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RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 04-08-2020
Thomas Vilayan: " Focus on the Good!!! Gentoo penguin speeding up, Antarctica "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 04-15-2020
Michele Bavassano: " "Lights and Shadows" . Among the dark cliffs in the North Sea, rays of light illuminate the puffins on the rocks. The islands are characterized by black rocks, overlooking the sea, between the shadows when the sun arrives, often creating dreamlike atmospheres. "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 04-22-2020
Daniel Lindhardt: " Here’s proof that camo only works if you match it to your surroundings. You can’t expect to be taken seriously if you wear stripes in a clearly splotched environment. . "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 04-27-2020
krugernationalpark
"Think we need some photos to enjoy during lockdown whilst we can't get out to enjoy the wildlife in the flesh. Beautiful shot of these vultures by @_____ruthie"
At the background, a lapped-faced vulture, and in front of it some Ruppell's vultures. The two dominant species of vultures in Africa.
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 04-29-2020
Niko Pekonen: " Great gray owl (strix nebulosa) in flight. Finland "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-11-2020
Jens Cullmann: " ‘Not warm and fuzzy’
Vultures don’t fit a stylish role around nature; however, they are so to speak, the ‘garbage removers’ of the wild, and their role is important in eliminating centres of disease and bacteria. Most vulture species in Africa are all large, powerful (not very attractive) birds; and they are all too, in danger of extinction. I have learned to respect their role in nature, and appreciate their unique quirky looks.
A few weeks ago I posted some images and a video were hyenas fed on a buffalo. Seconds after the last hyena left these vultures took over."
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-12-2020
In nature nothing is lost...
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-14-2020
Peet Strydom: " Cape Vulture landing.
Status, locally common near endemic, listed as Vulnerable in South Africa. "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-15-2020
Alex Mustard: " Puffins Underwater. Puffins are birds of the ocean, but most shots are taken in the short time they are come to land to nest. This shot is 9 years old, and I’ve been trying once a week to look back through a memorable old shoot, a great escape from lockdown, to relive some fun times and pick out a shot I passed over at the time to process. I found this one today. "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-20-2020
Daniel Rosengren: " The magnificent Shoebill.* "
*"Bec en sabot", - Hoofed-beak -, in french because the beak is bigger than the head.
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 05-22-2020
Subhash Nair: " Eye Level - When all others were feasting on a kill, this one was standing alone and staring at us. Shot at Masai mara. "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 06-04-2020
Zhayynn James: " A pair of southern ground-hornbills hunt for insects and larvae in an old wildebeest carcass. Often, species of flies and beetles would lay their eggs in a carcass and the birds would pick at the carcass looking for them. "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 06-06-2020
Wim van den Heever: " Kingfisher Splash..!
Years ago I did a project on Kingfishers in and around my hometown.
I had lots of fun and it was a huge challenge to get these beautiful birds in action.
So when I found myself in Brazil with a few obliging Kingfishers it was game on again ?
I had loads of fun photographing these super fast little gems "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 06-09-2020
Thomas Vijayan: " Kings long distance call! "
RE: Other carnivores birds (ravens, skuas, gull etc.) - Spalea - 06-11-2020
Michael Laubscher: " There is always that one vulture that tends Tim push his/her luck too far right!?!? "