Virginia Beach (121) - First Landing State Park, Baumstümpfe by Chironius
© Chironius, all rights reserved.
This page simply reformats the Flickr public Atom feed for purposes of finding inspiration through random exploration. These images are not being copied or stored in any way by this website, nor are any links to them or any metadata about them. All images are © their owners unless otherwise specified.
This site is a busybee project and is supported by the generosity of viewers like you.
One of the many white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) I have met on my trips to Masai Mara.
The species is widespread in both South America and sub-Saharan Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoros.
It eats grass, seeds and rice, as well as molluscs, crustaceans and insects. The birds are social and occur in flocks, which can sometimes consist of several thousand individuals.
(Maskeplystreand in Norwegian)
My album of photos from Africa here.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to follow my facebook photo page:
www.facebook.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Or my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/ranveigmariephotography/
The really cool yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), in Masai Mara three months ago.
I will spend the day singing myself, with my gospel choir in Stavanger and the great Swedish artist Samuel Ljungblahd.
Have a nice Sunday!
(Gulnebbstork in Norwegian)
My album of photos from Africa here.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to follow my facebook photo page:
www.facebook.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Or my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Let's dream away from the cold, to this little malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) in Kenya.
(Tiaraisfugl in Norwegian)
My album of photos from Africa here.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to follow my facebook photo page:
www.facebook.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Or my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/ranveigmariephotography/
A tired hippo in Kenya 1.5 months ago.
There are two hippopotamus species, and this regular one is only called hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius).
The other species is called pygmy hippopotamus and is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa- primarily in Liberia, and small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. It has been extirpated from Nigeria.
(Vanlig flodhest, in Norwegian)
My album of photos from Africa here.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to follow my facebook photo page:
www.facebook.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Or my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/ranveigmariephotography/
The yellow-billed egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha) is the only white egret I've only seen abroad and not in Norway as well.
It is found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. I met this one in Kenya last year. I am not sure if we saw any this year, since I haven't studied this year's bird photos yet. (Edit: Yes I got even better photos of it on my last tripッ)
(Until 2023 the yellow-billed egret was regarded as a subspecies of the intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia) of Asia, as was the plumed egret (Ardea plumifera) of Australia and Oceania. But now they are their own species.)
It is quite similar to the great egret (egretthegre in Norwegian), but the yellow-billed egret is smaller, has a shorter neck and a shorter beak.
Another difference is that the gap on the yellow-billed egret's beak does not extend further than around the middle of the eye, while it extends well past the eye on the great egret.
(Gulnebbhegre in Norwegian)
My album of photos from Africa here.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feel free to follow my facebook photo page:
www.facebook.com/ranveigmariephotography/
Or my Instagram:
www.instagram.com/ranveigmariephotography/
