andes Mountains of South America, across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Its extra-long bill and tongue allow it to drink nectar from deep, tubular flowers—such as certain passionflowers and
It must use its feet to scratch and preen its feathers.
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Another recent goober pair for @cr0wsparks.bsky.social !! Always a joy to draw your silly burds^^
Another recent goober pair for @cr0wsparks.bsky.social !! Always a joy to draw your silly burds^^
lifespan 25-40 years
Hawaii, Galápagos, Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans.
While they plunge-dive into the ocean for fish and squid, they also catch flying fish mid-air
BUILD nest in trees
pairs mate for life share all duties equally.
- Photo courtesy of Anthony Goldman, Tanzania
waterbird native to wetlands of sub-Saharan Africa
Diet omnivorous aquatic invertebrates, small vertebrates, and seeds.
older siblings from a previous brood earlier in the season
Devoted parents and previous chicks
will help incubate the new eggs and help feed the chicks
They live across South and Southeast Asia,
diet fruits, berries and nectar
during breeding season tiny insects, bugs
monogamous form strong pair bonds build their nest hidden on the ground
sharing all duties, incubation feeding chicks and feeding them once they fledge
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- Photo courtesy of Vineeth Radhakrishnan.
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The baya weaver is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests .
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lives across Australia and 13 countries in Asia
pairs help build round, hanging side-entrance nest.
The female incubates the clutch takes about 11 days.
Both parents feed chicks in the nest for 13 days
after the chicks fledge parents feed and protect them for 3 weeks
- Photo courtesy of Karen L. Sirna.
lives in the dry inland and semi-arid regions of mainland Australia
Diet mostly insects and also seeds
They build their nest hidden in bushes
Pairs share all duties equally
Both incubate eggs 17 days
feeding them for 12 days in the nest
3 weeks after they fledge