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mangroves

  1. Got ya, my pretty

    Got ya, my pretty

    Great blue heron succesfully fishing on the Gulf of Mexico.
    • IDidiot
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    • fishing heron mangroves
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  2. My what a long shadow you cast.

    My what a long shadow you cast.

    Green heron along a canal. I found this one interesting as the bird looked quite sinister with the sunlight casting a long pointed shadow on its chest.
    • IDidiot
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    • butorides virescens green heron heron mangroves marshes
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  3. Preening Green

    Preening Green

    Green heron along a canal. This individual preened as I took pictures.
    • IDidiot
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    • heron mangroves marshes preening
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  4. Little Blue Heron - Concentration

    Little Blue Heron - Concentration

    I love how herons are so still until they strike.
    • IDidiot
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    • egretta caerulea florida heron hunting bird little blue mangroves
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  5. ycnhjuvenile2-web.jpg

    ycnhjuvenile2-web.jpg

    Yellow-crowned Night-heron (juvenile) in spread-wing posture likely for thermoregulation.
    • IDidiot
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    • florida usa juvenile mangroves nyctanassa violacea spread-wing posture yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  6. yellow-crowned-night-heron2-web.jpg

    yellow-crowned-night-heron2-web.jpg

    Yellow-crowned Night-heron
    • IDidiot
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    • florida heron mangroves nyctanassa violacea yellow yellow-crowned night heron
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  7. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Great Crested Flycatcher

    Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) I saw movement and expected a Panama Flycatcher and when I got a more or less clear view I saw it was a Great Crested Flycatcher. Sexes similar. Mangroves, Playa Sandalo along Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • costa rica. golfo dulce great crested flycatcher mangroves myiarchus crinitus playa sandalo puntarenas province
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Short-billed Pigeon

    Short-billed Pigeon

    Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) Photographed along the shore of Golfo Dulce just inland from the Mangroves, Playa Sandalo, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • costa rica. golfo dulce mangroves patagioenas nigrirostris playa sandalo puntarenas province short-billed pigeon
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. FLAMINGO FESTIVAL

    FLAMINGO FESTIVAL

    This is a scene from Sewree Creek in Mumbai's inner harbor. Between October and March each year, thousands of flamingos migrate here from Rann of Kachchh to feed, nest and breed. They feed on algae and other microbes on the sea bed in shallow waters and hence keep shifting to areas convenient...
    • S K Gudi
    • Media item
    • algae breed feed lesser flamingos mangroves migrate mumbai harbor nest thousands
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. Mangroves on Land

    Mangroves on Land

    • Shantilal Varu
    • Media item
    • mangroves
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  11. Community

    Community

    Red Fiddler Crab (adult and juvenile) and a mudskipper - from the mud flats of the Sunderban delta
    • ariban
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    • crab fish india mangroves sunderban
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Sea Life
  12. Spotted Wood Owl

    Spotted Wood Owl

    A surprise find in the mangroves of Krabi, Thailand.
    • DaninJapan
    • Media item
    • krabi mangroves spotted wood owl thailand
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  13. Northern Scrub Flycatcher

    Northern Scrub Flycatcher

    Saw a pair of these in mangroves at Tambor beach- good spot for mangrove birding in Costa Rica. Check my blog for report- http://birdingcraft.com/wordpress
    • Birdingcraft
    • Media item
    • costa rica mangroves
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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