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Yellow-billed Oxpecker (3)

Buphagus africanus

Krish

Uganda

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Date taken: Jul 19 2024

Date uploaded: Aug 16 2024

Comments (2):
Krish: The yellow-billed oxpecker feeds on insects and ticks, earning its name from its behaviour of perching on large mammals and consuming parasitic arthropods. In a single day, it can remove over 100 ticks. While ticks are a significant part of its diet, the oxpecker prefers blood and will peck at wounds on mammals to feed directly. Despite this behaviour, mammals generally tolerate the presence of oxpeckers.
Brian Morin: Good shot and neat story

Pileated Woodpecker (108)

Dryocopus pileatus

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Aug 2 2024

Details: male, adult

Algonquin Park - This bird was busy working a small stump only a metre from the ground.

Date uploaded: Aug 16 2024

Comments (2):
Chris: A great portrait. The lighting is exceptional
Brian Morin: This was luck on all counts. I had heard about this particular bird the day before but didn't know where it was until I tripped over it so to speak. The setting was better than I had imagined and the light was perfect. I actually had to back up to get the shot because I was too close.

Merlin (59)

Falco columbarius

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Jul 25 2024

Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024

Comments (1):
Chris: Great one Bob…nice moss as an addition

Solitary Sandpiper (33)

Tringa solitaria

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Jul 16 2024

Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024

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Red-tailed Hawk (72)

Buteo jamaicensis

BobTour

Canada (Québec)

Went to help my friend do some work at his camp and spotted this little guy on the way back home.

Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: Your mystery bird is a Red-tailed Hawk.
BobTour: thank you Brian for helping on this identication

Saunders's Tern (1)

Sterna saundersi

Krish

Date taken: Aug 11 2024

Details: juvenile, outside normal range

This normally pelagic bird (along with a few others) suddenly showed up on the Mumbai City coast affording birders a rare photo opportunity

Date uploaded: Aug 13 2024

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Red-headed Woodpecker (21)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

(Near-threatened)

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: Jul 30 2024

Details: adult

Constance Bay (Ottawa) - Regionally rare. I saw an adult only briefly but a juvenile came in a few times. The birds nested nearby.

Date uploaded: Aug 5 2024

Comments (2):
Chris: You managed to get the red colour well. I have trouble with saturation
Brian Morin: I find that red is the hardest colour to properly represent with digital cameras.

Bateleur (73)

Krish

Uganda

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Date taken: Jul 20 2024

Details: male, adult

Date uploaded: Jul 30 2024

Comments (1):
Brian Morin: A striking bird and pose.

Ruddy Turnstone (38)

Arenaria interpres

Brian Morin

Canada (Ontario)

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Date taken: May 13 2024

Details: adult

Wheatley Harbour

Date uploaded: Jul 28 2024

Comments (2):
Chris: Reminds me of Florida 😊
Brian Morin: They were part of a flock of 40+; great to see. One morning after I had left there was a flock of 400+ on the Tip at Pelee. That is highly unusual.

Malachite Kingfisher (2)

Alcedo cristata

Krish

Uganda

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Date taken: Jul 20 2024

Date uploaded: Jul 26 2024

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Amazing colours
Chris: Stunning!

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