Indian Peafowl (1)Pavo cristatus IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 6 2010 Details: male, adult The wild form of the Peafowl originates from South-East Asia. In Yala National Park you can see the males displaying their precious tail!! Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 0 Write comments
Changeable Hawk-Eagle (5)Spizaetus cirrhatus IvanM Sri Lanka 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 6 2010 Details: juvenile Hawk-eagles are a quite diverse group of Asian and African raptors. The most common in Sri Lanka was the Changeable Hawk-Eagle. Date uploaded: Jul 13 2014 Views: 10 Write comments
Eurasian Dotterel (2)Charadrius morinellus IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: Aug 23 2009 Details: adult One more image of the glorious day when I found 5 Dotterels at about 2700 m asl in Switzerland! Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 7 Write comments
Eurasian Dotterel (2)Charadrius morinellus IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: Aug 23 2009 Details: adult Dotterels breed in the tundra, and during their southward migration towards Northern Africa they usually stop in habitats that remind them of their breeding place. Therefore they are mostly found above the treeline in the Alps. In this particular region, no Dotterels had been seen for over 20 years, but I was lucky enough to "rediscover" them in a group of 5 adults! Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
Common Coot (6)Fulica atra IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: Aug 8 2009 Details: juvenile A juvenile European Coot. At this age it was still being fed by its parents. Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 1 Write comments
Mallard (108)Anas platyrhynchos IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Jan 26 2010 Details: male, adult A Mallard resting on the ice in a very cold winter day in Northern Germany. Ducks mate very early in the spring and that's why they put on their breeding plumage in the winter already. Come the summer, males will look as drab as females! Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 6 Write comments
Red-footed Falcon (2)Falco vespertinus (Near-threatened) IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: May 10 2010 Details: male, adult This photo was taken in very poor light conditions, but since the species is not yet in the database I thought I'd just add it. Red-footed Falcons are migrating through Switzerland in May, and they are particularly common in Maybug(beetles that look quite similar to Junebugs but that occur in May)-years. Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 5 Write comments
Wood Sandpiper (4)Tringa glareola IvanM Switzerland 📍 Map Date taken: May 10 2010 On rainy days in the spring, many migrants stop just south of the Alps, to avoid crossing the mountains in bad weather. That is when the fields of southern Switzerland are alive with a lot of different birds, including shorebirds such as this Wood Sandpiper. Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 13 Write comments
Northern Gannet (19)Morus bassanus IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 23 2010 Some more Gannets from the Helgoland colony! Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
Herring Gull (15)Larus argentatus IvanM Germany 📍 Map Date taken: Mar 23 2010 Details: adult Here an adult of the European subspecies (or maybe a distinct species) of the Herring Gull (argentatus). It looks very much the same as the American Herring Gull! Date uploaded: Jul 10 2014 Views: 8 Write comments
