This for me is a feel good moment! I hope it will make you SMILE 🙂Watching this adorable tiny spotted turtle stretch and kick its legs while chilling out on a plant is peak cuteness.

Murmuration of starlings! I find this FASCINATING! Sharing 2 videos I found for you to enjoy!

Murmuration of starlings: A natural phenomenon where thousands of starlings synchronize flying together to form stunning shapes.

North American Wood ducks, the male is very beautiful, the female less colourful . If you look closely at their webbed feet you will see they have claws on the ends. This enables them to sit trees as they nest in Tree Hallows.

North American male wood duck. They live in forested areas where there is water.

Baby wood ducks leaving their nests in the tree hallows. The mother is below calling for them. They often fall 65 feet down into the water below!

The double crested Cormorants mouth turns a vivid blue in April and lasted thru the mating and breeding season until end of Sept then returns to its original colour.

The great white egret!

This is a blue Love parrot it uses its powerful beak to strip the tough mid veins off the leaves and then tuck them into its tail and then flies off to weave it into its nest. Lovebirds originate from Africa and Madagascar

Inca tern both male and female, have the Salvador dali style white handlebar moustache! They are distinctive sea birds living on the cliffs of the Pacific coast of South America. Very social living in colonies of up to 5,000 deep dive fisherman consuming small fish

This beauty is the Knysna Turaco indigenous the forrests of the Southern Cape of S. Africa.

WHAT IS IT!! ?? This incredible photo makes us wonder what can it be? Watch this space I will let you know!! 🙂

The Palm cockatoo from New Guinea has one of the largest beaks of any parrot in the world this enables him to crack, open any hard nut and shell it with precision!

Extraordinary sounds from these unusual birds

Campo troupial bird endemic to Northeastern Brazil. Known for their striking sounds and mimicry.

This made laugh, so I had to share it! A white cockatoo enjoying the rain!

Black sicklebill spectacular bird of paradise pandemic to the Montagne forest of New Guinea here it is displaying it’s courtship rituals Followed by a few other birds of paradise also displaying their courtship rituals

Bucorvus leadbeateri, or African Ground Hornbill. They spend 70% of its daylight hours methodically walking through open savanna, and grassland in search of food. They rely on their cooperative family groups of 2-12 birds to track down food. They sound like a lions roar!

Burcovus leadbeateri Known as the African ground hornbill. A very large, highly social and entirely entirely terrestrial bird native to sub Sahara Africa, known for its deep booming calls and remarkable lifespan 50 to 70 years in the wild. These guys look like they mean business😊

Terathopius ecaudatus is the Bateleur Eagle a Raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa. They are power and can spend 8-9 ours in the air in search of food. Lifespan average 26 years in the wild, 40 years in human care. They perform a rouse, you can see the video I posted! It looks like a Dance!

African Bateleur Eagle is performing a natural bird behaviour called a Rouse. It’s for relaxation and preening. It also allows to release, trapped body heat in the hot sun.

The beautiful Nicobar pigeon found solely on Nicobar Island off Indias coast. I posted a u-tube video of this beautiful pigeon.

youtube.com/watch?v=bp2g... The beautiful Nicobar pigeon Found only on the island of Nicobar off India

Heron appear more elastic performers than birds! They have the renowned ability to twist their long necks into bizarre shapes while preening and hunting.

Hornbills are tropical birds in Africa and Asia. Here they are displaying their mating dance a complex aerial display, the male offering the female food. Hornbills are famous for being loyal partners. Their main diet is fruit first and insects. They live between 35 and 50 years in the wild.

The beautiful tricoloured heron with its long neck putting on a beautiful display

The adorable puffins are sea birds they live on the cliffs diving deep further daily fish diet. Lifespan is between 20 and 30 years. The oldest known Atlantic puffin in Norway reached 41 and another in the British Isles 42 there are monogamous and mate for life.

The Extraordinary male Mandarin Duck, the lighter one is the female is soft colours brown-grey with white and hint of blue at wing. They live in Eurasia. Life span is 3-6 years in the wild, and 10-20 in protected areas.

Japanese Shima Eneaga!

Shima Eneaga also called Japanese Snowball bird. Lives on Hokkaido Island of Japan. so adorable only 13 cm in size

The black Heron found in sub Saharan Africa, and Madagascar is famous for its unique hunting technique called canopy feeding. The shade attracts small fish. The canopy reduces glare, allowing the heron to see the fish more clearly.

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

I found this video to share of the Hummingbird Moth! extraordinary! They live in the woodlands of north America. I have never seen one until I saw this!

www.instagram.com/reel/DXcK2Gh... They post amazing only hummingbird videos . you must check it out. If you’re not a member just open an account you won’t be disappointed.😊

A MUST SEE! The smallest bird on earth The BEE hummingbird! youtu.be/fRw3zaV5ynE?...

The scarlet McCaw makeshift shower! They have highly intelligent that of an 7-8 year old human. They live up 50 years in the wild and 75-90 years in captivity! Amazing ability with speech.

Marilyn Monroe comes to mind😊

This is a feel good image for me. These two adorable young Australian superb fairywren staying close to each other.

This is a crowned Coquette Hummingbird found in Peru, and parts of S. America

The beautiful humming bird that shimmers when the sunlight shines on its beautiful illuminating feathers!

youtube.com/shorts/JusfQ... This is Jeremy films things he’s an Australian photographer he post many beautiful videos on his website!

The Australian Lyrebird has 2 voice boxes and can mimic and sound it hears. If you listen closely you will hear some human voice in its chatter!

Blue Banded Bee are solitary bees found in Australia and Tasmania. They do not live in hives instead live in burrows in the soil, and rocks.

This is the beautiful Agami Heron of Costa Rica

The beautiful amazing Tui bird from New Zealand They have two voice boxes(syrinxes) allowing them to produce two different sounds simultaneously with immense complexity. This gives them exceptional mimicry skills: other bird sounds,whistles, human voices Etc.

Meet the Curl Crested Aracari from Peru! The head has amazing curly shiny feathers like its had perm!🙂

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi - or Praying Mantis there are 2,400 species This is the African Spiny Flower mantis

New born Chameleons only 1 inch in size! They take 1 year until they are full grown.

Buff-tip moths They look like little broken birch twigs! A perfect disguise!

Harpy Eagle largest most powerful raptor in the world lives in central and South America. It’s height is 3.5 feet it’s wingspan 6.5 feet. Lifespan is 35 to 45 years.