Foto Friday: Red-vented Bulbul
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Foto Friday: Hamerkop
A Hamerkop builds a nest in this photo we took at Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia in January 2007.
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Foto Friday: Blue Tit
We saw this Blue Tit looking for seeds during an evening walk in La Petite Pierre, France, in May 2008.
Blue Tits are another common back yard bird here in the Netherlands and they are known as being acrobatic in their antics. They are a lot of fun to watch.
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Foto Friday: Chaffinch
We took this photo of a singing male Chaffinch earlier this year when we visited the Vosges nature park in the Alsace region of France.
Chaffinches are fairly common back yard birds here where we live and we’ve enjoyed watching them at our feeders.
Check out more bird photos at Birdfreak’s Bird Photography Weekly!
Foto Friday: Rufous Treepie
We took this photo while on a jeep safari in India’s Ranthambhore National Park in March 2006.
The Rufuos Treepie is similar to the familiar Magpies of North America and Europe. This guy was begging for scraps and posing for photos at a ranger checkpoint.
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Foto Friday: Common Loon
This was posted on Flickr by user Steve took it.
loons in the mist by Steve took it, Creative Commons on Flickr
This photo, titled “loons in the mist,” was taken at Big Elbow Lake in Minnesota. The Common Loon, also known as the Great Northern Diver, is the state bird of Minnesota.
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Foto Friday: Environmental Chaffinch Sez Cars are Evil
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Foto Friday: Gannet in rehab
Earlier this week we visited the Dutch Wadden island Texel. We spent some time at Ecomare, a visitor center and natural history museum that also has a seal and wild bird shelter. There were several Gannets in the bird enclosure, like this one:
Seven of the Gannets at Ecomare are permanent residents. They help newcomers deal with the stress of being in ‘rehab’. There were four other Gannets in the enclosure that will be released when they are healthy.
Read more about our visit to Texel on our personal blog.
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Foto Friday: Storks in Alsace-Lorraine
A program to reintroduce the White Stork to the Alsace-Lorraine region of France has been deemed a success. The program was highlighted in a recent Washington Post article.
Here is a picture of stork nests in Munster, in the heart of the region, we took on a recent trip there.
The stork has long been a symbol of the region but the population dwindled down to fewer than nine pairs 25 years ago. It was great to see the bird thriving in Munster. The bird has even inspired a Stork Theme Park nearby. The English page seems to be broken, but check out the pictures on the French page. Yes, that is a stork nest roller coaster pictured in the upper right.
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Foto Friday: pre-fledge Common Kestrel
This week’s photo was captured from the Beleef de Lente kestrel cam a few minutes ago. I didn’t get much work done this afternoon because I’ve been watching a few of the chicks take turns sitting on the ledge, watching their parents fly by, nipping at bugs and preening in the wind. I’m hoping to see a fledge – I’ve got six chances.
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