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1 1 Cape Teal

Cape Teal

by Karan RaghwaArusha, Tanzania

Most common duck at salt lakes in East ...

3 0 Spur-wing Plover (Spur-wing Lapwing)

Spur-wing Plover (Spur-wing Lapwing)

by Karan RaghwaMara, Tanzania

Black head & underbelly; White cheeks & neck; back & wings are pale brown; ...

0 0 Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

by Karan RaghwaNakuru, Central, Kenya

Large gregarious all-white bird; male/female are similar; blue-pink bill with a ...

0 0 African Pied Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

African pied wagtail or African wagtail is a small passerine bird with medium ...

1 0 Pink-backed Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Large bird, but a smaller pelican, with a length of some 1,25m, and an overall ...

2 0 Narrow Woodscript Lichen

Narrow Woodscript Lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

An inconspicuous lichen that follows the grains in wood. An old scar on this ...

10 3 Belding's ground squirrel

Belding's ground squirrel

by Marta RubioTexeiraCalifornia, USA

These ground squirrels stand up and watch for danger, warning the rest of the ...

2 0 Red-winged Starling

Red-winged Starling

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This stunning bird of Starling family (Sturnidae) has mainly iridescent ...

1 0 Common Ringed Plover

Common Ringed Plover

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This small plover is 18 to 20 cm in length, with brown back and wings and a ...

2 0 Blacksmith Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This medium sized (approx 30cm) and strikingly colored bird - patterned black, ...

6 1 Village weaver

Village weaver

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Large weaver, member of family Ploceidae, growing over 15cm in length. The ...

1 0 Superb Starling

Superb Starling

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This bird is a member of the Starling family, or Sturnidae (Starlings and ...

1 0 Marsh Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Small gracile elegant wader, about 25cm in length, from the family ...

1 0 Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This is a small, plump palearctic wader from family Scolopacidae, mainly dark ...

1 0 Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Mid-size long-legged wader, grows up to 20cm, and is the smallest of shanks. It ...

1 0 Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Small, rather short-legged, palearctic wader, some 20 cm in length. It has a ...

0 0 Kittlitz's plover

Kittlitz's plover

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Small plover, up to 15 cm in size from plover family (Charadriidae). This bird ...

3 0 Speke's weaver

Speke's weaver

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Medium sized weaver, a member of Ploceidae family, grows up to some 15 cm in ...

1 0 Ruff

Ruff

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

The Ruff is a medium-sized (approx 30 cm), small-headed, short-billed and scaly ...

1 0 Little Stint

Little Stint

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Small palearctic wader, less than 15cm in size, with brown-grey coat and ...

4 0 Greenshank

Greenshank

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Larger wader from waders family, Scolopacidae; about 30 to 35 cm in length, and ...

1 0 Chilean flamingo

Chilean flamingo

by Brian38Seattle, Washington, USA

A large species of flamingo with a light pink plumage and a large black bill. ...

1 0 Sandhill Crane

Sandhill Crane

by JaybirdIdaho, USA

Body plumage is characterized by varying shades of gray. In many areas, wild ...

0 0 White-breasted cormorant

White-breasted cormorant

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This large bird, about 1m in height, from cormorant family (Phalacrocoracidae) ...

1 0 Three-banded Plover

Three-banded Plover

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

Also knwon as Three-banded Sandplover, this small wading bird from plover & ...

2 0 Black-headed Batis

Black-headed Batis

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

This small black-and-white bird comes from Wattle-eye family (Platysteiridae). ...

5 0 Bronzy Sunbird

Bronzy Sunbird

by Zlatan CelebicNakuru, Nakuru, Kenya

CORRECTION - at first, I wrongly identified this bird as Tacazze Sunbird; this ...

0 0 Elephant Ear, Taro

Elephant Ear, Taro

by Suzanne MonkMeridian, Mississippi, USA

Amazing. This is one of those "hiding in plain sight" plants ... a well-known ...

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