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  1. Oruga

    Wanted: species with black spots on irises.

    I know that oystercatchers and black woodpeckers have black spots on their overall light irises. And now I've noticed that some species of aracaris have them too. All have spots at the same place. It seems there might be some advantage if this trait appears across so many families. Do you know...
  2. Oruga

    Bird using its leg like arm

    Parrots hold their food in one leg when eating. And some raptors fish for their prey inside tree hollows with legs too. Are there more examples of birds using legs as arms? The only case I saw was with chopi blackbird. Chopi (Gnorimopsar chopi) belongs to Icteridae and resembles starlings...
  3. Oruga

    Unusual city rock pigeon colouration

    Met this fellow today. Have never seen such variation. Usual all brown erythritic pigeons are common in the area though.
  4. Oruga

    Birds in watercolour

    I had been drawing animals in CG (computer graphics) for some time, but finally decided to ditch pixels and move onto traditional materials. I always preferred real drawings and paintings, yet hesitated to make them myself due to higher degree of difficulty. Some of the first results of my...
  5. Oruga

    Rare White-winged Nightjar

    The white-winged nightjar (Eleothreptus candicans) is listed as Endangered and there are only few known breeding places. The main problem is habitat destruction. Little is known about the species, so a research was conducted to determine their numbers and size of the individual territories in...
  6. Oruga

    Leucistic house sparrow (?), New Zealand

    I'm not sure, but I think it's Passer domesticus. It was spotted in Akaroa in april 2011, New Zealand.
  7. Oruga

    Hermit's nest from Paraguay.

    Can't tell which species exactly, probably scale-throated hermit (Phaethornis eurynome). The nest hang in public shower near a popular tourist destination. It wasn't used while I was there, but I saw a hermit investigating it.
  8. Oruga

    Flying away birds

    I'm not a photographer and I use camera only to document what I see and for identificational purposes. However, sometimes I get funny shots. Here is a collection of some flying away birds.
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