American Wigeon (29)Anas americana IvanM Canada (British Columbia) 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 11 2010 Taken in a pond in Beacon Hill park, in Victoria (Vancouver Island). Date uploaded: Jul 6 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
Glaucous-winged Gull (14)Larus glaucescens IvanM United States (Washington) 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 7 2010 In the vicinity of the harbour in Seattle there is a restaurant where you are actually required to feed the gulls! And they take advantage of that, of course! Date uploaded: Jul 6 2014 Views: 8 Write comments
Glaucous-winged Gull (14)Larus glaucescens IvanM United States (Washington) 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 7 2010 Details: juvenile This young Glaucous-winged Gull probably bit off more than he could chew... it needed quite a while to swallow that starfish! Date uploaded: Jul 6 2014 Views: 10 Write comments
American Crow (22)Corvus brachyrhynchos IvanM United States (Washington) 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 7 2010 Coastal crows in the West are difficult to assign to a species... but I've been told that the ones in Seattle are still American, so I'll go with it! Date uploaded: Jul 6 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Heermann's Gull (9)Larus heermanni (Near-threatened) IvanM United States (Washington) 📍 Map Date taken: Sep 6 2010 I thought that Heermann's Gulls would be only common further south, so what a surprise to find so many at Ocean Shores (WA)! Date uploaded: Jul 6 2014 Views: 1 Write comments
Greater Flamingo (5)Phoenicopterus roseus IvanM Senegal 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 13 2010 Djoudj NP is also a quite important spot for flamingos. Date uploaded: Jul 5 2014 Views: 4 Write comments
White-faced Whistling Duck (2)Dendrocygna viduata IvanM Senegal 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 13 2010 These ducks can form large flocks and are quite impressive when they all fly off together, for example when a predator approaches. Date uploaded: Jul 5 2014 Views: 10 Write comments
Purple Heron (2)Ardea purpurea IvanM Senegal 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 13 2010 The Purple Heron is a quite discrete heron and is often found around reedbeds. Date uploaded: Jul 5 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Malachite Kingfisher (2)Alcedo cristata IvanM Senegal 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 13 2010 This species has a huge crest that they can erect when nervous. They look quite punk when they do! Date uploaded: Jul 5 2014 Views: 3 Write comments
Great White Pelican (6)Pelecanus onocrotalus IvanM Senegal 📍 Map Date taken: Dec 13 2010 Details: male I think this is a male because of the bulged forehead. Probably they get this when breeding season is approaching. Date uploaded: Jul 5 2014 Views: 2 Write comments
