This week the pollinators have arrived in force. Black swallowtail. 🌱🦋

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Nessus sphinx! In the back yard! I used to count myself lucky if I saw one at all 😍 #bugsky

Admired for its regal blue lace-like crest and mesmerizing red eyes. The Victoria Crowned Pigeon, native to New Guinea, is the world's largest living pigeon. Its graceful beauty and deep calls make it one of the region's most remarkable birds. Scientific Name Goura victoria 📷 B. Sharma

The Chestnut-headed Oropendola 28-35 cm Highly social tropical bird recognizable by its rich brown plumage, contrasting bright yellow tail, and pale yellowish bill. build large pendulous hanging nests in tall trees from southern Honduras, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

There are some birds who know they were hatched to be social media stars. He goes into the water to bathe but thinks no, I'll get more Likes on the wobbly stick... #Greenfinches #Birds #Nature

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Banded Broadbills are heavily concentrated across Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. 21.5-23cm diet mostly insects, also fruits and seeds. build a a large oval nest suspended from branches, over a stream

Rufous-necked Hornbill Himalayan foothills, and SE Asia large 90-122 cm Primarily Frugivores figs berries adding insects during the mating season Lifelong monogamous partners sharing parenting of their young can live 20 years in the wild

White winged wren Across Australia Size 11–13.5 cm The female is Sandy-Brown to a pale grey with a creamy underbelly Males transition from a dull brown to a brilliant sapphire blue plumage for mating season, then moults back to brown for the winter season

Green Honeycreeper Tropical lowlands and Forest canopies of the neotropics of Central and South America travel in pairs or mixed flocks, forging through fruit trees for their diet of fruits, nectar and small insects size 13 to 15 cm

Cotton Pygmy Goose one of the smallest waterfowl, it is actually a small perching duck, not a goose found in Asia and Australia 📷: Nidhin Basheer #birds

Learn. Research. Take time to watch. Puffins are amazing.

A trio of Rosy-faced lovebirds, Peoria, Arizona, USA. Although native to arid regions in southwestern Africa, like Namibia and Angola, there is a large and vibrant wild population in Arizona, descended from pet trade escapees and intentional releases #BirdoftheDay #3sDay #NaturePhotography

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BathTime. This is the dad of the immature Baltimore oriole I posted previously. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

Today's #birdoftheday alt theme is #finches. This American goldfinch is having a lovely meal of thistle. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

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Green wood Hoopoe up 40 cm long, tropical bird native to Africa The ritual of rocking back-and-forth making loud noise is performed to communicate with its flock, defending its territory. Diet consist of primarily insects, nectar, and fruit

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090726 OM1ii Walmgate Stray #York first Common Blue (male) I've seen for a few years in an area which used to have a good population. Birds Foot Trefoil vanished, so did CB, hopefully they are back @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #uknaturalists #entomology #wildlifephotography

Purple crested Turaco 42-46cm Native to sub-Saharan Africa primarily frugivores eat fruit flower buds, occasional insects they eat the seeds of the fruit as well. Male and female are monogamous sharing parenting duties equally both incubating the eggs and feeding the hatchlings

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Eagles in Free Flight: The Ritual of Locking Talons in Midair

I will never tire of spending time around these little goobers. Their songs and personalities are adorable. #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

Goulding finch are spectacularly coloured birds, living exclusively in tropical savanna’s of northern Australia, the ritual of a hop dance performed by the male as a courtship ritual to attract its female adults measure 12-15 primarily GRANIVORES diet of grass seed

Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus), an extremely tiny/rare species of hummingbird, native to S. America & Trinidad. During courtship rituals, males fan their plumes out while hovering in a lyrical side-to-side pendulum motion in front of a female. #birds #biology #wildlife #nature Not Al.

Kookaburras adults 40-48 cm iconic birds native to Eastern Australia and New Guinea. They frequently inhabit suburban backyards, becoming highly habituated to humans. These large kingfishers natively live in gum trees, eucalyptus forests, and woodlands. Here are young kookaburras visitors

Nature in my garden! We will not survive without bees. #bees #pollinators #Sunflower #naturesgarden #photography

The Rufous-bellied Niltava is a striking, vividly colored bird. It measures between 15 to 18 cm in length, This species is primarily insectivorous and primarily inhabits the brushy, moist undergrowth of montane and subtropical forests across the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. this is the male

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Australian pink robin live in cool temperate rainforest Tasmania, Victoria, and new South Wales tiny at 13.5 cm consume only insects Monogamous pairs share, raising and feeding their chicks

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Campo Flicker widespread across central and eastern South America, with isolated populations in the north 📷: Christine Mazaracki #birds

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Rough sketch “I will wait at the shore for you I will weather each storm standing by ‘til Safe, you return from the night My live is a lighthouse So darling, my darling, Look for the light”

"Nameless Flowers" (名もなき花) by the contemporary Japanese artist Ono Tako (おのたこ).

#Poetry #Painting #Nightime A ghost, though invisible, still is like a place your sight can knock on, echoing; but here within this thick black pelt, your strongest gaze will be absorbed and utterly disappear - Rainer Marie Rilke 🎨 Ayuko Tanaka

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😍...🥰🥰🥰 Perfect, in every way. #Birds

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Evergreen post: He could be impeached tonight and convicted at trial in a few weeks and removed from office immediately thereafter if about 20 people in DC decided to put country over party for the first time in their miserable, self-dealing lives

Nature asks researchers whether scorching summers are the new norm for London, Paris and Berlin. 🌎🧪

Update, but the last one for this bunch because my kids ate the blue ones! 🧪👩‍🔬🥽🍎🫐🦋🌱