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Bird Explorers
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Two progressive, global field-naturalists photographing as many species as we can find (40,000+ so far), while promoting biodiversity, animal and human rights causes 🇺🇦 #resist. -Migrating from Twitter-
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After 50 years of trying, finally got a good photo of a Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix). Proof of how even a common bird can vex you for decades 😂🤣

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #WildlifePhotography #Poland #Biodiversity #LaswMalacanowie #birdphotography
April 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Water Rails (Rallus aquaticus) showing up nicely in the Bagno Sałowanie in Eastern Poland. Thankfully they are quite vocal or one would never know they were there.

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #WildlifePhotography #Poland #Biodiversity #BagnoSałowanie #birdphotography
April 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Woj and I went out for an Easter nature walk and found a very cooperative and photogenic young bull moose browsing on all the new spring growth on the bushes not too far from the homestead. It was happily growing and allowed us to take some nice photos. Happy Easter Long Weekend to everyone!!
April 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Thank you Sweden!!! Northern Flank of Europe Stands Strong and Resolute!! 🇸🇪🇺🇦
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Time for all free people of the world to stand with Europe and Ukraine. The current US Government has gone completely off the rails of democracy and should be ignored and reviled both in and outside the USA. #ukraine #SlavaUkraini #standwithukraine #supportukraine
February 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The beautiful White-headed Fruit-dove endemic to Makira in the Solomon Islands. #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2022 #WildlifePhotography #Biodiversity #makira #fruitdove #solomonislands #birdphotography
February 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Perfect cartoon by David Cohen!!
January 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Last bird photographed in 2024, a handsome, male Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) in the Asokaram Mangrove Swamp on the Gulf of Siam photographed on New Year's Eve afternoon.

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #Thailand #Biodiversity
December 31, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Always good seeing old favourites, like this incredible male Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) in Virginia.

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #Biodiversity #virginia #bluegrosbeak
December 29, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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During the Great Southern Bioblitz, we spent some time photographing on the inner reef off of Suva and found a mother Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) feeding her ternlet.

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #Fiji #Biodiversity
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December 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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The shiny, iridescent Metallic Pigeon was another great find in Fiji during the Great Southern BioBlitz. It's a great ocean voyager and island hopper ranging from the Philippines to Samoa.

#Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #Fiji #Biodiversity @gsbioblitz.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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The very stately Cocoi Heron gets its name from the Tupi language describing how it walks. Other Tupi derived animal names include Jaguar, Tapir, Capybara, Anhinga and Piranha.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #naturephotography #herons #Colombia #Sonso
December 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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We're monitoring the devastating effects of #Cyclone #Chido in the SW Indian Ocean and bringing daily update videos on our Bird Explorers TikTok Channel for anyone interested and would like to follow. It has devastated Mayotte and caused damage in Agaléga Group (Mauritius), Madagascar and Comoros.
December 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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The bright and bold colours of Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) actually serve as excellent camouflage in the dense forests of #Colombia and Ecuador.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #naturephotography #toucans #araucanalodge
December 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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One of the most iconic of all bird species, the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus) seen lekking in the early morning is truly an amazing site to behold. This is at the Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora in #Colombia.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography
December 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Here's a very fluffy juvenile Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) a cool Colombian bird. By day, it perches motionless, blending perfectly with the foliage; at night, its haunting calls echo as it hunts insects. A true ghost of the forest.

#potoo #Wildlife #birds #Colombia #BirdsSeenIn2024
December 12, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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The Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta) is common at Colombia's Laguna de Sonso. Known as the Buitre de ciénaga (Marsh Vulture) it sports a long 'horn' and has piercing velociraptor-like calls.

#HornedScreamer #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #Colombia
December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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A cool Fijian endemic found during the GS Bioblitz was the Duetting Giant Honeyeater (Gymnomyza brunneirostris), one of the world's largest honeyeaters and definitely one of the loudest.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #Fiji @gsbioblitz.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Had fun on Duolingo in 2024 maintaining my 11-year streak and doing 15 different languages from Japanese to Norwegian 💪💙💙
December 10, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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One of the cool Fiji endemics that we got during the 2024 Great Southern Bioblitz is the Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler (Pachycephala graeffii).

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Fiji #whistler @gsbioblitz.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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The very colourful Painted Grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus) is commonly found across much of the Indian SubContinent. These are from western Gujarat in India.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #India #Gujarat #Insects
#grasshoppers #paintedgrasshopper
December 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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A common bird across much of Southeast Asia is the beautiful Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis). This one was in the Singapore Botanical Gardens, which houses a good population.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Singapore
#oriole
December 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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A very lucky find in 2024 was the endangered Mortensen's Frog (Sylvirana mortenseni) on a mossy wall side near Khao Chi Chan in Chonburi, Thailand.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #frogs #FrogsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Thailand #Chonburi #nongnooch #กบ
December 7, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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The comely Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) was one of the many beautiful birds found this year in Colombia's Valle del Cauca.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024 #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Colombia
#barbet #valledelcauca #araucanalodge
December 7, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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Had a wonderful trip to Chile in August this year, and really loved photographing the beautiful Andean Geese (Oressochen melanopterus) around the Humedal de Batuco.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2024
#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Chile #goose
December 6, 2024 at 5:05 PM