Fairywren

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cqaLM0X_CY_dxxzfk_GU6vSeEEh7n2zBtpM81SCUaKwY-zahyM8ty1uj6xmg-eqVFTr8kpbU36TrL_lIF9bde49NLHjizmGrPcm2hKtuoy_lFSm45MKKQMpun9TZ7aNwHKt1baJhZno/s1600/240px-Superb_blue_Wren1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cqaLM0X_CY_dxxzfk_GU6vSeEEh7n2zBtpM81SCUaKwY-zahyM8ty1uj6xmg-eqVFTr8kpbU36TrL_lIF9bde49NLHjizmGrPcm2hKtuoy_lFSm45MKKQMpun9TZ7aNwHKt1baJhZno/s1600/240px-Superb_blue_Wren1.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3199996948242px; line-height: 21px;">Male </span>Superb fairywren</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtB7ULAFb9SkwExOj2gx08v1ePw8NDqIbxoPuZLq4BVFQ01BnoDtvjGcrlxK_X4hcX2LHdsN8hMKFlx_02B4BpPevUHYnAbSil1QiDGw9UaQ5YHwMqufZTvgRyIAOfI02nGScAFSnGUWI/s1600/FairyWren_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtB7ULAFb9SkwExOj2gx08v1ePw8NDqIbxoPuZLq4BVFQ01BnoDtvjGcrlxK_X4hcX2LHdsN8hMKFlx_02B4BpPevUHYnAbSil1QiDGw9UaQ5YHwMqufZTvgRyIAOfI02nGScAFSnGUWI/s1600/FairyWren_1.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Maluridae</span></span></h1></div>

Australian Birds Fairywren

Male  Superb fairywren Maluridae

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Galah

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8YNnzWgQEdn8HUXumXAWK_e2MdLMyTWnbzIJtWQCvtdnnHRfWe6ZiF_QwP6Oqdg1BCy3fLaq0Y1KlclPw5s2nY7hVzvQcmlmyILRC6MJmZRjUrW24HWseX83SDVS3-sATBFu9XRsN_M/s1600/ghala+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8YNnzWgQEdn8HUXumXAWK_e2MdLMyTWnbzIJtWQCvtdnnHRfWe6ZiF_QwP6Oqdg1BCy3fLaq0Y1KlclPw5s2nY7hVzvQcmlmyILRC6MJmZRjUrW24HWseX83SDVS3-sATBFu9XRsN_M/s1600/ghala+new.jpg" width="201" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3199996948242px; line-height: 21px;">Male</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V7wSJWWo6E_I8J7gzHcEnFe7ULOTTTkOtnYN_prEW8Nq8bb9-Zq9dtK3o3Dd1hyPg1lM-EmJAbMVuvxloH_5jtMmNblwMlcIDi9PoSFyYN2Y0fmIkOm-3fOSOLMJdx91_PW0bvOnDwI/s1600/800px-Galah-female-sa+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-V7wSJWWo6E_I8J7gzHcEnFe7ULOTTTkOtnYN_prEW8Nq8bb9-Zq9dtK3o3Dd1hyPg1lM-EmJAbMVuvxloH_5jtMmNblwMlcIDi9PoSFyYN2Y0fmIkOm-3fOSOLMJdx91_PW0bvOnDwI/s1600/800px-Galah-female-sa+new.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.370400428772px; line-height: 17.3185615539551px; text-align: left;">Female</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnd_p9IIwGIvP8ZLXVf1i2sbT3vSGX1qSFTlGyOwdhCBW8BSAlhCUu24C4BZQ3OJGT07HK6btsiRz1Gs4-z_2ZOdXSfjKrX10K7Ou28YcOatttpz2y85vmupkPamVcxWl0yvLUFXFs0EA/s1600/Galah_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnd_p9IIwGIvP8ZLXVf1i2sbT3vSGX1qSFTlGyOwdhCBW8BSAlhCUu24C4BZQ3OJGT07HK6btsiRz1Gs4-z_2ZOdXSfjKrX10K7Ou28YcOatttpz2y85vmupkPamVcxWl0yvLUFXFs0EA/s1600/Galah_1.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Galahs are about 35 cm (14 in) long and weigh 270–350 g. They have a pale grey to mid-grey back, a pale grey rump, a pink face and chest, and a light pink mobile </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crest_(feathers)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Crest (feathers)">crest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. They have a bone-coloured beak and the bare skin of the eye rings is carunculated. They have grey legs. The genders appear similar, however generally adult birds differ in the colour of the irises; the male has very dark brown (almost black) </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Iris (anatomy)">irises</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, and the female has mid-brown or red irises. The colours of the juveniles are duller than the adults. Juveniles have greyish chests, crowns, and crests, and they have brown irises and whitish bare eye rings, which are not carunculated.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Australian Birds Galah

Male Female Male   Galahs are about 35 cm (14 in) long and weigh 270–350 g. They have a pale grey to mid-grey back, a pale gr...

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Common bronzewing

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuMf8eo3CtE0JuOWmzPDh1QD23O_2Z_Wra3DVi-2zEQiAHEoTKWrvEPglIP1OFKcOFj2LsaryKCM6usdQPbm5LOKPGasi3jxhxP38ztz5VUuFpNlAr4wN30hPUYQBYyVK5868CFX64c8/s1600/Phaps_chalcoptera_-Brisbane,_Queensland,_Australia_-male-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWuMf8eo3CtE0JuOWmzPDh1QD23O_2Z_Wra3DVi-2zEQiAHEoTKWrvEPglIP1OFKcOFj2LsaryKCM6usdQPbm5LOKPGasi3jxhxP38ztz5VUuFpNlAr4wN30hPUYQBYyVK5868CFX64c8/s1600/Phaps_chalcoptera_-Brisbane,_Queensland,_Australia_-male-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3199996948242px; line-height: 21px;">A male common bronzewing in Queensland</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Male">Males</a> of the species have pale-yellow to yellow-white foreheads, and pink breasts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-back_2-1" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-back-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-com_4-0" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-com-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> Both males and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Female">females</a> have an easily discernible white line around and proximate to their eyes. Common bronzewings also have patches of red, blue and green on their wings, a feature which is characteristic of all<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzewing_pigeon" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bronzewing pigeon">bronzewing pigeons</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-back_2-2" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-back-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-com_4-1" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-com-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> Young birds are usually duller in colour and browner than the mature common bronzewing.</div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpBYz2ni6BCjPZFkxrPHz9bd0zYu_rvnfY35VgoNdRi0MHAV_k8dB5pGknj25qd5xFOSQkhbgShCOogUG_R6YzwWPQ9XI0dl2NuSB-5gCgJ1tZemsbJjmsMdKCYZD77h6OADt7DtQD8I/s1600/800px-Phaps_chalcoptera_-_Australian_National_Botanic_Gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpBYz2ni6BCjPZFkxrPHz9bd0zYu_rvnfY35VgoNdRi0MHAV_k8dB5pGknj25qd5xFOSQkhbgShCOogUG_R6YzwWPQ9XI0dl2NuSB-5gCgJ1tZemsbJjmsMdKCYZD77h6OADt7DtQD8I/s1600/800px-Phaps_chalcoptera_-_Australian_National_Botanic_Gardens.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.3199996948242px; line-height: 21px;">Female</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Rarely found far from a source of water, common bronzewings either travel alone or in pairs or in flocks, and are usually cautious, making approach by humans or other animals difficult.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-back_2-3" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-back-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> Common bronzewings are, on average, between 30 and 36 centimetres (12–14 in) in length.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Syd_3-1" style="font-size: 11.1999998092651px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_bronzewing#cite_note-Syd-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Australian Birds Common bronzewing

A male common bronzewing in Queensland Males  of the species have pale-yellow to yellow-white foreheads, and pink breasts. [2] [4]  Bo...

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Australian magpie

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-neiCRhF7fFuaq7vGlxWcPPTdaeglgFrtgQQ5CkdiNuZydP7RZO40VDL2JlK1hJkoP07R-DiDvDUHdRoayiSP2D8Ov-KvLaNtbobmgbrSY9YUM1_16nkLB2t3ySLfy0NNp_A83q3IeQI/s1600/Australian-Magpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-neiCRhF7fFuaq7vGlxWcPPTdaeglgFrtgQQ5CkdiNuZydP7RZO40VDL2JlK1hJkoP07R-DiDvDUHdRoayiSP2D8Ov-KvLaNtbobmgbrSY9YUM1_16nkLB2t3ySLfy0NNp_A83q3IeQI/s1600/Australian-Magpie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Australian magpie</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Cracticus tibicen</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">) is a medium-sized black and white </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Passerine">passerine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> bird native to</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Australia">Australia</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and southern </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Guinea" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. A member of the</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artamidae" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Artamidae">Artamidae</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, it is closely related to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcherbird" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Butcherbird">butcherbirds</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> (but not to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_magpie" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Eurasian magpie">European magpie</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, which is a </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvid" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Corvid">corvid</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">). At one stage, the Australian magpie was considered to be three separate species, although zones of hybridisation between forms reinforced the idea of a single species with several </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, nine of which are now recognised. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm (14.5–17 in) in length, with distinctive black and white</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumage" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Plumage">plumage</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. </span></div>

Australian Birds Australian magpie

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Australian Birds

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Australasian darter<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN094ep1IEph5lDuCeO3CR2ty7UgJgnGPA8bB2rvqtPskdpIxQ5zHuI-Ea3w6k5z5qpLtV4tbiZ34fIgxXMtmUokr_bPWmPChDjvxViDPArJhWHsZIgC5pjkEuHII6qnc5rYQpyB_JvAU/s1600/Australian-Darter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN094ep1IEph5lDuCeO3CR2ty7UgJgnGPA8bB2rvqtPskdpIxQ5zHuI-Ea3w6k5z5qpLtV4tbiZ34fIgxXMtmUokr_bPWmPChDjvxViDPArJhWHsZIgC5pjkEuHII6qnc5rYQpyB_JvAU/s1600/Australian-Darter.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.0559997558594px;">Immature male</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HQgNRZRfjzatRr8AyUtYaiK2Dj8_svfFYatsJ7JNWLB4_mGzUgSs-34J7H2N3YQS481Mp-1bIyKufmOGQ9uEILMIQT7V6Peo_Nk50B6dfG1VistZZTcqMEapLeGIVf1AtIcPJRSKQFw/s1600/800px-Australasian-Darter-female.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HQgNRZRfjzatRr8AyUtYaiK2Dj8_svfFYatsJ7JNWLB4_mGzUgSs-34J7H2N3YQS481Mp-1bIyKufmOGQ9uEILMIQT7V6Peo_Nk50B6dfG1VistZZTcqMEapLeGIVf1AtIcPJRSKQFw/s1600/800px-Australasian-Darter-female.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 21.0559997558594px;">Female</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The <b>Australasian darter</b> or <b>Australian darter</b>(<i>Anhinga novaehollandiae</i>) is a species of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird">bird</a> in the darter family, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhingidae" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Anhingidae">Anhingidae</a>. It is found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Australia">Australia</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>. It weighs around 2.6 kg, spans 85–90 cm in length, and has a lifespan of up to 15 years.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> It is closely related to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Anhinga">American</a> (<i>Anhinga anhinga</i>),<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_darter" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="African darter">African</a> (<i>Anhinga rufa</i>), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_darter" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Oriental darter">Oriental</a> (<i>Anhinga melanogster</i>) darters.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Typical <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Habitat">habitat</a> is freshwater or <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackish" style="background: none; color: #0b0080;" title="Brackish">brackish</a> wetlands more than 0.5 m deep with fallen trees or logs and vegetated banks; less commonly, darters are found in sheltered saltwater or estuarine environments.</div> </span></h1></div>

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Australasian darter Immature male Female The  Australasian darter  or  Australian darter ( Anhinga novaehollandiae ) is a specie...

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Ruddy shelduck

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> There are very small resident populations of this species in north west <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, but the main breeding area of this species is from southeast Europe across central <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Asia">Asia</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>. These<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird">birds</a> are mostly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration" style="background: none; color: #0b0080;" title="Bird migration">migratory</a>, wintering in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Subcontinent" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indian Subcontinent">Indian Subcontinent</a>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Although becoming quite rare in southeast <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Europe">Europe</a>and southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Spain">Spain</a>, the ruddy shelduck is still common across much of its Asian range. It may be this population which gives rise to vagrants as far west as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. However, since the European population is declining, it is likely that most occurrences in western Europe in recent decades are escapes or feral birds. Although this bird is observed in the wild from time to time in eastern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="North America">North America</a>, no evidence of a genuine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagrancy_(biology)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Vagrancy (biology)">vagrant</a> has been found</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3tMtIZWVsGU6OibX1bBzRve8SVupsv9GambVfTnQoeA0jEmMIOeYseworzpldeflH6Y8oysbcqFASxt8jWprKKc-9TamqGZCgttaNRhWs82ZfILq-redfa-st1miMd6PKwv1mPHEHKw/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3tMtIZWVsGU6OibX1bBzRve8SVupsv9GambVfTnQoeA0jEmMIOeYseworzpldeflH6Y8oysbcqFASxt8jWprKKc-9TamqGZCgttaNRhWs82ZfILq-redfa-st1miMd6PKwv1mPHEHKw/s1600/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVeC-8KML3Pw4Dm7oo4NiZ0V5uGOAn6UNJaftX8EdfFnaoHSzDRcWfG3QRd6N2g-LJq5O3QV2NBPufrDgxQZKu7k4-jBYSS7a464iQbWNs3aOpJk0gMFv29-hVig-mmJDnhew415T1Lc/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVeC-8KML3Pw4Dm7oo4NiZ0V5uGOAn6UNJaftX8EdfFnaoHSzDRcWfG3QRd6N2g-LJq5O3QV2NBPufrDgxQZKu7k4-jBYSS7a464iQbWNs3aOpJk0gMFv29-hVig-mmJDnhew415T1Lc/s1600/2.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h2C4kcw1MHAcj6qwP4RLILjZ60FX8dv38ZH1XfidIVwCFAvh-dst0sHvn6ABbTuxv9OcKYjOUazi4eLoRa0BpTdewbPFnxV1vbSfvq9a_nrKaB4D3WUIBg117Amv7CQGi8YWji_a-x4/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h2C4kcw1MHAcj6qwP4RLILjZ60FX8dv38ZH1XfidIVwCFAvh-dst0sHvn6ABbTuxv9OcKYjOUazi4eLoRa0BpTdewbPFnxV1vbSfvq9a_nrKaB4D3WUIBg117Amv7CQGi8YWji_a-x4/s1600/1.jpg" width="449" /></a></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Mute swan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5Vi3gMh6AcrIoLttCt075O_3B9oTloP5lPFoxVbi-XnVAAlXjWu0coucL770e4TA8GxBJWxovWJtc0xoYwFtpWCQsIodjGKoJ8v2Jzy0ML_M1wO3XyceSZ0Ko1qIfu72ln3np2kGc-Y/s1600/Mute-Swan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5Vi3gMh6AcrIoLttCt075O_3B9oTloP5lPFoxVbi-XnVAAlXjWu0coucL770e4TA8GxBJWxovWJtc0xoYwFtpWCQsIodjGKoJ8v2Jzy0ML_M1wO3XyceSZ0Ko1qIfu72ln3np2kGc-Y/s1600/Mute-Swan.jpg" width="200"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyDULfpbCG-HIOBMZEY_e5SnLVDem1PzPOp4r-5lal-kyl6TJZ7lhnHIVMhlQSqWMIzdG16A6tv1XXG4vfQl7vD5GqkT6YwLqrXKP3KWcVSTvaPq9Ax4SXH82sIXEJTtwWpj2H4xkB84/s1600/Mute-Swan-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyDULfpbCG-HIOBMZEY_e5SnLVDem1PzPOp4r-5lal-kyl6TJZ7lhnHIVMhlQSqWMIzdG16A6tv1XXG4vfQl7vD5GqkT6YwLqrXKP3KWcVSTvaPq9Ax4SXH82sIXEJTtwWpj2H4xkB84/s1600/Mute-Swan-2.jpg" width="200"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <br> Adults of this large swan typically range from 140 to 160 cm (55 to 63 in) long, although can range in extreme cases from 125 to 170 cm (49 to 67 in), with a 200 to 240 cm (79 to 94 in) wingspan.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madge_4-2" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-Madge-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-12" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a></sup> Males are larger than females and have a larger knob on their bill. On average, this is the second largest waterfowl species after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpeter_swan" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Trumpeter swan">trumpeter swan</a>, although male mute swans can easily match or even exceed a male trumpeter in mass.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madge_4-3" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-Madge-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-13" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a></sup>Among standard measurements of the mute swan, the wing chord measures 53–62.3 cm (20.9–24.5 in), the tarsus is 10–11.8 cm (3.9–4.6 in) and the bill is 6.9–9 cm (2.7–3.5 in).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madge_4-4" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-Madge-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The mute swan is one of the heaviest flying birds. In several studies from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, males (known as <i>cobs</i>) were found to average from about 10.6 to 11.87 kg (23.4 to 26.2 lb), with a weight range of 9.2–14.3 kg (20–32 lb) while the slightly smaller females (known as <i>pens</i>) averaged about 8.5 to 9.67 kg (18.7 to 21.3 lb), with a weight range of 7.6–10.6 kg (17–23 lb).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madge_4-5" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-Madge-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CRC_14-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-CRC-14" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-15" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-16" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute_swan#cite_note-17" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a></sup> While the top normal weight for a big cob is roughly 15 kg (33 lb), one unusually big Polish cob weighed almost 23 kg (51 lb) and this counts as the largest weight ever verified for a flying bird, although it has been questioned whether this heavyweight could still take flight.</div> </span></h1></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Mallard<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnuud00hoIRZbwMJy-zF-l8hXn2H7YLsECVg-TeISx0HFYCTFBoDJnqss7e2wTyaDc3Q0nJY229xEVt7S2FJCKrpUc4gyCf0KcNwWLEhaMpjre7IaEg3hnH5tS5TXo1mzaGsmbunf7Iw/s1600/Anas_platyrhynchos_male_female_quadrat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnuud00hoIRZbwMJy-zF-l8hXn2H7YLsECVg-TeISx0HFYCTFBoDJnqss7e2wTyaDc3Q0nJY229xEVt7S2FJCKrpUc4gyCf0KcNwWLEhaMpjre7IaEg3hnH5tS5TXo1mzaGsmbunf7Iw/s1600/Anas_platyrhynchos_male_female_quadrat.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px;">Female (left) and male (right)</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species although is often slightly heavier than most other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatinae" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Anatinae">dabbling ducks</a>. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long (of which the body makes up around two-thirds), has a wingspan of 81–98 cm (32–39 in),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BWP505_14-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-BWP505-14" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a></sup> and weighs 0.72–1.58 kg (1.6–3.5 lb).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-15" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CRC_16-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-CRC-16" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup> Among standard measurements, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_chord_(biology)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wing chord (biology)">wing chord</a> is 25.7 to 30.6 cm (10.1 to 12.0 in), the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Beak">bill</a> is 4.4 to 6.1 cm (1.7 to 2.4 in) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsus_(skeleton)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tarsus (skeleton)">tarsus</a> is 4.1 to 4.8 cm (1.6 to 1.9 in).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Madge_17-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-Madge-17" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The breeding male mallard is unmistakable, with a glossy bottle-green head and white collar which demarcates the head from the purple-tinged brown breast, grey brown wings, and a pale grey belly. The rear of the male is black, with the dark tail having white borders.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BWP506_18-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-BWP506-18" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup> The bill of the male is a yellowish orange tipped with black while that of the female is generally darker ranging from black to mottled orange. The female mallard is predominantly mottled with each individual feather showing sharp contrast from buff to very dark brown, a coloration shared by most female dabbling ducks, and has buff cheeks, eyebrow, throat and neck with a darker crown and eye-stripe.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BWP506_18-1" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard#cite_note-BWP506-18" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup></div> </span></h1></div>

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Mallard Female (left) and male (right) The mallard is a medium-sized waterfowl species although is often slightly heavier than most o...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Little grebe.<div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA0AQ1aQdhWcAZuujTHwTZnyOqB0W4x3yLt6YCp9vynBvHYR0Q-ZqjOwJYp9bqEgaz2uX5qXaPvPaQDWQoyQmoRDT2Chw7ajLx1bjaQdhyphenhyphen-SUpGdmr8Js1jCj4OeOcPNhIwM5oX3rJ_8/s1600/Little-Grebe_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZA0AQ1aQdhWcAZuujTHwTZnyOqB0W4x3yLt6YCp9vynBvHYR0Q-ZqjOwJYp9bqEgaz2uX5qXaPvPaQDWQoyQmoRDT2Chw7ajLx1bjaQdhyphenhyphen-SUpGdmr8Js1jCj4OeOcPNhIwM5oX3rJ_8/s1600/Little-Grebe_2.jpg" width="200"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWPmYkBB_BOKDH5C_fv1FuTPfulvfX18YDx3CstWq5Dw1m78dJXIi8BLlQMW_K-MqV13U6kWkTTLZgCVhGt9E5vyNz6dLRaiFgEEQTuACM3r5IriKi7pEtp92q896me3vq0j4FWI3uUg/s1600/Little-Grebe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWPmYkBB_BOKDH5C_fv1FuTPfulvfX18YDx3CstWq5Dw1m78dJXIi8BLlQMW_K-MqV13U6kWkTTLZgCVhGt9E5vyNz6dLRaiFgEEQTuACM3r5IriKi7pEtp92q896me3vq0j4FWI3uUg/s1600/Little-Grebe.jpg" width="200"></a>The little grebe is a small water bird with a pointed bill. The adult is unmistakable in summer, predominantly dark above with its rich, rufous colour neck, cheeks and flanks, and bright yellow <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gape" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gape">gape</a>. The rufous is replaced by a dirty brownish grey in non-breeding and juvenile birds.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Juvenile birds have a yellow bill with a small black tip, and black and white streaks on the cheeks and sides of the neck as seen below. This yellow bill darkens as the juveniles age, eventually turning black in adulthood.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> In winter, its size, buff <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Feather">plumage</a>, with a darker back and cap, and “powder puff” rear end enable easy identification of this species. The little grebe's breeding call, given singly or in duet, is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trill_(music)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Trill (music)">trilled</a>repeated <i>weet-weet-weet</i> or <i>wee-wee-wee</i> which sounds like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Horse">horse</a> whinnying.</div> </span></h1></div>

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Little grebe. The little grebe is a small water bird with a pointed bill. The adult is unmistakable in summer, predominantly dark above w...

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"><span style="font-size: large;">Hooded merganser</span></span></h1></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="text-align: right;">Canada Goose</span><br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFw4LggKvWrhfxKkiMv-bDFbvMATHJ0QWkUPs4MTuF8jVXa0aMcnI7vGUnyWkK0sq5WrFKHZfpBZr0qUbLPX1nCZLLFXcmobzRwCkNaCrv3Lm0u8TQhLVsPdhRgODjNrF3sKEygaZBMtY/s1600/Canada-Goose-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFw4LggKvWrhfxKkiMv-bDFbvMATHJ0QWkUPs4MTuF8jVXa0aMcnI7vGUnyWkK0sq5WrFKHZfpBZr0qUbLPX1nCZLLFXcmobzRwCkNaCrv3Lm0u8TQhLVsPdhRgODjNrF3sKEygaZBMtY/s1600/Canada-Goose-1.jpg" width="320"></a></div> The black head and neck with a white "chinstrap" distinguish the Canada goose from all other goose species, with the exception of the cackling goose and barnacle goose (the latter, however, has a black breast and gray rather than brownish body plumage.</div>

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Canada Goose The black head and neck with a white "chinstrap" distinguish the Canada goose from all other goose species, with ...

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Love Birds

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Littile Bird

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PET

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Gulls & Waders

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.3; text-align: left;">Avocet</span></div> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"></span></h1> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-i4nID8tsJplkW4rCXrznpTTGd8llvzgNwiXwsYyVzgrGqwQyqpR41KGTmoRkhvlnn5y5u210xPsmLbd4t5ordxiny4UvJV2gT4LnjW7neYVKqBX5gl6TUWZ9wWA1CmMn2pWpBLjXGo/s1600/Avocet-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-i4nID8tsJplkW4rCXrznpTTGd8llvzgNwiXwsYyVzgrGqwQyqpR41KGTmoRkhvlnn5y5u210xPsmLbd4t5ordxiny4UvJV2gT4LnjW7neYVKqBX5gl6TUWZ9wWA1CmMn2pWpBLjXGo/s1600/Avocet-2.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The pied avocet is a striking white wader with bold black markings. Adults have white <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Feather">plumage</a>except for a black cap and black patches in the wings and on the back. They have long, upturned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Beak">bills</a> and long, bluish legs. It is approximately 16.5–17.75 inches (41.9–45.1 cm) in length of which the bill is approximately 2.95–3.35 inches (7.5–8.5 cm) and the legs are approximately 3–4 inches (7.6–10.2 cm). Its wing-span is approximately 30–31.5 inches (76–80 cm).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BWP_4-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_avocet#cite_note-BWP-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> Males and females look alike. The juvenile resembles the adult but with more greyish and sepia tones.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The call of the avocet is a far-carrying, liquid, melodious <i>kluit kluit </i></div> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"> Black-headed gull</span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" dir="rtl" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"> <span dir="auto"></span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMaB812ErYLFqbGPMaVkA4bp2YT0jnmvFvzi9SrPiGtx-T7hbdx4k5h2eaHAAv7FxDenqM-b3WcfJob7Ar0CmT4iqZnaLVewdPA6sUrJvo3OPPwpUUM0t6qlQaF7fqj587lFO5FaWYQ0/s1600/Black-Headed-Gull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMaB812ErYLFqbGPMaVkA4bp2YT0jnmvFvzi9SrPiGtx-T7hbdx4k5h2eaHAAv7FxDenqM-b3WcfJob7Ar0CmT4iqZnaLVewdPA6sUrJvo3OPPwpUUM0t6qlQaF7fqj587lFO5FaWYQ0/s1600/Black-Headed-Gull.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> This gull is 38–44 cm (15–17½ in) long with a 94–105 cm (37–41 in) wingspan. In flight, the white leading edge to the wing is a good field mark. The summer adult has a chocolate-brown head (not black, although does look black from a distance), pale grey body, black tips to the primary wing feathers, and red bill and legs. The hood is lost in winter, leaving just 2 dark spots. It breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in lakes, nesting on the ground. Like most gulls, it is highly gregarious in winter, both when feeding or in evening roosts. It is not a pelagic species and is rarely seen at sea far from coasts.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The black-headed gull is a bold and opportunistic feeder and will eat insects, fish, seeds, worms, scraps and carrion in towns, or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish. This is a noisy species, especially in colonies, with a familiar "kree-ar" call. Its scientific name means "laughing gull".</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> This species takes two years to reach maturity. First-year birds have a black terminal tail band, more dark areas in the wings, and, in summer, a less fully developed dark hood. Like most gulls, black-headed gulls are long-lived birds, with a maximum age of at least 32.9 years recorded in the wild, in addition to an anecdote now regarded to be of dubious authenticity regarding a 63-year old bird</div> </h1> <div> <span dir="auto"><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">    Black-tailed godwit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTL-xJ6InOJiWU10GwNWS384E3kffsL_vWIrV4FiM0i7fI8mQrx5iZ3n-ARIioW8-wx8_rACMUPv7YGlEOMrOfgxG-NvrKxLF4QYTnr6y8nD_HL5gARdFPXzq8rrUlaRPOaNtr42e_YM/s1600/Black-Tailed-Godwit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTL-xJ6InOJiWU10GwNWS384E3kffsL_vWIrV4FiM0i7fI8mQrx5iZ3n-ARIioW8-wx8_rACMUPv7YGlEOMrOfgxG-NvrKxLF4QYTnr6y8nD_HL5gARdFPXzq8rrUlaRPOaNtr42e_YM/s1600/Black-Tailed-Godwit.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The black-tailed godwit is a large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wader" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wader">wader</a> with long bill (7.5 to 12 cm long), neck and legs. During the breeding season, the bill has a yellowish or orange-pink base and dark tip; the base is pink in winter. The legs are dark grey, brown or black. The sexes are similar,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bwpi_2-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> but in breeding plumage, they can be separated by the male's brighter, more extensive orange breast, neck and head. In winter, adult black-tailed godwits have a uniform brown-grey breast and upperparts (in contrast to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-tailed_godwit" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bar-tailed godwit">bar-tailed godwit</a>'s streaked back). Juveniles have a pale orange wash to the neck and breast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-collins_3-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-collins-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> In flight, its bold black and white wingbar and white rump can be seen readily. When on the ground it can be difficult to separate from the similar Bar-tailed Godwit, but the black-tailed godwit's longer, straighter bill and longer legs are diagnostic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-collins_3-1" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-collins-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-birdlife_4-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-birdlife-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> Black-tailed godwits are similar in body size and shape to bar-taileds, but stand taller.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bwpi_2-1" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> It measures 42 cm from bill to tail with a wingspan of 70–82 cm.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bwpi_2-2" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> Males weigh around 280 g and females 340 g.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bto_5-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bto-5" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> The female is around 5% larger than the male,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bwpi_2-3" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> with a bill 12-15% longer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-birdwatch_6-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-birdwatch-6" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The most common call is a strident <i>weeka weeka weeka</i>. A study of black-tailed godwits in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> found a mortality rate of 37.6% in the first year of life, 32% in the second year, and 36.9% thereafter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bwpi_2-4" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></div> </span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Common gull</span></h1> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTYT0SumKvAKCkQWwZXx13k5KGNl7UQw9mBAJmb9PQzTnNuX2U3JUJo-c7Ilb0P0VfnlLnFEoKA8abInCs_m99C33tzniwn7aveQA4DlTtb-IXRFWfZnLiHfW6zkmeiEuZfCYHoKNyZM/s1600/Common-Gull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTYT0SumKvAKCkQWwZXx13k5KGNl7UQw9mBAJmb9PQzTnNuX2U3JUJo-c7Ilb0P0VfnlLnFEoKA8abInCs_m99C33tzniwn7aveQA4DlTtb-IXRFWfZnLiHfW6zkmeiEuZfCYHoKNyZM/s1600/Common-Gull.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <h1 class="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Adult common gulls are 40–46 cm long, noticeably smaller than the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring_gull" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Herring gull">herring gull</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, and slightly smaller than the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-billed_gull" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ring-billed gull">ring-billed gull</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, also differing from the latter in its shorter, more tapered bill with a more greenish shade of yellow, as well as being unmarked during the breeding season. The body is grey above and white below. The legs are greenish-yellow. In winter, the head is streaked grey, and the bill often has a poorly defined blackish band near the tip (sometimes sufficiently obvious to cause confusion with ring-billed gull). They have black wingtips with large white "mirrors". Young birds have scaly black-brown upperparts and a neat wing pattern, and grey legs. They take two to three years to reach maturity. The call is a high-pitched "laughing" cry.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hbw_2-1" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gull#cite_note-hbw-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[</a></sup></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Common tern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIySxsWkq-_yoc3ZL8MASFWFJCAPtYwwFuokWs5eR_HO_0RV4UGj37sYJPIJimhfQymJz09FqPEkrCbFg9D_u1IPk1myX2_Lu6w_dCmmvfC32LDnLoVtopBjxThRLYBJmDA4F1Dez2P8/s1600/Common-Tern_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIySxsWkq-_yoc3ZL8MASFWFJCAPtYwwFuokWs5eR_HO_0RV4UGj37sYJPIJimhfQymJz09FqPEkrCbFg9D_u1IPk1myX2_Lu6w_dCmmvfC32LDnLoVtopBjxThRLYBJmDA4F1Dez2P8/s1600/Common-Tern_2.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The nominate subspecies of the common tern is 31–35 cm (12–14 in) long, including a 6–9 cm (2.4–3.5 in) fork in the tail, with a 77–98 cm (30–39 in) wingspan. It weighs 110–141 g (3.9–5.0 oz).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-olsen_16-6" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-olsen-16" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup>Breeding adults have pale grey upperparts, very pale grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill that can be mostly red with a black tip, or all black, depending on the subspecies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hume21_18-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-hume21-18" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup> The common tern's upperwings are pale grey, but as the summer wears on, the dark feather shafts of the outer<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_feather" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Flight feather">flight feathers</a> become exposed, and a grey wedge appears on the wings. The rump and tail are white, and on a standing bird the long tail extends no further than the folded wingtips, unlike the Arctic and roseate terns in which the tail protrudes beyond the wings. There are no significant differences between the sexes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vinicombe_19-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-vinicombe-19" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup> In non-breeding adults the forehead and underparts become white, the bill is all black or black with a red base, and the legs are dark red or black.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vinicombe_19-1" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-vinicombe-19" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup>The upperwings have an obvious dark area at the front edge of the wing, the carpal bar. Terns that have not bred successfully may start <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulting" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Moulting">moulting</a> into non-breeding adult plumage from June, but late July is more typical, with the moult suspended during migration. There is also some geographical variation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="California">Californian</a> birds often being in non-breeding plumage during migration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-olsen_16-7" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-olsen-16" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Juvenile common terns have pale grey upperwings with a dark carpal bar. The crown and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nape" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nape">nape</a> are brown, and the forehead is ginger, wearing to white by autumn. The upperparts are ginger with brown and white scaling, and the tail lacks the adult's long outer feathers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-olsen_16-8" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-olsen-16" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup> Birds in their first post-juvenile plumage, which normally remain in their wintering areas, resemble the non-breeding adult, but have a duskier crown, dark carpal bar, and often very worn plumage. By their second year, most young terns are either indistinguishable from adults, or show only minor differences such as a darker bill or white forehead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-harrison_20-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-harrison-20" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a></sup></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The common tern is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off. When commuting with fish, it flies close to the surface in a strong head wind, but 10–30 m (33–98 ft) above the water in a following wind. Unless migrating, normally it stays below 100 m (330 ft), and averages 30 km/h (19 mph) in the absence of a tail wind.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nisbet_5-2" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-nisbet-5" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> Its average flight speed during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nocturnal">nocturnal</a> migration flight is 43–54 km/h (27–34 mph)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alerstam_21-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern#cite_note-alerstam-21" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[21]</a></sup> at a height of 1,000–3,000 m (3,300–9,800 ft)</div> </span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <sup class="reference" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gull#cite_note-hbw-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"></a></sup><span dir="auto"><div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> <sup class="reference" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit#cite_note-bwpi-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"></a></sup></div> </span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Eurasian curlew</span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kgen-S9_aIODzV6CmG7VxA280gA73Z4QM6th63Mt3OlWriitDnomjikDrAOxWNjhnY7wEwwGCgSVswRpZxJuxh6E5UShyphenhyphenrPhJZ5YEmAOAWwJjQ-phwviZzsCwPk7SrrRCItHef8DzdQ/s1600/Curlew-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kgen-S9_aIODzV6CmG7VxA280gA73Z4QM6th63Mt3OlWriitDnomjikDrAOxWNjhnY7wEwwGCgSVswRpZxJuxh6E5UShyphenhyphenrPhJZ5YEmAOAWwJjQ-phwviZzsCwPk7SrrRCItHef8DzdQ/s1600/Curlew-1.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> This is the largest wader in its range, at 50–60 cm (20–24 in) in length, with a 89–106 cm (35–42 in) wingspan and a body weight of 410–1,360 g (0.90–3.00 lb).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CRC_2-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_curlew#cite_note-CRC-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> It is mainly greyish brown, with a white back, and a very long curved bill. Males and females look identical, but the bill is longest in the adult female. It is generally not possible to recognize the sex of a single Eurasian Curlew, or even several ones as there is much variation; telling male and female of a mated pair apart is usually possible however.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The familiar call, from which this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird">bird</a> gets it name, is a loud <i>curloo-oo</i>.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The only similar species over most of the curlew's range is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whimbrel" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Whimbrel">whimbrel</a> (<i>N. phaeopus</i>). The Whimbrel is smaller and has a shorter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Beak">bill</a> with a kink rather than a smooth curve. Flying curlews may also resemble, albeit not existing in the same area, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-tailed_godwit" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bar-tailed godwit">bar-tailed godwits</a> (<i>Limosa lapponica</i>) in their winter plumages; however, the latter have a smaller body, a slightly upturned beak, and legs that do not reach far beyond their tail tips. The Eurasian Curlew's feet are longer, forming a conspicuous "point".</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The curlew exists as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird migration">migratory</a> species over most of its range, wintering in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Africa">Africa</a>, southern<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Europe">Europe</a> and south <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Asia">Asia</a>. Occasionally a vagrant individual reaches places far from its normal range, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_Scotia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_curlew#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianas" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Marianas">Marianas</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_curlew#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup> It is present all year in the milder climates of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and its adjacent European coasts.</div> </span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Black-legged kittiwake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgP5s5ynXyqxn0vGGgLIIPONn1xMXhnujDI2XWZ9uXlKGDpwvYE1yMAS0tg2j7ftWs4gf1uJMnRbYlz6KkzCC1Geg8uhceKNmKCoJQiK8EBthaCNyJgPGJZfQ6uOACL_6_FX1ykKWfxw/s1600/Kittiwake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgP5s5ynXyqxn0vGGgLIIPONn1xMXhnujDI2XWZ9uXlKGDpwvYE1yMAS0tg2j7ftWs4gf1uJMnRbYlz6KkzCC1Geg8uhceKNmKCoJQiK8EBthaCNyJgPGJZfQ6uOACL_6_FX1ykKWfxw/s1600/Kittiwake.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The adult is 37–41 cm (15–16 in) in length with a wingspan of 91–105 cm (36–41 in) and a body mass of 305–525 g (10.8–18.5 oz).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-legged_kittiwake#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> It has a white head and body, grey back, grey wings tipped solid black, and have black legs and a yellow bill. Occasional individuals have pinky-grey to reddish legs, inviting confusion with red-legged kittiwake. In winter, this species acquires a dark grey smudge behind the eye and a grey hind-neck collar. The name is derived from its call, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake, kitte-wa-aaake'.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> It is a coastal breeding bird around the north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans, found most commonly in North America and Europe. It breeds in large colonies on cliffs and is very noisy on the breeding ground. Cliff nesting for gulls occurs only in the <i>Rissa</i> species, and the kittiwake is capable of utilizing the very sheerest of vertical cliffs, as is evident in their nesting sites on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staple_Island" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Staple Island">Staple Island</a> in the outer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farne_Islands" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Farne Islands">Farne Islands</a> (Hogan, 2005). One to two buff spotted eggs are laid in the nest lined with moss or seaweed. The downy young of kittiwakes are white, since they have no need of camouflage from predators, and do not wander from the nest like <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larus" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Larus">Larus</a></i> gulls for obvious safety reasons.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> At fledging, the juveniles differ from the adults in having a black 'W' band across the length of the wings and whiter secondary and primary feathers behind the black 'W', a black hind-neck collar and a black terminal band on the tail. The old fisherman's name of "tarrock" for juvenile kittiwakes is still occasionally used.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> They are fish feeders, and are more <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pelagic">pelagic</a> than <i>Larus</i> gulls outside the breeding season. They do not scavenge at tips like some other gull species.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> There are two races of black-legged kittiwake:</div> <ul style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px;"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Rissa tridactyla tridactyla</i> – <small>(<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, 1758)</small> in the North Atlantic Ocean, which is unique among the Laridae in having only a very small or even no hind toe.</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Rissa tridactyla pollicaris</i> – <small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ridgway" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert Ridgway">Ridgway</a>, 1884)</small> in the North Pacific Ocean, which (as the name<i>pollex</i>, thumb, suggests) has a normally developed hind toe.</li> </ul> </span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto"></span></h1> <h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <span dir="auto">Common redshank<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapuCNAPJtMKaND8lkKPyxz7cTDY-2f24cskvNm7rtllZgOoqBTClbyXt2hwy_AKb-AlxWBH4tp6spSs0xcYEasD3KGFEkr_bcFYRDtpjDYkHl_2fKR-uacLdEPVB8hf74TqswOECwpcs/s1600/Redshank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapuCNAPJtMKaND8lkKPyxz7cTDY-2f24cskvNm7rtllZgOoqBTClbyXt2hwy_AKb-AlxWBH4tp6spSs0xcYEasD3KGFEkr_bcFYRDtpjDYkHl_2fKR-uacLdEPVB8hf74TqswOECwpcs/s1600/Redshank.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> Common redshanks in breeding<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumage" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Plumage">plumage</a>are a marbled brown color, slightly lighter below. In winter plumage they become somewhat lighter-toned and less patterned, being rather plain greyish-brown above and whitish below. They have red legs and a black-tipped red bill, and show white up the back and on the wings in flight.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_redshank" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Spotted redshank">spotted redshank</a> (<i>T. erythropus</i>), which breeds in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Arctic">Arctic</a>, has a longer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Beak">bill</a> and legs; it is almost entirely black in breeding plumage and very pale in winter. It is not a particularly close relative of the common redshank, but rather belongs to a high-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Latitude">latitude</a> lineage of largish shanks. <i>T. totanus</i> on the other hand is closely related to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_sandpiper" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Marsh sandpiper">marsh sandpiper</a> (<i>T. stagnatilis</i>), and closer still to the small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_sandpiper" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wood sandpiper">wood sandpiper</a> (<i>T. glareola</i>). The ancestors of the latter and the common redshank seem to have diverged around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a>boundary, about 5-6 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_years_ago" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Million years ago">million years ago</a>. These three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subarctic" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Subarctic">subarctic</a>- to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Temperate">temperate</a>-region <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Species">species</a>form a group of smallish shanks with have red or yellowish legs, and in breeding plumage are generally a subdued light brown above with some darker mottling, and have somewhat diffuse small brownish spots on the breast and neck.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_redshank#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup></div> </span></h1></span></div></div>

Gulls & Waders

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Birds Of Prey

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="entry-title widgettitle title m_title" style="background-color: #1f1f1f; color: white; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> </h3> <div style="background-color: #1f1f1f; color: white; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: none;"> <h3 class="m_title" style="background-color: black; color: #c1a76e; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px;"> Birds Of Prey.                                                                                                                                                                                                  <span style="color: #c6c6c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">There are not too many species here in the UK but they are definitely my favourite birds. They include Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Owls. They are extremely difficult birds to capture well with the Camera.</span></h3> </div> <h3 class="m_title" style="background-color: black; color: #c1a76e; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-shadow: rgb(0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px;"> <div class="ngg-widget entry-content" style="background-color: #1f1f1f; color: #d5d5d5; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 0px 0px 0pt;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-image-id="3" href="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/birds/BeardedTit-1.jpg" rel="949313d918b1c9e6fa359051dcd102cb" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" title="BEARDED TIT 1, Norfolk, October 2011"><img alt="BeardedTit-1" height="70" src="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/birds/thumbs/thumbs_BeardedTit-1.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(169, 169, 169); height: auto; margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="BeardedTit-1" width="106" /></a> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-image-id="57" href="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/animals/Fallow-Deer.jpg" rel="949313d918b1c9e6fa359051dcd102cb" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" title="FALLOW DEER Holkham Park, Norfolk, September 2006"><img alt="Fallow Deer" height="70" src="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/animals/thumbs/thumbs_Fallow-Deer.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(169, 169, 169); height: auto; margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="Fallow Deer" width="106" /></a> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-image-id="12" href="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/macro/CinnarbarMothCat.jpg" rel="949313d918b1c9e6fa359051dcd102cb" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" title="CINNARBAR MOTH CATERPILLAR Derbyshire, July 2010"><img alt="Cinnarba Moth Caterpillar" height="70" src="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/macro/thumbs/thumbs_CinnarbarMothCat.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(169, 169, 169); 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height: auto; margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="Bee" width="106" /></a> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-image-id="295" href="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/wading-birds/Common-Tern_2.jpg" rel="949313d918b1c9e6fa359051dcd102cb" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" title="COMMON TERN River Gardens, Belper, Derbyshire, July 2014"><img alt="Common Tern_2" height="70" src="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/wading-birds/thumbs/thumbs_Common-Tern_2.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(169, 169, 169); height: auto; margin: 0pt 2px 2px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 1px; vertical-align: middle;" title="Common Tern_2" width="106" /></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-image-id="218" href="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/australia-2013/Eagle-Bay-3.jpg" rel="949313d918b1c9e6fa359051dcd102cb" style="color: white; text-decoration: none;" title="EAGLE BAY - South Western Australia"><img alt="Eagle Bay 3" height="70" src="http://www.birdpics.net/wp-content/gallery/australia-2013/thumbs/thumbs_Eagle-Bay-3.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(169, 169, 169); 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