deviantbirds:

Buzzing by ~rieke-b

nouveaufindesiecle:

repeating pattern with squirrels

(via chasingthegreenfaerie)

Parakeets and Gold Fish Bowl (by richardr)

Louis Comfort Tiffany’s A View of Oyster Bay by chaostrophy on Flickr.

muirgilsdream:

Thistle, Anton Seder.

(via mukilteocasualtie)

spidercamp:

紅椒驅映 (by John&Fish 新書發表中)

(via velocicrafter)

venusmilk:

Birds of Paradise, Russian copperplate 1879

(via scientificillustration)

paganborn:

spirits by *Zipferlake

(via arbordaydreams)

(Source: protopunk, via justinmarclloyd)

ginandjack:

photo by dan allison

(Source: fairy-wren)

looks like the Niagara Gorge to me :)

(am I right?)

(via tarantule)

animalworld:

HILDEBRANDT’S STARLING
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Tanzania, Africa
©Noel Feans

Hildebrandt’s Starling is colorful bird found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its habitat is open woodland and thornbrush country. The adult has bright iridescent plumage on its upper body. This iridescence is derived from the interference of reflected light from regimented microscopic feather structures and not from pigments.

The head is blue as are most of the upperparts, the wings are bronze-green with blue primaries, the throat and upper breast are glossy purple, and the tail is glossy blue-green. The middle breast and upper belly are orange-buff and the lower belly is rufous. The iris is orange-red, and the bill and legs are black. Male and female adults are identical in external appearance.

The diet of Hildebrandt’s Starling is a combination of insects and fruit, with insects apparently being the more important constituent. It has been observed feeding on beetles and grasshoppers, as well as hawking for flying termites. Seeds from fruit have also been found in the stomachs of some birds. It usually feeds on the ground, in pairs and small flocks, and will readily follow large mammals and catch prey flushed by their movement. It also joins mixed flocks of other starlings. Source

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Srilankan Blue Magpie

(via dendroica)

jewelweed:

Red Eft stage of the Eastern Newt.

observed 5/6/12 in Harriman State Park, Tuxedo NY

(via environmint)

Rainbow Falls at Watkins (Explored) by MDanielsonPhoto on Flickr.