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  1. Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris) 沼澤大尾鶯

    Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris) 沼澤大尾鶯

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog is available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  2. Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) 中白鷺

    Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) 中白鷺

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog is available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  3. dixonlau

    Day 4 - Kuala Baram Wetlands Birding

    It is my first visit to this wetlands. Saw quite a number of waterbirds, migratory birds as well as some other species too. It is a great birding location not to be miss if you happens to be in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. It is Day 4 of my last road trip in December 2020. If you like the...
  4. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 金斑鸻

    Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) 金斑鸻

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog was available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  5. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 黑翅长脚鹬

    Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 黑翅长脚鹬

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog was available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  6. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) 赤足鷸

    Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) 赤足鷸

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog was available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  7. Dimitra_v

    Possibly a nightjar? [AUDIO] (Greece, europe)

    On march 5th I was birding at a wetland/marsh, at aroung 4 pm (sun was still up, just a little cloudy) the area has lots of thick vegetation and reeds around, as well as short trees and bushes, and I heard this sound that may or may not have been a eurasian nightjar. It is not quite clear in the...
  8. Do I know you ...

    Do I know you ...

    Ganges Softshell Turtle ... Globally Threatened Species A head study ... Nilssonia gangetica Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 18 February 2020
  9. Dawn ... got brighter ...

    Dawn ... got brighter ...

    Merry Christmas ... ... in their eyes and that perch Blue-eyed beauties strike a pose ... ... soon after day-break ... ... on a sunny but freezing cold winter morning __________ Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur India December 2018
  10. The Dawn ... after

    The Dawn ... after

    The dawn after ... _____________ The dawn ... cometh ... So still And bright ... After The silent night ... The Holy Night All was calm ... All was bright Making it ... ... Such a Memorable sight __________ Pied Avocet Dist. Mathura Uttar Pradesh India
  11. Fall-Winter - 57

    Fall-Winter - 57

    Fall-Winter - 57 A group of Ferruginous ducks ... ... winter visitors to Indian wetlands ... Eurasian Coot ... and Common Moorhen provide good size comparison in field conditions ... _________ Keoladeo National Park Bharatpur Rajasthan India 17 February 2020
  12. Little blue heron

    Little blue heron

    This heron is feeling little blue today.
  13. Lakescape - 634

    Lakescape - 634

    Lakescape - 634 A full-framer This guy is trying his best to conceal those valuable assets ... ... the super-sized special toes ... Yet ... they can be seen jutting out ... from under the wing ... in the front part ... close to the breast ... The females are the dominant sex here...
  14. Lakescape - 632

    Lakescape - 632

    Renu and I took first shot of Corona Vaccine / Placebo today ... as volunteers for Phase-3 field trial of the Vaccine in India ... ... since it is a double-blind placebo controlled randomized trial we ... the participants do not know what we have received Vaccine or the blank ...
  15. Lakescape - 627

    Lakescape - 627

    Lakescape - 627 Another standout performance ... and a far away group ... Common Shelduck is an uncommon winter visitor to our area ... ... only once in many years ... and in small numbers ... ... only one or two ... though there were three on this occasion ... all are seen in this...
  16. Lakescape - 609

    Lakescape - 609

    Lakescape - 609 The story of a large Egret ... ... and a little frog ... One ... holding the other ... ... literally by the skin of his toe nail ... There is only one way ... such encounters will end ... And ... ... no surprise and no prize for guessing ... It ended that way ... ...
  17. Happy World Wetland Day to all Members

    Happy World Wetland Day to all Members

  18. Green Sandpiper

    Green Sandpiper

    A beautiful autumn day by the wetland with birds.
  19. San Rafael Reserve (Paraguay) - Grasslands and Wetlands

    San Rafael Reserve (Paraguay) - Grasslands and Wetlands

    Hello! I want to share with you this little documentary filmed during the spring of 2018 in the San Rafael Reserve for National Park, Paraguay. Hope you like! Greetings from Asuncion. https://youtu.be/Z-6kqLxIjio
  20. Lakescape - 550

    Lakescape - 550

    Lakescape - 550 A small hiccup in the Himalayas series ... ... to share this lovely winter wetland scene ... and even livelier video showing wonderful group feeding style of ... Spotted Redshank and Pied Avocet ... Recorded early morning two days ago ... Also in view are Black-tailed...
  21. Spring-Summer - 230

    Spring-Summer - 230

    Spring-Summer - 230 ... One more shot of this skulker ... ... taken in a different wetland ... and giving a nice view of the forehead shield and horn ... A lovely wetland ... much closer to to our home ... ... but, sadly ... completely degraded and nearly destroyed now ... The presence...
  22. Spring-Summer - 170

    Spring-Summer - 170

    Spring-Summer - 170 ... This species is a widespread winter visitor to a large area in Indian Plains ... ... but there are patchy ... disjunct areas in the North India where it is a summer visitor ... and comes for breeding ... Watch it picking up spiders and aphids as morning snack ...
  23. Lakescape - 544

    Lakescape - 544

    Lakescpe - 544 ... Basai Wetlands ... a magnificent low lying area ... that held water perennially ... ... spread over a few square kilometer ... and 250 plus species of birds could be seen here spread over various seasons of an year ... ( ... count at Danube Delta is 350 plus ...
  24. Wetland Scene

    Wetland Scene

    A vanishing one though with depleting water levels. An old photo with painted storks, eurasian spoonbills, a grey heron, black-winged stilts & a red-rumped swallow streaking across. And some more wardes, ducks etc., not in pic, making the lake lively with avian activity. Very hard to come by...
  25. Colonising

    Colonising

    On my way home from Loch of the Lowes I often take a back road, stopping to overlook a field that now seems to have a permanent pool in it. Over the years it has attracted a number of species and that day there were Canada Geese, Oystercatchers, Mallard and Lapwing.
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