A few nice birds images I found:
Common tailor Bird
Image by Umang Dutt
Explored at #170 on 5 Dec 2009
The Common Tailorbird ( Orthotomus sutorius) – I was lucky to be able to spend some time with this little beauty and got some nice pics.
More can be seen here – www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130347&id=713333786&am…
Birds, trees, and Fields of Gold
Image by mbgrigby
Flock of Seagulls…”How blessings brighten as they take their flight..Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Image by Hєคשєภlא Pђ๏t๏ﻮгคקђא©
Captured AS SEEN MY WAY.. Just looked up into the sky and watched the seagulls fly..with such grace and wings out wide tranquilty moments on an air ride..
thought the sense of distance near and far look, the sky making the perfect canvas,just that feeling of freedom and peace.. fly anywhere .. love to be a bird…
Gulls (often informally called seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until recently, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera.
Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Gull species range in size from the Little Gull, at 120 g (4.2 oz) and 29 cm (11.5 inches), to the Great Black-backed Gull, at 1.75 kg (3.8 lbs) and 76 cm (30 inches).Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground nesting carnivores, which will take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish. Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large White-Headed Gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the Herring Gull.Gulls nest in large, densely packed, and noisy colonies. They lay two to three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, being born with dark mottled down, and mobile from hatching.Gulls—the larger species in particular—are resourceful, inquisitive and intelligent birds, demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure; for example, many gull colonies display mobbing behaviour, attacking and harassing would-be predators and other intruders. In addition, certain species (e.g. the Herring Gull) have exhibited tool use behaviour, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example. Many species of gull have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.
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TO VIEW LARGE
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