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Spend most of their time flying low over ...
Flying over one of the shallow lagoons, in ...
I had found them in an area in the outskirts
Medium sized heron, well camouflaged for life skulking in the reeds
Greek name: Ράλλος ο φίλυδρος. Greek common name: Νεροκοτσέλα.
This is the most widespread species, which occurs in the northeast
Plump, broad body, short tail and round head. Sooty-grey body and black head ...
Notice the Plume in adult and the yellow feet in the juvenile
Male. distinguished from female by pale eye. Photographs
These birds in this location are so used to ...
Very difficult to see normally except when they fly between
name as well. Here in Uruguay, this bird ...
This is a small species at 38 cm (15 in) length, though is one
Large, bulky, thick-necked, heavy-billed and large-headed goose. Bill is ...
This is a fairly large species at 58 cm (23 in) in length, being by some margin ...
Europe and much of temperate and northern ...
Huge water bird, white plumage. Long neck, ...
and neck orange-buff with black stripe running length
breeds in noisy colonies in trees (often willows or Eucalyptus, rarely palms) ...
blue face and red eyes, legs and bill. Undertail is white and exposed as
of grass into this solid nest. I watched ...
This adult Black-headed Gull is in his winter plumage: the dark face mask is ...
It is a resident breeding bird species ...
The Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), is a very small
south, but some birds in the milder ...
; shoreline river Elbe.
It breeds in colonies in large
, in most, a black crown. Young birds are ...
The White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) is a species
These rails are mostly brown and black with some white markings in plumage ...
only one of our warblers that will nest in ...
It is a highly gregarious duck outside the breeding season and can form large ...
Also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron is a small heron about 35–48 cm; 135 ...
from grass into round globes with an entrance hole at the bottom (can be seen ...
reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in ...