Uploads from peixxxe, tagged ave

047/365 - Corta-Água ou Talha-Mar

nobody@flickr.com (peixxxe) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:34:05 -0700

peixxxe posted a photo:

Today I took these photos of Black skimmer fishing in the beach . They have a very strange method to get food. They fly very close to the surface of the water, submerging the nozzle open in the water.

The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Skimmer

Rynchops niger, conhecido popularmente como talha-mar ou corta-água, é uma ave da família Rynchopidae, ordem Charadriiformes.

pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rynchops_niger

017/365 - O voo do Quero-quero

nobody@flickr.com (peixxxe) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:10:51 -0700

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This is a Quero-quero (in english Southern Lapwing or "Vanellus chilensis") which inhabits almost all South America.
This should have a nest in the dunes of our beach and the food to him through small animals in the beach ...

049/365 - Kung Foo Bird

nobody@flickr.com (peixxxe) — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:12:03 -0700

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This is what we might call the fighting in paradise.
A group of about 30 herons were fed in this peaceful place, all managed to enough food ... But these two guys decided to have a battle for control of territory.
The guy who is over this dispute took advantage.
Sometimes I can't understand human violence, but I understand that unfortunately is something natural =/
Although I don't like violence, this scene was very fun ^^

Talha-Mar ou Corta-Água

nobody@flickr.com (peixxxe) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:33:30 -0700

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046/365 - Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

nobody@flickr.com (peixxxe) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:17:31 -0700

peixxxe posted a photo:

I found this pair of Black-winged Stilt another day at the beach ...
I believe they form a couple, it was flying and fishing together =)
In Brazil, they are called Perna-longa (long leg), I don't need to explain the reason, right?

Informations about Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

www.mlahanas.de/Cyprus/Fauna/BlackWingedStilt.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantopus_himantopus

In portuguese:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantopus