Category: Birds
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Brazil 2023 – Toucans
What bird could be more emblematic of South America than the toucan. Madly colored, with a beak you’d believe prohibits flight, you can’t miss this family of birds. Brazil, August 2023.
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Saffron finch, all in white
Saffron finch, Sicale bouton d’or (Sicalis flaveola)Brazil, August 2023. While working on some pictures taken last year in Brazil, I stopped on this nice little saffron finch I caught in a tree along a nice little river. It reminded me that I had not mentioned my portfolio, “Blanc, c’est blanc” (White is all), for a…
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New hummingbirds
After a recent trip to Ecuado, I had the possibility of enriching my collection of hummingbirds. All my new hummingbirds are here: https://photo.roumazeilles.net/tous-les-portfolios/colibris/ I love these small (or tiny, rather) birds. Colors, shiny feathers, high speed make them adorable and excellent subjects for photography. Truly fascinating…
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Japanese cranes
The crane is one of these symbols coming through the centuries to feed Japanese culture. It’s everywhere. Usually called tanchōzuru, it is said to live 1000 years. It will be found on coins, bills, company logos (e.g. Japan Airlines), but also on many ukiyo-e, traditional paper prints from woodblock engravings. Inevitably, crane flocks are met…
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Whooper swan
Strong and dignified, the whooper swan is marvelous subject, in snow as much as in sun. Whooper swan, Cygne siffleur (Cygnus cygnus)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Rausu, temple of fishing sea eagles
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White-tailed sea eagle
More common than the Steller’s sea eagle, the white-tailed sea eagle is a very powerful bird of prey. White-tailed sea eagle, Pygargue à queue blanche (Haliaeetus albicilla)Hokkaido, Japan North island, January/February 2019.
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Eagles conflicts
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Steller’s sea eagle
This sea eagle is one of the largest bird of prey. Magestic in flight, armed with powerful talons and a mighty yellow beak, it may remind of the American bald eagle (or the African fish eagle), but it is a quite different species. You may want to see it actually fishing at sea. Steller’s sea…