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🌎 Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) #SouthAmericanBirds | #ChimangoCaracara #Chimango #Tiuque #MilvagoChimango | #Caracaras #FalconFamily #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌎 Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)

The Chimango Caracara, also known as Chimango or Tiuque, is a small to medium-sized, mostly brown, bird of prey, with a black subterminal tail band. It is widely distributed across southern South America, inhabiting diverse open areas like grasslands, agricultural fields, marshes, and even urban environments. This highly opportunistic and social bird is a generalist scavenger and predator, eating carrion, insects, eggs, and small vertebrates. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: Unlike most falcons, which are known for their incredible speed and aerial hunting, the Chimango Caracara is a skilled ground forager and spends a lot of time walking on its long legs in fields and grasslands.

📷: Photo by Beto_MdP via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/hawk-chimango-caracara-abductor-7839211/

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..and another for @mybirdcards 🙂 #birdsoftheworld #birds

A vignetted photo of a white domestic duck holding a pose with its wings outstretched. The words "..and breathe" are positioned top right 🙂

Photo by MirandaZuurbier via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/goose-nature-bird-animal-waterfowl-9932644/

I was standing in the vegetable garden wondering if the spinach was ready for picking when I glanced left - and saw these two tiny New Holland Honeyeaters babies looking at me.

Too new to the world to be frightened of me, they just sat there while i took this photo.

#BirdsOfFediverse #BirdsOfTheWorld #AussieBirds. #AustralianBirds

Two tony birds sitting on a branch deep inside a rosemary bush, almost obscured by leaves.

What bird am I? 🤔 (See Alt text for clue) 🌍🌏 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

I am a medium-sized bird known for my striking black-tipped, fan-like crest that I can raise and lower. My body plumage is a distinctive cinnamon-pink or sandy-buff, sharply contrasting with my bold black and white striped wings. I primarily forage on the ground using my long, slender, downward-curving bill. 2.5 Flash

📷: Photo by SajeevBhaskaran via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/sajeevbhaskaran-18543861/

🌏 Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii) #AustralasianBirds #AustralianBirds #AsianBirds | #ForestKingfisher #MacleaysKingfisher #BlueKingfisher #TodiramphusMacleayii | #TreeKingfishers #TreeKingfisherFamily #Kingfishers 📷: Photo by polettix🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌏 Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)

The Forest Kingfisher, also known as Macleay's Kingfisher or the Blue Kingfisher, is a strikingly blue and white bird. It features a bright blue back, wings, and tail, contrasting with a white breast and a distinctive black eye-band through the eye. Males have a white nape, while females have a blue one. It is found in coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia, inhabiting open forests, woodlands, and mangroves. This kingfisher is usually solitary or in pairs. It hunts by sally-pouncing, watching from a high perch and then diving to the ground or water to seize invertebrates, small frogs, and lizards. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: These birds have a tough way of making a home! They reportedly fly with such force, striking an arboreal termite nest with their bill repeatedly to chip away material, that observers have occasionally found birds that have died from a broken neck during the process.

📷: Photo by polettix via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/kingfisher-bird-nature-alcedinidae-821252/

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What bird am I? 🤔 (See Alt text for clue) 📷: Photo by Manubird via Pixabay 🌏 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

"I'm a large and plump pigeon, native to New Zealand, known for my striking plumage: iridescent green and bronze on my head and back, contrasting sharply with a bright white chest and belly." 2.5 Flash (Edited)

📷: Photo by Manubird via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/manubird-6368797/

🌍🌏 Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) #AfricanBirds #AsianBirds | #KnobBilledDuck #AfricanCombDuck #SarkidiornisMelanotos | #Ducks #DuckFamily #Waterbirds #Waterfowl 📷: Photo by dragh🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏 Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

The Knob-billed Duck, also known as the African Comb Duck, is a large duck with iridescent blue upperparts and a white head/underparts. Males are larger and have a distinctive, fleshy black knob on the bill, which is absent in females. It's found in tropical and subtropical wetlands across Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and South Asia. They are largely resident, with some seasonal dispersion based on water availability. They often perch in trees and are usually seen in flocks that can reach up to 100 in the dry season. Males are polygamous, mating with multiple females, and the species nests mainly in tree holes. They feed by grazing or dabbling for vegetation, seeds, and invertebrates. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: Despite its striking appearance, this species is typically very silent. Its most common vocalization is a low croak or grunt, usually heard only when the bird is disturbed or flushed.

📷: Photo by dragh via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/buttonbilled-duck-duck-bird-animal-8940585/

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Another for @mybirdcards 🙂 #birdsoftheworld #birds

A photo of an Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) moving hurriedly along the grass verge of a tarmaced pathway. The words "Move on! Nothing to see here!" are featured top-right 🙂

📷: Photo by TheOtherKev via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/magpie-grass-bird-black-white-5429724/

And another for @mybirdcards 🙂 #birdsoftheworld #birds

A photo of an Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) standing on one leg in shallow water and precariously scratching its neck with its other foot. The words "Ahh.. that's the spot!" are above 🙂

📷: Photo by LehaniAni via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/pelican-bird-sea-bird-water-bird-5617228/

What bird am I? 🤔 (See Alt text for clue) 📷: Photo by josibo 🌍 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

This distinctive African bird is known for its impressive, shaggy grey crest and very long tail. Its most famous feature is its loud, nasal, descending call, which sounds remarkably like "g'wa-ay" or "go-waaay." 2.5 Flash

📷: Photo by josibo via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/josibo-4625330/

Today's go at designing a bird-related meme for @mybirdcards I'm not sure again of the font and positioning, but I was pressed for time this evening 🙂 #birdsoftheworld #birds

A vignetted photo of a Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) in midrun across a patch of short grass. The words "I'm outta here!" are featured top-right 🙂

📷: Photo by BarbeeAnne via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/spain-mallorca-perdiz-birding-5841119/

Another go at a bird meme for @mybirdcards I expect I'll be doing a lot of tinkering with these, as I'm still far from confident with my graphic design skills (or lack of them!) 😅 #birdsoftheworld #birds

A Glossy Starling (the Greater Blue-eared (Lamprotornis chalybaeus), maybe?) looks quizzically into the camera. The one word question "Really?" is at the top left 😅

📷: Photo by Wolfgang_Hasselmann via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/glossy-starling-bird-perched-6227104/

What bird am I? 🤔 (See Alt text for clue 🔍) #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

"I am a medium-sized thrush that breeds in Siberia and winters in East Asia. I am a rare visitor to Western Europe. My most striking field marks are my dark brown back and crown, a prominent white supercilium (eyebrow), and the bold black crescent or 'V' shaped markings covering my white breast and flanks. I also flash a rusty-red or rufous patch on my wings in flight." 2.5 Flash (Edited)

📷: Photo by DerWeg via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/users/derweg-7520060/

Today's first bird-themed meme for @mybirdcards I'm enjoying doing these, so expect to see more! 😊 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

A photo of an annoyed-looking, fledgling Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) looking directly into the camera with the words "Go on, I dare you! Tell me I'm cute just one more time!" above 😬😅

📷: Photo by PWausW via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/red-backed-shrike-fledgling-bird-7325013/

I've been feeling as sick as the proverbial these last few days and as a result haven't felt up to adding any new info cards @mybirdcards Thinking of trying something simpler, I'm having a go at making memes from some of the great photos I've found searching https://Pixabay.com Here's my first attempt 😊 #birdsoftheworld #birds #jackdaw

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