Date Added
November 9, 2020
11:45 AM PST
Date Added
March 24, 2024
09:54 PM PDT
Date Added
March 24, 2024
09:55 PM PDT
Date Added
April 18, 2024
08:39 AM CEST
Date Added
April 5, 2021
12:23 PM UTC
Description
3rd April: This Oriental pied hornbill managed to get and kill a bat but was not sure what to do with it. It spent about 5 mins spinning it around, tossing it in the air before finally giving up and flying off.
Date Added
April 15, 2024
09:34 PM +08
Date Added
April 14, 2024
12:23 PM UTC
Date Added
March 31, 2024
06:15 PM UTC
Date Added
September 15, 2023
02:07 PM PDT
Date Added
September 29, 2023
09:53 AM PDT
Date Added
September 15, 2023
01:31 PM PDT
Date Added
April 14, 2024
02:11 AM UTC
Date Added
February 17, 2024
04:32 PM AEST
Date Added
April 8, 2024
02:08 PM CST
Date Added
May 5, 2021
04:09 PM EDT
Date Added
April 7, 2024
12:46 AM UTC
Date Added
April 3, 2024
02:32 PM UTC
Date Added
April 1, 2024
11:15 PM CEST
Date Added
March 25, 2024
09:08 PM CET
Place
Missing Location
Date Added
March 23, 2024
08:40 PM UTC
Date Added
March 13, 2024
02:41 PM SAST
Date Added
November 4, 2023
01:22 AM CST
Date Added
March 15, 2024
10:29 PM CST
Date Added
December 3, 2023
05:42 AM PST
Date Added
August 14, 2019
01:30 PM CDT
Date Added
July 11, 2022
07:38 AM IST
Description
The Velvet Fronted Nuthatch, Male
Try Viewing it in Full Screen
at Jungle View Homestay
@ Coonoor, Nilgiris Dist
Tamil Nadu, India
19 June 2022
Sony a7riv with Sony 600mm f4 Lens
The Velvet Fronted Nuthatch is quite a colorful violet-blue bird and has the typical nuthatch shape, short tail and powerful bill and feet. It is about 13 cm long. It is violet-blue above, with lavender cheeks, beige underparts, yellow eyes, and a whitish throat. The iris is distinctly pale and yellow. The bill is red, and there is a black patch on the forehead and lores which is well developed in adults and less so in younger birds. Young birds have a dark beak and dark tips to the undertail coverts. Adult males can be told apart by the black superciliary stripe that runs above the eye and over the head, towards the nape. The Females lack the supercilium and have a warmer underpart colour. Juveniles are duller versions of the adult lacking the black frontal band. There populations differ in shade and size and the distribution of white on the throat.
Just as do all the other Nuthatches, their strongly clawed toes allow them to climb down tree trunks or move on the undersides of horizontal branches. They possesses the agility to climb face-first down and around tree trunks and branches; unlike bird species, such as woodpeckers, which can only go upwards. They feed on insects in the bark of trees, foraging on the trunks and branches. They also waits for insects in front of the trunks while performing active wing-flapping.
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch frequents several types of forests such as tropical and wet forests, evergreen, deciduous, pine and mixed forests, bamboo jungles, various plantations and mature mangroves. It usually prefers more open types than closed-canopy forests. This species may be seen mainly at low elevation, but also from plains up to 1500 to 2200 mtrs according to the range. They are found in forests with good tree cover and are often found along with other species. They have a rapid chipping call note. They breed in tree cavities and holes, often created by woodpeckers or barbets.
sonya7riv
sonya7r4
sonyalpha
sony600mm
Date Added
October 1, 2021
09:40 AM EDT
Date Added
March 11, 2024
04:05 PM AEDT
Date Added
November 28, 2023
05:02 PM NZDT
Date Added
December 3, 2022
03:22 PM MST
Date Added
July 23, 2023
04:25 PM EDT
Date Added
December 28, 2022
10:26 PM PST
Date Added
October 23, 2017
05:13 PM NZDT
Date Added
March 8, 2023
08:08 PM EST
Date Added
December 17, 2012
08:32 PM CST
Description
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Coulman Island,
Ross Sea
Antarctica
7 December 2001
Date Added
February 29, 2024
08:29 PM EST
Date Added
September 18, 2020
09:16 AM AEST
Date Added
February 26, 2024
03:09 AM HST
Date Added
February 24, 2024
10:34 PM KST
Date Added
April 25, 2022
02:15 PM EDT
Date Added
March 21, 2022
08:20 AM PDT
What
Sora
(Porzana carolina)
Date Added
October 8, 2020
10:05 PM CDT
Date Added
February 18, 2024
12:20 PM GMT
Date Added
February 13, 2024
07:21 AM UTC
Date Added
November 22, 2022
10:21 PM EST
Date Added
May 8, 2020
11:15 AM CDT
Date Added
August 4, 2022
08:49 PM +07
Description
Several metres above ground.
Wonder what the prey was. Scolopendra, maybe?
Date Added
February 18, 2024
07:02 PM UTC
Date Added
November 15, 2020
08:49 PM PST
Date Added
February 11, 2024
08:53 AM +07
Date Added
January 22, 2024
09:14 PM CST
Date Added
February 4, 2020
06:23 PM CST
Description
The Boreal Owl sure is one amazing mixture of ferocity and cuteness...
Date Added
January 18, 2024
10:24 AM PST
Date Added
February 15, 2023
02:00 PM PST
Date Added
July 10, 2023
02:10 AM UTC
Date Added
February 5, 2024
07:01 PM MST
Date Added
December 30, 2023
12:53 PM EST
Description
©williamwisephoto.com Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Sunday, April 16, 2023.
- Location: Minnie's Lake; N30.86442° W82.31940°
- Cloudy with high 83, low 52.
- Sunrise 7:00 AM; Sunset 7:58 PM
- Daylight hours: 12 hours 57 minute (+1m 48s)
See and learn more about the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on my blog at www.okefenokee.photography
Date Added
January 29, 2024
05:46 PM AEDT
Date Added
February 7, 2022
09:27 PM EST
Date Added
January 24, 2024
11:19 PM NZDT
Date Added
August 20, 2023
04:07 PM EDT
Date Added
May 7, 2023
12:07 AM CEST
Date Added
January 13, 2024
02:14 AM UTC
Date Added
June 27, 2023
07:32 PM CDT
Date Added
July 24, 2023
04:04 PM CDT
Date Added
February 3, 2016
02:11 PM CET
Date Added
January 11, 2024
02:17 PM CET
Date Added
January 13, 2024
11:19 AM NZDT
Date Added
December 25, 2023
07:58 AM UTC
Date Added
January 7, 2024
09:26 PM AEDT
Date Added
January 6, 2024
01:34 PM AKST
Date Added
June 4, 2020
07:34 PM UTC
Description
I photographed him about a 1 1/2 yr ago near my home. He or she is making a nest from a rotten palm tree.
Date Added
January 2, 2024
04:00 PM EET
Date Added
May 7, 2020
04:06 AM PDT
Date Added
September 11, 2015
08:45 PM HST
Date Added
April 9, 2019
01:06 PM MDT
Description
Pine Marten crossing hiking bridge across String Lake spillway while hiking trail
Date Added
October 10, 2023
11:30 AM EDT
Description
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) guarding a deer carcass in Firehole Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Date Added
May 19, 2023
03:07 AM UTC
Date Added
September 5, 2020
04:05 PM PDT
Date Added
February 18, 2021
06:25 PM UTC
Date Added
March 6, 2022
09:03 PM CST
Date Added
December 25, 2023
01:24 PM SAST
Date Added
October 5, 2023
10:24 PM CDT
Date Added
February 5, 2020
12:04 PM AEDT
Date Added
September 20, 2021
12:30 PM ACST
Date Added
November 8, 2022
04:52 PM AEST
Description
Male and female (possibly with young in pouch) seen feeding on Hakea cucullata flowers during the daytime.
What
Koala
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
Date Added
July 9, 2022
04:03 PM UTC
What
Koala
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
Date Added
October 12, 2023
08:04 PM AEST
Date Added
December 12, 2023
11:05 PM PST
Date Added
December 16, 2023
11:27 PM UTC
Description
Several seen feeding on ice after diving for aquatic plants.
Date Added
December 16, 2023
09:45 PM AEDT
Date Added
February 3, 2021
11:15 PM EST
Date Added
June 28, 2020
12:12 PM HST
Date Added
May 23, 2023
11:06 PM EDT
Date Added
March 5, 2022
07:55 PM UTC
Description
Male red fox looking after his babies :)
Date Added
December 5, 2019
01:29 AM SST
Date Added
June 5, 2019
09:16 PM CEST
Date Added
January 13, 2022
09:38 AM PST
Date Added
February 2, 2021
05:54 PM CET
Description
hippo-mum defending her calf
Date Added
November 9, 2015
08:11 PM EST