Category: Birds
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Murres thinking they are penguins
Since penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere and can’t fly, we could not encounter any during our 2016 trip to the Arctic Archipelago of Canada. However, we observed some birds who seemed to have the same behaviour assembling in groups on icebergs or ice-floes, like so many penguins do in the South of our…
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Bickering Northern Fulmars
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar boréal). Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Northern fulmar – Water drawing
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar boréal). Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Orange bird
iSimangaliso Eastern Park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Yellow bird
Santa Lucia / iSimangaliso park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Western Barn Owl
Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba, Chouette effraie des clochers) Santa Lucia / iSimangaliso park, South Africa, August 2015.
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Bearded Vulture
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus, Gypaète barbu) South Africa, Giant’s Castle Park. August 2015.
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White-backed Vulture
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus, Vautour africain). South Africa, Giant’s Castle Park. August 2015.
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Crested guineafowl
Aren’t they punk guineafowls? Crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani), Pintade de Pucheran Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.