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Mouthful of delicacy
I took these pictures on 24th of June 2011 – today is 23rd five years later – in Mäntsälä, Finland. The model is a female European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca, kirjosieppo in Finnish)...
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Sharp eyes on the beach of Barra
The ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum, ruostevarpuspöllö in Finnish) is the most numerous owl in South America. This small – length 15 cm – owl was sitting attentively on the breach of...
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Cats and rats in Bangkok
Carefully painted wall art – graffiti! – in a small alley (soi) of Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok. – Click any image to open the gallery.
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Neotropic cormorants (and one cattle egret)
The neotropic cormorant or olivaceous cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, oliivimerimetso in Finnish) is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the...
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Common merganser has big family
Last Friday at the southernmost point of the continental Finland in Hanko we met a group of a common mergansers, also called goosander (Mergus merganser, isokoskelo in Finnish), one female with 17...
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Murals in Tuscany
Something clever, something abstract, something countrystyle … Murals in Arezzo and Siena, Tuscany in Italy.
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Cape starling
The Cape starling (Lamprotornis nitens, turkoosikottarainen in Finnish) having a light lunch in Nossob, Kalahari in South Africa. o – o – o I will post every week “Thursday Twitters”, pictures of...
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Tuscany landscapes
Tuscany in Italy is well known for its lovely landscape and sceneries (not only chianti). Here are some taken in the province of Siena in June this year.
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Hooded crow having lunch
Hooded crow (Corvus cornix, varis in Finnish) is one of the most intelligent and adaptable birds. Here one is having yogurt (and probably reading daily news afterwards), and the other eating cherries...
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Anteater chat
Always alerted: any ants available? Southern anteater chats (Myrmecocichla formicivora, muurahaistasku in Finnish) photographed in Kalahari, South Africa. o – o – o I will post every week “Thursday...
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Lunch for jungle crow
The jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos, paksunokkavaris in Finnish), is a widespread Asian species of crow. It is very adaptable and is able to survive on a wide range of food sources, making it...
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Swallow-tailed bee-eater
The swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus, haaramehiläissyöjä in Finnish) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in savannah woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. It...
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White-browed sparrow-weaver
The white-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali, valkokulmakutoja in Finnish) is a predominantly brown, sparrow-sized bird found throughout central and north-central southern Africa. It is found...
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Painting Tuscany landscape
The views from the wall of San Casciano dei Bagni are great view for landscape painters – and photographers.
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Anomaloninae
I had never heard about Anomaloninae. I took yesterday a picture of one fine looking insect, posted the image in a FB insect group, and got the ID in no time: Anomaloninae (siroahmanen in Finnish). So...
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Southern black korhaan
Southern black korhaan or black bustard (Afrotis afra, mustakaulatrappi in Finnish) is a fine and proud looking bird, like wearing a tuxedo. It is endemic to southwestern South Africa, where it occurs...
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Painted stork
The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala, aasianiibishaikara in Finnish) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in...
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I’m in Instagram!
Just to let you know, that I’m active also in Instagram. I have there slightly different posting style than here in WordPress: more pics and hashtags, less written content or background info. These...
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Jackdaw and the Cardinal
“THE JACKDAW sat on the Cardinal’s chair! Bishop and abbot and prior were there; Many a monk, and many a friar, Many a knight, and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,— In sooth, a...
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The eye of Egyptian goose
No, I didn’t photograph this bird in Egypt – though the name so implies – but in South Africa in Augrabies Falls National Park. Egyptian goose can be found almost everywhere south of Sahara in in the...
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