Granite, Wattle and Anser Islands, South Point, Wilsons Promontory lighthouse, VIC, 05/02/00
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Procnias tricaurunculatus. Three-wattled Bellbird Campanero Tricarunculado Pájaro Campana. Rin-Ran.
Es una especie que suele vivir unos 12 años. Tarda cerca de tres a cinco años para perfeccionar su canto y lograr cautivar a las hembras en su cortejo.
Al ver esta belleza, imaginé muchas cosas, entre ellas, a Moisés guiando a su rebaño hacia la Tierra Prometida
Ángeles Sur, San Ramón, Alajuela.Costa Rica
Procnias tricaurunculatus. Three-wattled Bellbird Campanero Tricarunculado Pájaro Campana. Rin-Ran.
Es una especie que suele vivir unos 12 años. Tarda cerca de tres a cinco años para perfeccionar su canto y lograr cautivar a las hembras en su cortejo.
Al ver esta belleza, imaginé muchas cosas, entre ellas, a Moisés guiando a su rebaño hacia la Tierra Prometida
Ángeles Sur, San Ramón, Alajuela.Costa Rica
Red-wattled lapwing
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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it', leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it,' leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it', leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
Lapwing_760_5957
The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it', leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
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The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it', leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
Lapwing_760_5952
The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover. Lapwings are ground birds that are incapable of perching. They emit a characteristic loud alarm call when humans or predators are nearby. The alarm call sounds like 'did he do it', leading to the colloquial name of the 'did-he-do-it' bird. They nest in a ground scrape, laying three to four camouflaged eggs. Adults near the nest fly around, diving at potential predators while calling noisily.
The wings and back are light brown with a purple to green sheen. A prominent red fleshy wattle stretches from eye to eye The beak is red with a black tip, and the long legs are yellow.
In four of the pictures here the birds were constantly emitting alarm calls. They were probably protecting a nest of eggs or young hidden in the reeds by the lake.
a walk in our forest
A dead Sally Wattle, leaning, surrounded by rainforest trees. . . . . . .photo MR
More in the Tibouchinas.
We have three trees in our small back yard, one orange and two Tibouchinas. They host a variety of insects (sometimes) and many birds including regular visits from galahs, rainbow lorikeets, magpies, butcher birds, wattle birds and very occasionally, a Pale-Headed Rosella as seen here. These are a rare treat and as usual with birds, you usually hear their distinctive call before seeing them.
0527 Clay Wattle (1)
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0528 Clay Wattle (2)
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0529 Clay Wattle (3)
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0530 Clay Wattle (4)
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Golden Wattle-Flowering Acacia
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silver wattle with my Lumix TZ85 (1/3)
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silver wattle with my Lumix TZ85 (2/3)
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silver wattle with my Lumix TZ85 (3/3)
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Wild Turkey (sequence 3)
NC, February 2021
The fleshy object over the males beak is called a snood. During the spring mating season when the male becomes aroused, blood rushes to his head causing the snood to extend down over the bill. Also, that blood flow causes more vivid red and blue coloring to the fleshy wattles on his head and throat. Follow sequence 1, 2 and 3.
Wild Turkey (sequence 2)
NC, February 2021
The fleshy object over the males beak is called a snood. During the spring mating season when the male becomes aroused, blood rushes to his head causing the snood to extend down over the bill. Also, that blood flow causes more vivid red and blue coloring to the fleshy wattles on his head and throat. Follow sequence 1, 2 and 3.
Wild Turkey (sequence 1)
NC, February 2021
The fleshy object over the males beak is called a snood. During the spring mating season when the male becomes aroused, blood rushes to his head causing the snood to extend down over the bill. Also, that blood flow causes more vivid red and blue coloring to the fleshy wattles on his head and throat. Follow sequence 1, 2 and 3.
Wild Males Turkeys
Males, called toms or gobblers, are much larger than females. Males boast dark iridescent plumage; large, fanning tails; prominent snoods; and wattles. They make gobbles and other mating calls.
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0531 Clay Wattle (5)
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