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  1. Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird

    Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird

    Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird juvenile Amazilia castaneiventris An endemic endangered species, sat on my apartment's balcony railing in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia!
  2. Black-billed Gull

    Black-billed Gull

    A simple watercolor for the most endangered seagull species of the world, native to New Zealand.
  3. Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture

    Critically Endangered White-Rumped Vulture

    Taken in western Nepal. Altitude 3500ft Use of Diclofenac, which kills the vultures, as a veterinary medicine has caused rapid decline of the population of these birds. In Nepal, the vulture population has declined by as much as 90% over the last 15 years!
  4. Bald Eagle in Flight

    Bald Eagle in Flight

    A mature bald eagle flying in the morning sunlight.
  5. Vanishing Tribe

    Vanishing Tribe

    Giving ...a little break to Lakescape series ____________________ Life : Mind ________________________ Mind .... An incorrigible Pariah Scavenging over Great wasteland Of Time Picking on Carcasses Of events That were Or Could Yet be Occasionally Though ... There are Patches of...
  6. Ground Hornbill

    Ground Hornbill

    Ground Hornbill
  7. Hawaiian Stilt

    Hawaiian Stilt

    Black-necked, Black-winged, etc... a recognized subspecies endemic to the Hawaiian islands. Endangered with numbers down to approximately 1,400 birds (Birds of Hawaii-Jim Denny, 2010)
  8. Black-breasted Puffleg - Female

    Black-breasted Puffleg - Female

    The Black-breasted Puffleg is one of the most rare hummingbirds in the world. It can only be found in a restricted range in the country of Ecuador. It is critically endangered and threatened with extinction.
  9. Red-Crowned Cranes dancing

    Red-Crowned Cranes dancing

    The Red-Crowned Cranes have an elaborate courtship dance, it makes for fantastic photo opportunities and is one of the highlights to Hokkaido in winter.
  10. Red-Crowned Crane in flight

    Red-Crowned Crane in flight

    Spent three days in Hokkaido last week. This was one of my "Target birds" for the trip. Called "Tancho" in Japanese. Good to see this endangered species making a comeback. This is the sixth species of crane I've seen in Japan!
  11. Two Spoonbill species

    Two Spoonbill species

    In what is probably a very rare occurrence, here are two species of Spoonbills side by side together in the wild. On the left is an endangered Black-Faced Spoonbill and on the right, a rare visitor to Okinawa, a Eurasian Spoonbill. I consider myself very fortunate to have captured this scene.
  12. Reflecting on a Black-Faced Spoonbill

    Reflecting on a Black-Faced Spoonbill

    My birding partner Tom let me know about a Eurasian Spoonbill that was in our favorite small pond down in southern Okinawa. I made it down there yesterday and found it and also several Black-Faced Spoonbills. The Black-Faced are much rarer birds with only some 1,500 remaining in the wild. We are...
  13. MacQueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii

    MacQueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii

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  14. Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

    A female Glossy Black Cockatoo in full breeding plumage looking to make her contribution to the continuance of this endangered species
  15. Male Glossy

    Male Glossy

    One of the family who farm the wild Casiurinas on our property. It's the ONLY thing they'll eat, and only from 'Particular' trees again no one knows why! Unfortunately due to clearing of hollowed trees as well as feeding trees {which 'westerners' consider "rubbish"} and slow maturing...
  16. Glossy Black Cockatoo

    Glossy Black Cockatoo

    I'm SO happy, this family of 8 Glossyblacks have returned to welcome me home. They've been sparce the last year, but they've been here almost 24/7 since I've been home, even roosting nearby the otyher night! Liz from Scotland got some good shots on her visit, pity flashes & night birds...
  17. Spoon-billed Sandpiper

    Spoon-billed Sandpiper

    Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Pak Thale, Thailand http://www.smandrews.com
  18. Male orang utan

    Male orang utan

    taken in Borneo last year at sepilok.
  19. Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt

    Hawaiian Black-necked Stilt

    This is and endemic species on the island of Maui and is on the Federal List of Endangered Species. I was fortunate to get this shot on a quiet lagoon of the Kealia Pond Wildlife Area.
  20. Hihi, or Stitchbird, female (Notiomystis cincta)

    Hihi, or Stitchbird, female (Notiomystis cincta)

    An endangered New Zealand bird, only one wild population (exact numbers unknown) remains on Hauturu, an offshore island and closed scientific reserve near Auckland. Smaller poulations are on two open scientific reserves, Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti Isalnds, and a small population has been...
  21. Hihi, or Stitchbird, male (Notiomystis cincta)

    Hihi, or Stitchbird, male (Notiomystis cincta)

    An endangered New Zealand bird, only one wild population (exact numbers unknown) remains on Hauturu, an offshore island and closed scientific reserve near Auckland. Smaller poulations are on two open scientific reserves, Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti Isalnds, and a small population has been...
  22. California Condor #10

    California Condor #10

    California Condor, Tag # 10. Taken on the South Kaibab Trail, GCNP. Saw 3 flying before this one landed - I wish I could have been closer.
  23. Ready

    Ready

    Female with her breeding colours on.Andrew
  24. December Munch

    December Munch

    They are back, munching their way through the casurina groves, But For How Long? The only thing they eat grows on trees considered "Rubbish" by human kind! Andrew
  25. Fly-bye

    Fly-bye

    He is actually asking for help. Look at the look on its face, poor love, being chased by a butcherbird.Andrew
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