Birds

Sgùrr nan Gillean – High Mountain in The Isle of Skye

Sgùrr nan Gillean is a 3162 feet (964 m) high mountain in the northern section of the Cuillin range on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is actually...

Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)

Superb Parrots (Polytelis swainsonii) congregate in small groups throughout the year and forage for seeds and eucalypt blossoms. Superb...

Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is the only species named for its habits and diet, but several cat...

Cherry Blossom Stones – Natural Geological Wonder

Cherry Blossom Stones - Natural Geological Wonder  An intriguing geological peculiarity has been found in the Japanese city of...

Camera Strapped to Soaring Eagle Provides Captivating View

If you ever doubted what it might be like to elegantly glide through the air like an eagle....

White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata)

Habitats & Behaviour: In Australia, the White-fronted Tern is an endemic marine species, never found inland; in contrast, in New Zealand, where it breeds, the...

The White-winged Dove Call

The white-winged dove call observed as a hhhhHEPEP poou pooooo, seems to be the word "who cooks for you.". They also make a pep-pair...

Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo zeachii)

The closest relative of the Laughing Kookaburra, the Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo zeachii) lives in the northern and northeastern coastal fringes of Australia as well...

Red-backed Button-quail (Turnix maculosa)

The female of Red-backed Button-quail is, as with other buttonquail, polyandrous, mating with itinerant males each breeding season and never pairing with any. She...

The fire-tailed Myzornis

The fire-tailed myzornis (Myzornis pyrrhoura) is a bird species formerly placed in the Old World babbler family (Timaliidae). Its genus Myzornis is monotypic and...

Hume’s wheatear: A Rare Enigmatic Beauty In the Wild

Family: Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a member of the Old-World flycatcher family Muscicapidae in the genus Oenanthe that a French ornithologist, Louis Vieillot,...

Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima)

Habitats: The Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima) is the only member of its family that walks and feeds on the ground. Due to its long legs,...

Ruddy Kingfisher: A Perfect Photogenic Bird

When you’re a beginner, you get excited about seeing beautiful birds of any kind. However, when you’ve been photographing or bird-watching for some time,...

Pale rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla)

Pale Rockfinch is also known as Pale Rock Sparrow and Pale Petronia. This finch is 14 cm in length. The pale rockfinch is a...

The Melodious Crested Lark Singing and Other Facts

Vocalizations: As a bird lover, if you hear a melodious song in the dry fields, it is probably a crested lark singing nearby. The...