Clever...

Tumbleweed sent me this surprising video:



Thank you, TW.

Lovely owls

Photo by Ellen D. Hartlmeier. This owl is called Sarah and she is an educational bird at O.W.L. (Orphaned Wildlife Rehabiliation Society), a place that rescues and rehabilitates birds of prey. Sarah was born in captivity and is an ambassador for her species

I'm quite fond of these birds, they have very funny expressions...

The art of seduction

This year Sir David Attenborough celebrates 60 years making fantastic documentaries. He rated the following segment as one of his favourite moments:

Little architects

View_From_Here sent me these photos of horneros (Joao-de-barro in Brazil) building their nest. He dedicated  the series to Sleuth, who's keeping us posted on the building of her own nest!

Thank you, View.

I found a nice slideshow on youtube which contains further shots of their efforts.

Beauty in flight

Mrsgunka shared these great pictures:

Thank you, Mrsgunka. Peacocks are very beautiful creatures, but this was the first time I've seen them flying.

Feathered beauty

View_From_Here sent me some spectacular photos of birds a few days ago, but most of the pictures didn't download, so I tried to find them elsewhere on the internet, to no avail. Yesterday, Mrsgunka sent me the same photos, saying: "For View.... Our beautiful feathered friends!"

I thought it was wonderful, Mrsgunka unwittingly coming to the rescue and dedicating the photos to View.

A big thank you to both of them.

[As there are too many pictures, please click on one of them to see all of them larger in the lightbox.]