Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Chunky dark brown raptor with a white belly marked by thin bars. Immatures are brown when perched, and show rufous patches in the underwing in flight. Found in savanna habitats. Soars frequently and sometimes hovers. Very similar to Short-toed Snake-Eagle, but has darker upperparts and narrower dark bars on the belly; the front of the underwings looks white and unbarred in flight. Immature similar to immature Black-breasted and Short-toed Snake-Eagles, but identified by the rufous patches on the underwings.

Link: https://ebird.org/species/beasne1
Photo Location: Uganda

Bird of the Day - Takahē, New Zealand 2014
Chunky dinosaur

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Cranes in Silhouette. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Sandhill cranes in flight, silhouetted against the sky and sunrise clouds.

Sandhill cranes seem to be among the more wary birds in the locations where I usually do my bird photography this time of year. On occasion, geese will not be uncomfortable within a few dozen feet of humans, especially later in...

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eBird highlight photo:
Vermilion Flycatcher (*Pyrocephalus rubinus*) at Las Cienegas NCA, Arizona, back in September 2016. A memorable moment from a wonderful birding vacation based out of a cabin up on Madera Canyon.

Need to get back there some year, though maybe trek out to some of the more remote, less-trafficked regions.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S31804920

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Vulturine Guineafowl - these are found in Africa. I saw thus one wondering around at a wildlife park in Burford, UK

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White-whiskered laughingthrush, taken this morning at Dasyueshan National Forest park, Taiwan. Great bird!

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There's a map going around that shows counts of venomous species by country. In addition to being interesting to look at, it highlights the problems that arise when you use political boundaries for geospatial data. Country size and range obscures biogeographical pattern. We see this with Russia, but the silliest example is the coloration of Alaska.

Just something worth keeping in mind when thinking about geographic data.

https://brilliantmaps.com/venomous-animals/