As I’m sure you know by now, I love the majesty and beauty of birds and bird watching in general. There is something very calming and serine for me so study my fine feather friends from behind a lens, looking to capture the right pose, angle or action in a snapshot. Today’s post highlights the beauty of a lovely Macaw, some Bald Eagles as well as some Seagulls in flight. I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I did taking them.
Gull On Teal Clouds
A sea gull soars above puffy teal clouds trying to reach the heavens
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Camera GPS Information
- Closest Marker Address: 611611 Revilo Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32118, USA
- Latitude: 29.21796388888889 N 29 deg 13′ 4.67″
- Longitude: -81.00283055555556 W 81 deg 0′ 10.19″
- Altitude: 13.6 m Above Sea Level
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Red And Green Macaw
The Green-winged Macaw, also known as the Red-and-green Macaw, is a large mostly-red macaw of the Ara genus. This is the largest of the Ara genus, widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America.
The green-winged macaw is a large parrot covered with mostly red plumage. The wing and tail feathers are blue and green, hence its name. This macaw has a white, naked face, striped with small red feathers. The beak is strongly hooked and the feet are zygodactylous (2 toes that point forward and 2 toes that point backward).
Macaws are very messy eaters – their extremely strong beaks are perfectly adapted for eating all sorts of nuts and seeds, as seen in their ability to crack open incredibly hard-shelled nuts (such as Brazil nuts) with ease. In the course of daily feeding, macaws allow plenty of seeds (while eating, as well as in their droppings) to fall to the forest floor, thus regenerating much of the forest growth.
Largely a forest dwelling species, green-winged macaws, along with many of their parrot relatives, are under pressure from deforestation and human population growth.
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Spread Eagle
The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) is found only on the North American continent. Adult male eagles generally weigh about 9 pounds. Adult females weigh in at between 12 and 13 pounds. Adult eagles have a wing span of up to 7 feet. Immature eagles are mottled brown and white. The distinct white head and tail of the mature bird is developed between 4-5 years of age. In the wild, bald eagles live to between 30 and 35 years. In captivity, they have been known to live up to 50 years.
Eagles do not live in isolation! Because they are near the top of the food chain, they become an irreplaceable indicator for measuring the health of the entire ecological system in which they live. After being listed as an endangered species in 1978 following a dramatic drop in population that began at the turn of the century, the Bald Eagle’s status was upgraded to Threatened on August 11, 1995. Although efforts to replenish populations of the Bald Eagle have been successful, it continues to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the Bald Eagle Protection Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Baldy On Lookout
The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle.
Though their numbers have grown in much of their range, bald eagles remain most abundant in Alaska and Canada. These powerful birds of prey use their talons to fish, but they get many of their meals by scavenging carrion or stealing the kills of other animals. (Such thievery famously prompted Ben Franklin to argue against the bird’s nomination as the United State’s national symbol.) They live near water and favor coasts and lakes where fish are plentiful, though they will also snare and eat small mammals.
Bald eagles are believed to mate for life. A pair constructs an enormous stick nest – one of the bird-world’s biggest, high above the ground and tends to a pair of eggs each year. Immature eagles are dark, and until they are about five years old, they lack the distinctive white markings that make their parents so easy to identify. Young eagles roam great distances. Florida birds have been spotted in Michigan, and California eagles have traveled all the way to Alaska.
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Sea Gull In Flight
A Seagull soars through skies of blue
Sea Gull In Flight – Photograph
Camera GPS Information
- Closest Marker Address: 611611 Revilo Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 32118, USA
- Latitude: 29.217936111111108 N 29 deg 13′ 4.57″
- Longitude: -81.00281666666666 W 81 deg 0′ 10.14″
- Altitude: 14.1 m Above Sea Level
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Eagle at Noon
Bald Eagle Gets Ready To Take Off Under Bright Noon Sunlight
Eagle at Noon – Photograph
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