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Kingfishers nest in burrows in a dirt bank near water. The tunnel slopes upward from the entrance to keep water from entering the nest.
Photographed at Fruit Growers Reservoir, Western Slope, Colorado.
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Some people have difficulty telling Goshawks from Sparrowhawks because their adult plumages are quite similar. But juvenile Goshawk is highly distinctive with its buff wash and large teardrop-shaped markings, which is nothing like juvenile Sparrowhawk which has barred underparts, like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/50276720518/in/photolist You can just see a couple of adult barred feathers in the Goshawk's armpit, the start of its moult to adult plumage when it will look like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52767497031/in/photolist You can also see that this bird has a bulging crop, a sign it has just fed. This immature female was photographed in the wild in the Peak District.
Tags: Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Peak District juvenile Tim Melling
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late afternoon in a forest near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India.
Historically this was considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo ) but it has been elevated to a full species
This one is a bit smaller and often has more color in its plumage than the Eurasian
also called Indian or Bengal Eagle-Owl
Bubo bengalensis
Bengaalse oehoe
Grand-duc indien
Bengalenuhu
Búho Bengalí
Gufo reale di roccia
bufo-indiano
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