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Juvenile American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) in New Jersey of all places!
Click on the photo to see a great gallery of this errant ibis from September 2011…
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) stretching that groovy neck!
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) in Central Park in NYC
The Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is aptly named, is it not?
Click on the photo to see more stunning Tanzanian starlings courtesy of Walter Kitundu
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) in Panama
Click the photo to find out what amazing birds you might see if you woke up in Panama’s Canopy Tower!
Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) in Alice Springs, Australia… gorgeous!
Galápagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus), one of the world’s many mockingbirds.
Click on the photo to see more birds from Ecuador’s legendary Galápagos Islands…
Common Sunbird-asity or Sunbird Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans) in Madagascar
Click on the photo to see more phenomenal photos of African birds and mammals!!
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) feasting on crabapples
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) in western New York
My owl luck usually sucks, but I was able to track this bird down by observing natural clues. Click on the photo to learn the strategy I used to find this gorgeous owl!
Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) in the wild in the red center of Australia!
Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi) at Tapichalaca Reserve in Ecuador… what a bird!!
Click on the photo to see a bevy of beautiful birds from the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area of Ecuador and Peru.
Punk rock Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata), domestic of course!
Click on the photo to see more muscovies on all their manky majesty!
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris pallidor) in Guatemala… what a bird!
Click the photo to read more about the bird poetically called 7 Colores and how they can sometimes be found in the most unfortunate circumstances…
Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) at Estero Llano Grande in the Texas Rio Grande Valley
Click the photo to see more birds at one of the finest state parks in the Lone Star state and THE best place in North America to see Pauraques!
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