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Posts Tagged "wings"

Ring-necked Duck Hiding

Posted on Mar 22, 2015

Ring-necked Duck Hiding

If you take a look at the center of this image you will find a drake with a black back and darker gray wings than those surrounding it. This is a Ring-necked Duck taking a snooze with Greater Scaup. Even sleeping ducks like these offer a lot of examination possibilities and some unexpected identifications. You could always find a few feathers out of place on one of their heads and come up with a Tufted Duck as well!

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Red-winged Blackbird Male in Flight

Posted on Mar 18, 2015

Red-winged Blackbird Male in Flight

It’s takeoff time! Red-winged Blackbirds are pouring back into marshes, wetlands, ponds and coastal areas throughout the Northeast. Males are back on territory, and here we can see one showing off those fiery shades. Spring is ready to explode! Even if it may start with more snow for some of us…

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Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

Posted on Mar 2, 2015

Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)

This Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) was photographed in Florida by Twan but it could end up being one of the birds on Lake Erie soon enough. The massive tern, with its huge red bill and powerful wings, may make its way north to the shores of Chautauqua County in a month! Until then it will have to work on filling in that black cap.

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Aegina numberwing (Callicore lyca)

Posted on Feb 23, 2015

Aegina numberwing (Callicore lyca)

It feels like it has been years since we have had butterflies on the wing here in the Northeast United States. This is the Aegina numberwing (Callicore lyca), a small and beautiful butterfly photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Panama while on assignment for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.

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Snowy Owl in Flight

Posted on Feb 20, 2015

Snowy Owl in Flight

Let’s be honest – this winter has been absolutely brutal! Whether we want to blame this continuous weather pattern on climate change or not, this is not what the climate is supposed to feel like in mid to late February. As the sun keeps rising temperatures keep plummeting with record low minimums at night and record low maximums during the day. The snow keeps coming, and more will be coming this weekend. However, the Snowy Owls have been a bit tougher to find this year than last. Nevertheless, there are many individuals spending their season here in our neighborhoods, which look...

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