Dinosaurs And Birds

/, Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta

/, Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta

Saw at farm lands

Kin, Okinawa, Japan

Saw at farm lands

[syn. Pterodroma phaeopygia, Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis]Uau or Hawaiian petrelProcellariidae (Shearwater family)IUCN: VulnerableEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (formerly all the main Hawaiian Islands except Niihau; still extant, but extinct on Oahu)Oahu, unspecified locationThe late Alan C. Ziegler (1926-2003), zoologist, identified these few priceless bones for me in 1992 with his notes.

Today's #bhlpod features a pg of hummingbird spp. from Biologia Centrali-Americana biodiversitylibrary.org/page/572766. What R the current names 4 these?

Pekan Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia

Singapore, South West, Singapore

The birds of Australia, supplement /.London :Printed by Taylor and Francis ... published by the author ...,[1851]-1869..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517301

Birds of Asia / by John Gould..London :Printed by Taylor and Francis, pub. by the author,1850-1883..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38534049

Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Spectacled Whitestart (Myioborus melanocephalus). Cabanas San Isidro, Cosanga, eastern Andes, Ecuador. Clements refers to this species as Spectacled Redstart, whereas the Birds of Ecuador know it as Spectacled Whitestart.

Also known as Spectacled Redstart. This was a fun flock member.Cayambe-Coca Reserve, near Papallacta Pass, Ecuador3/23/2007

The gallinaceous game birds of North America,.New York,F.P. Harper,1897..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13708912

The birds of Australia, supplement /.London :Printed by Taylor and Francis ... published by the author ...,[1851]-1869..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517516

Vigia camp, Nr Torti, Darien province, Panama

Enga Province, Western Highlands. PNG

My favorite Guava tree is invaded by these beautiful little parrots every year.They come in large numbers and devour the fruits even before they start to ripen. I made it a point to observe them regularly and salvage any fruit they hadn't yet consumed. One day when I went to shoo them off,I noticed a partially consumed Guava. I knew the Parrot would return and thought it would be nice to photograph the culprit for the record.I set my camera on a tripod just 5 feet away from the partially eaten fruit, composed the image, and set the focus. I then waited behind a nearby tree with the cable release in my hand. The wait lasted not more then 10 mins when the bird landed right beside the fruit and slowly made its way onto the target. The bird started consuming the fruit hanging upside down. Every now and then I would trigger my camera and the bird would be surprised by the sound, it would stop eating and look all around for anything suspicious. This continued for a few mins, I think I had shot approx 10 pictures when I decided to stop and return home.Out of 9 shots 3 were perfectly in focus and I decided to post this. :-D