a thing in 108 photos bird Sup. American Bald Eagle. And lookalike for the Skeksis in the Dark Crystal. The largest North American land bird! Got to see a California Condor up close! The center was very cool. Got to see a lecture with some in-person bird visits. Spotted one of the red-tail hawks while walking Maddy. Maddy seemed uneasy and when I looked up I noticed one of the red-tailed hawks was watching us! Eeeek! The only noise you hear is the wind and these huge cawing crows. Winner of the "complete this pad illustration" contest. Doober birds dream of cheeseburgers. Left-overs tinfoil swan for the win! Happy July 2015! Bird shitting on your arm is good luck for sure. Caw caw! The nearby pine trees were filled with white doves. A flight of doves aflight.. ...and this little dude hiding out. Cool architectural building detail. A well-timed yank on Maddy's leash is the only thing that prevented this pigeon's wiener-y death. ...we got to see two fuzzy little baby boobies! When this female left the nest... Close up of the male. Red feet and all. Sure enough, boobies! On my walk back to my room, I spotted this bird repeatedly flying food up to the nest to feed the baby birds. I named him Er-NEST-o. Birds singing and everything. ...and wait for the rain to pass. ...with bronze, iridescent tail-feathers! Light-blue heads... Lovely ocellated turkeys roaming the grounds. If you look closely, you'll see the HUGE woodpecker on the right side of the tree right in the middle of the frame. He's got a bright red head and a skinny yellow beak. Whiteboard nearby listing the nine different species of hummingbirds that they've spotted! violet sabrewing ....but was surprised to see that they willing to get so close to me. (I'm guessing that from their perspective I move in slow-motion like a mountain of molasses) I tried to pretend that I was just a friendly tree. I didn't get any takers... Blue-speckled head, rainbow-speckled body. He's called a Long-billed hermit ! If you look on the left you can see his colors. I like how the top part of his beak is black and the bottom part is yellow. So handsome and hermit-y. Look at the length of the guy's beak on the left! In between rounds of drinking at the feeder, the birds rested in the branches of nearby trees. Shimmery green and blue (Scaly-breasted hummingbird) Male and female of the same species. It was amazing to be able to stand in such close proximity to so many of them. The sound that their wings make when they fly in to land is so lovely and strange! Trying to get a close up of this one's pattern. After leaving the butterfly enclosure, I went over to the hummingbird feeders they had hanging up nearby. ...and fauna. Walked past a gift shop with a huge outdoor hutch of parrots in the back. But he sure knew! I don't remember what any of these birds are called. Our tour guide, Percival, was excellent! He grew up on the river and was really good at spotting and identifying the local flora and fauna. Loved the piece next to it: A bird holding a rat from a record cut-out. So neat. Next I headed over to... Properly fed... ...and watered! ...of the baby sparrow she'd rescued and had nursed back to health! Handsome red beak. Rock seagull. ...when I spotted a huge crane out on the grass. He let me get really close! Frigate bird keeping an eye on us. ...I stumbled upon a body! ...and a Cardinal! We were visited by a Blue Jay... Baby pigeon, no! (He's like a tiny Thanksgiving turkey!) Pretty parakeets on the way home. Bird to the birds. BIRDS ARE GROSS! Hahaha. Swoop scoop! Conspiratorial roosting. 360 degree rainbow around the sun. Look out, giant bird! Gull invasion. After I finished admiring the pigeon hatchlings that were living in their window flower-box... If the party canary dies, it's TIME TO FLEE THE PARTY. Just in case you were wondering what happened to the dinosaurs! The marina has a bunch of huge pelicans. Check out his hooked beak! A really large bird. (I think it was a red-tailed hawk?) I SEE YOU! Well whatever it was, I watched it swoop down right in front of me and snatch a squirrel out of the grass a couple days later! On Wednesday morning I was walking to work through Stuytown when I heard a rustling up in the branches. Tiny bird on our thatch-roof. Handsome feller, right? A little after noon, we decided to go to a doctor and make sure I didn't have Asian Swine Flu. On the way to the car, I spotted this awesome blue jay! So much better than pigeons. Beaky and Gimpy. Look at how tufty his ducky hair is in the back. Aw. Their giant clicky-clacky beaks kind of freaked me out. ...about flying up out of the water below and coming to see what kind of treats you might have to feed them. ...because that's what the restaurant is well known for: big ass pelicans that aren't shy... I like to play adventure photographer and see how close I can get to animals. I see through your beak! More crazy dinosaur birds sleeping with their heads tucked under their wing. ...but because the only birds we ever see are pigeons, this felt like some next-level Jurassic Park type of action. And big-ass birds. I'm sure if you live in Florida seeing this is no big whoop... My guide snapped this awesome pic of some huge Egyptian bird flying near the peak of the pyramid in the background. Some crazy Horus -looking bird. Zoo time! Look, it's a giant, beaky bird! I entertained myself by throwing carrots and watching the seagulls viciously fight over them, only for the winning bird to pick it up every time and realize that it wasn't even something good to eat.
