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BALD EAGLES OF HAINES

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Dec 02 2024
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The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is a 48,000-acre preserve in Haines, Alaska that protects one of the world’s largest concentrations of bald eagles. The preserve is located along the Haines Highway, starting at mile 8 and continuing for 31 miles. The main viewing area is a sand-and-gravel flat where the Tsirku, Kleheni, and Chilkat rivers meet. The Council Grounds pullout at mile 19 has a boardwalk, viewing scopes, and a 2-mile riverside trail.  

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THE LONG-EARED OWL

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Dec 13 2021
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The long-eared owl is a medium-sized owl, 31–40 cm (12–16 in) in length with an 86–100 cm (34–39 in) wingspan and a body mass of 178–435 g (6.3–15.3 oz). It has erect blackish ear-tufts, which are positioned in the center of the head. The ear-tufts are used to make the owl appear larger to other owls while perched. The female is larger in size and darker in coloration than the male. The long-eared owl’s brownish feathers are vertically streaked. Tarsus and toes are entirely feathered. Eye disks are also characteristic in this species. However, the eye disks of A. otus […]

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THE FOOD EXCHANGE

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Jul 11 2021
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What is food exchange?  In bird photography, it is being referred to an act of transferring food from one bird to another for instance during feeding the young but more specifically focusing the mating ritual that takes place among raptors like the White-tailed Kite, Peregrine Falcon, and the Northern Harrier where the act takes place in mid-air.  Basically, the male would bring the fresh catch and pass on to the female in mid-air and the act continues throughout the season with the parents passing to food to their youngs in mid-air.

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OSPREY

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Jun 08 2021
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As its other common names suggest, the osprey’s diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Four subspecies are usually recognized, one of which has recently been given full species status (see below). Despite its propensity to nest near water, the osprey is not classed as a sea eagle. Source: Wikipedia  

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OSPREY

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Jun 08 2021
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As its other common names suggest, the osprey’s diet consists almost exclusively of fish. It possesses specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. As a result of these unique characteristics, it has been given its own taxonomic genus, Pandion and family, Pandionidae. Four subspecies are usually recognized, one of which has recently been given full species status (see below). Despite its propensity to nest near water, the osprey is not classed as a sea eagle. Source: Wikipedia  

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BALD EAGLE OF SANDY WOOL

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Feb 07 2020
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THE RUSHING

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Apr 24 2019
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THE PHALAROPE

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Jan 10 2018

A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. The English and genus names come through French phalarope and scientific Latin Phalaropus from Ancient Greek phalaris, “coot”, and pous, “foot”. Coots and phalaropes both have lobed toes. Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are especially notable for two things: their unusual nesting behavior, and their unique feeding technique. Two species, the red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius, called grey phalarope in Europe) and red-necked phalarope […]

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THE RED-CAPPED MANAKIN

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Jan 10 2018
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The red-capped manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The bird is probably best known for the male’s unusual courting method whereby it shuffles rapidly backwards across a branch, akin to a speedy moonwalk. The placement is disputed among taxonomists, with some including it in Pipra and others placing it in its own genus, Ceratopipra.) It is closely related to, and in eastern Panama sometimes hybridizes with, the golden-headed […]

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THE FINSCH’S PARAKEET

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Jan 10 2018
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The crimson-fronted parakeet (Psittacara finschi), also known as Finsch’s parakeet or Finsch’s conure, is a small green Neotropical parrot. It is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. The crimson-fronted parakeet is completely green with a red cap and bare white patch round its orange eye. Source: wikipedia    

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