Gregg Goolsby-Avian Photographer & Artist
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Capturing Beauty in Birds and Nature:
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Cape petrel in flight over the Southern Ocean.
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The rufous-tailed hummingbird is a vibrant, medium-sized species I photographed in Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest.
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#nature
#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#hummingbird
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5 months ago
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Now this is what I call a hansome bird! I photographed this brush stone -curlew in Australia back in Feburary. Don't you just love those large eyes and artistic plumage patterns?
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#birding
#blueskyday
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#australia
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Blue penguin photographed near Dunedin New Zealand.
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5 months ago
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Photographed this sacred kingfisher in New Zealand earlier this year. Such a noble looking bird!
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#nature
#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
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#kingfisher
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5 months ago
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A 2 hour time lapse of sunset along the Oregon Coast. Interesting to see the dynamics of the marine layer as it ebbs and flows in varying directions.
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As I raised my long lens to photograph this California Scrub Jay from afar, I captured this cold icy stare from the bird.. as if to say "get off my lawn!"😀
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#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#jays
#bluejays
#corvids
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5 months ago
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Photographed this paradise shelduck in New Zealand. Check out this and over 250 birds on my website- in the gallery "Spectacular Birds of Our Planet". Link: |
www.ospimages.net/spectacularb...
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#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
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#ducks
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Pileated Woodpecker- Head rotoates 180 degrees to EITHER side, allowing for a total range of 270 degrees helps them scan for predators, locate prey, and maneuver while excavating trees.
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#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#woodpecker
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5 months ago
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This bird has eluded me for years. Hours spent in frozen Canadian fields- no snowy owls! So, I guess and art piece will have to do: pencil, ink, Posca pens. Sometimes art opens up possibilities.
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#birds
#drawing
#birding
#blueskyday
#art
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#owls
#owl
#snowyowl
5 months ago
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Violet sabrewing! Incredibly large wingspan up to 5.9 inches long, largest of any hummingbird species found in Costa Rica. Incredibly fast fliers and highly aerobatic.
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#nature
#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#hummingbird
#hummingbirds
#costarica
5 months ago
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Photographed this lovely chestnut-breasted mannikin in Austrailia back in Jan. Known as the "bully bird", but also known to assist other bird neighbors in nest-buildering.
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#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#mannikins
#austalia
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Gentoo Penguins engaged in their mating ritual. From my Antarctica trip during Austral Spring.
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#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#penguin
#penguins
#antarctica
5 months ago
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Photographed this beautiful pied heron earlier this year in Queensland Australia. I love birds with interesting "hairsyles". This one I classify as the "punk rock look".
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#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#herons
#Heron
#australia
5 months ago
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I photographed this beautiful brown thrasher along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Who named this bird anyway?....How cruel to tag this beautiful, gentle. loving bird with such a name!😀
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#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#mockingbird
#mockingbirds
5 months ago
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Northern Gannets nesting-highrise living at it's best! Tough shot as it was from a zodiac on a rolling ocean with 600mm lens. In Iceland's Westman Islands. It's amazing to see the chicks are much darker to provide camaflauge against predators.
#birds
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#naturephotography
#iceland
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6 months ago
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I captured this northern mockingbird on Florida's Gulf coast. The latin name is Mimus polyglottos, which literally translates to “many-tongued mimic.” She does 200 other bird calls!
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#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
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#mockingbird
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6 months ago
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Blue penguin with hatchling! This bird was nesting in a narrow space between the ground and deck of our cabin near Dunedin, NZ. Light through the deck joints was enough for photo.
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#penguin
#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#nz
#bluesky
#photography
#blueskyday
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6 months ago
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Macro photo of water drops on a tiger swallowtail wing. I love the power of the lens to reveal details that may go unseen, like the scales revealed with the drops serving as tiny lenses to show the details!
#nature
#butterfly
#butterflies
#macrophotogrpahy
#naturephotogrpahy
#swallowtail
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6 months ago
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Now THIS is what I call a black swan event😀! This photo from January this year in New Zealand along Cook Stait...a not so uncommon gathering during the breeding season in the Austral Summer.
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#swans
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6 months ago
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Red-headed manakin. Despite their bold coloring, they’re surprisingly elusive, often foraging solo in the mid-canopy of the rainforest. I snapped off about 100 frames to get this and a couple other decent shots-most were a jumble of leaves!
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#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#art
#owls
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6 months ago
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I shot this beautiful short-eared owl on a birding outing up in the Skagit Valley of WA state earlier this year. I love it when a bird's name makes sense. Although... those tufts on the head are not really ears at all!
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#birdsofbluesky
#art
#owls
#owl
6 months ago
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"Barn Owl Nurture" One of my mixed media encaustic paintings sold at Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA. On wood fibers,with Ink, colored pencil, watercolor and beeswax. Part of a collection of works created in theme of "Parentage"
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#art
#owls
#barnowl
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6 months ago
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The lesser goldfinch- a burst of sunshine with a surprisingly bold personality. It’s one of the smallest true finches in the world at just 3.5 to 4.7 inches long and weighing less than half an ounce! 🪶
#birds
#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#bluesky
#photography
#finches
#goldfinch
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6 months ago
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The beautiful Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, photographed back in February in Queensland Australia. I learned that they are facing major challenges due to habit loss and competion for resources.
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#bluesky
#photography
#cockatoo
#cockatoos
#tropicalbirds
6 months ago
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Gentoo pengins in a snowstorm. Spring is in the air in Antarctica! From my 2023 trip.
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#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
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#penguins
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#gentoo
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Australian brush turkey! Part of a 30 mil.-year-old lineage, show nesting and chick traits that mirror dinosaurs; scientists study them to understand how early birds may have used immature wings to climb before flight evolved.
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
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6 months ago
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All for one and one for all! Captured this interesting postioning of 3 king penguins on my trip to South Georgia Island. Reminds me a bit of the old "3 Muskateers" movies.
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#birdsofbluesky
#antarctica
#bluesky
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6 months ago
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Ring-necked palarope photographed in Iceland. In this bird the roles are reversed. The more brightly colored females mate, lay eggs and then leave the maile behind to raise chicks!
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#icelandic
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#iceland
6 months ago
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"Marsh Fishing 101"-This is one my recent pieces of avian art that was sold at Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, WA in the International Miniature show. Watercolor, ink, encaustic wax.
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#birdart
#bluesky
#miniatureart
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#art
6 months ago
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The Royal Spoonbill...Their spoon-shaped bill isn’t just for show, it’s packed with papillae, allowing them to detect prey by feel while sweeping through murky water.
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#spoonbills
#bluesky
#photography
#blueskyday
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#newzealand
6 months ago
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Downy Woodpecker-During breeding season pairs perform a fluttering display with wings held high, mimicking the flight of a butterfly as they chase each other through the trees!
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#woodpecker
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#woodpeckers
#bluesky
#photography
#blueskyday
#naturephotograph
#dryobates
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“Ki-deah! Ki-deah!” This Killdeer makes this loud, piercing call that I find entrancing. To protect chicks it tilts itself sideways, feigning a broken wing, and limp away most pitifully.
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#killdeer
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#birdsofbluesky
#eagles
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6 months ago
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The intricate undercariage of a juvinile bald eagle in flight. Easily mistaken for a golden eagle, they not get the distintive white head feathers until about 5 year of age.
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#birdsofbluesky
#eagles
#bluesky
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#blueskyday
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7 months ago
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I captured this sandhill crane pair as they were emerging from the willows near Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, CA
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#cranes
#bluesky
#photography
#blueskyday
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7 months ago
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The beautiful Sacred Kingfisher of New Zealand. Beyond fish, they feast on a variety of creatures including Lizards, insects, spiders, crabs, mice and even small birds!
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#birding
#birdsofbluesky
#kingfishers
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#photography
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7 months ago
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Ahhh, the sween morning chorus 🎶 of the cactus wren! Largest wren in the US and state bird for Arizona. Captured this beauty near Joshua Tree NP.
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#birdsofbluesky
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7 months ago
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Colors are the smiles of nature! Bay-headed tanager from my Costa Rica Trip. Burgundy crown fades into turquoise and mossy green- perfectly balanced for an artist’s eye!
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#birding
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#tanagers
#bluesky
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#Thraupidae
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I captured this great blue heron photo as she flew overhead along Netarts Bay in Oregon. It is always fascinating to see the interesting and detailed anatomical features of a bird from below!
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#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#gbheron
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7 months ago
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The amazing northern mockingbird! The latin name is Mimus polyglottos, which literally translates to “many-tongued mimic.” This bird is known to immitate over 200 other bird calls!
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#mockingbird
#mockingbirds
7 months ago
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Photograhed this beautiful Whimbrel in flight near Manzanita, along the Oregon Coast! 1/1000 second exposure captured the body sharply with a bit of motion blur on the wings.
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#nature
#birding
#Oregoncoast
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#whimbrels
#shorebirds
7 months ago
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The Blue-and Yellow Macaw. I love it when a bird name perfectly matches it's plumage!
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#nz
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#macaw
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7 months ago
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Captured this photo of a beautiful yellow-eyed penguin preening near Dunedin, NZ back in February! These guys are endangered, and not often seen, so lucky to get this photo!
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#nz
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#penguin
#genguins
7 months ago
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From Austrailia earlier this year: eclectus parrots, an example of contrast in nature. Males emerald green with splashes of blue & red, while females wear a bold ruby red coat with deep purple accents.
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#nature
#birding
#aus
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#parrots
7 months ago
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Welcome swallows can drink water while flying—a rare skill among birds. It swoops low over lakes and scoops up water (and insects) with its bill mid-flight- shot in New Zealand earlier this year.
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#nature
#birding
#nz
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#swallows
7 months ago
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Backyard bird- Lucky to have eagles that come to perch on our Sitka Spruce tree!
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#nature
#birding
#eagles
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#eagle
#baldeagle
#raptor
#raptors
7 months ago
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Any aeronautical engineers out there? If so, would love an explanation of how the toucan can even fly! 😀 Seems that large bill would result in a nosedive, not graceful flight like this. 🤔
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#birding
#costarica
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
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#toucans
7 months ago
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Photograhed this Blackburnian Warbler in Costa Rica last year. The male’s throat blazes with a vivid orange hue so intense it almost glows like a flame in the forest canopy!
#warblers
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#nature
#birding
#costarica
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#parulidae
8 months ago
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The beautiful Rainbow Lorikeet! These birds have specialized papillae on their tongues, like tiny bristles, which allow them to lap up nectar and pollen like hummingbirds!
#hummingbirds
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#parrots
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#lorikeets
8 months ago
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From Costa Rica- The lesser violetear flashes violet cheek patches to dazzle rivals and charm mates in misty mountain forests. Males trill nonstop marking their territory.
#hummingbirds
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#birds
#nature
#birding
#hummingbird
#blueskyday
#birder
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#art
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