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This Blog Site is about the Photograpy of Birds that I've taken over the years from my travels.

There are over 350 different bird listed  here with photos and informative desciption of each one.

As this is a NEW blog, it is a work in progress

As a bird photographer hobbyist since 2005 I have collected many fascinating photos of several species. When on any trips away from home I would carry my camera at all times as not to miss that golden opportunity to capture a rare delight in the bird kingdom. I have put together a list to share with the world of my love of bird photography from the wild and aviaries from where ever I go. Along with the photos I have studied details about the species and noted it in my pages so you can have a better understanding and knowledge of these wonders of the air.

On the (INFO page) you will see every bird I have photographed and which tab to find them in

On the (Locations page) you will find a list of Aviaries & Zoos that I have visited and what birds I photographed there. There is a  alphabetically list of all the birds and list of the birds I found in the wild from each location i visited

On the (Bird pages) you will see the different spieces listed and the places I have taken the photos of them.

Guira Cuckoo

Guira Cuckoo

Guira guira

Photographed at 

Discovery Cove, Florida  Mar 2016

A scruffy looking bird, the Brazil Guira Cuckoo has a rufous crest and orange-yellow bill and eye. They are found in open, scrubby areas in southern South America and are one of the species that actually benefits from deforestation.

They will often roost in groups and huddle together for warmth on cold nights. They not only roost in groups but also feed in groups on the ground eating insects, frogs, eggs, etc.

They even nest in groups. Several females will lay eggs in the same communal nest where there might be 10 eggs. Despite carrying the cuckoo name, they are rarely recorded as using another species nest.

Return to Coukoos

Smoth-Billed Ani

Smooth billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Photographed in the wild, 

St Thomas USVI   Mar 2015

Dominican Rep     Sep 2016

The smooth-billed is part of the cuckoo family and larger on average than the groove-billed Ani. This Ani is found in open and semi-open country and areas under cultivation. The nest, built communally by several pairs, is a deep cup lined with leaves and placed usually 6.6–19.7 feet high in a tree. Many females lay their chalky blue eggs in the nest and then share incubation and feeding. Each female is capable of laying up to seven eggs, and nests have been found containing up to 29 eggs, but it is rare for more than ten to hatch.

The adult is mainly flat black, with a long tail, deep ridged black bill and a brown iris. The flight is weak and wobbly, but the bird runs well and usually feeds on the ground.

This is a very gregarious species, always found in noisy groups. The smooth-billed Ani feeds on termites, large insects and even lizards and frogs. They will occasionally remove ticks and other parasites from grazing Animals.

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Crested Coua

Chaco Chachalaca

Cuckoo

Guira Cuckoo           Smoth-Billed Ani

Although cuckoo spends almost nine months in Africa, it never sings while there. Cuckoos do not build their own nests, because the female cuckoo uses nests of other birds to lay her own eggs. More than 120 species of birds can be tricked to raise young cuckoos as their own chicks, but 90% of cuckoo's eggs are laid in the nests of reed warbler, meadow pipit and dunnock birds.

Female cuckoo lays one egg in each nest. She usually lays between 12 and 22 eggs per season (in 12 to 22 different nests).Timing of the hatching is very important and female cuckoo closely observes routine and behavior of other birds.

Cuckoo's eggs need to hatch before other eggs so that the young cuckoos gain advantage over other chicks and ensure enough food for development.Young cuckoos are very aggressive toward other chicks in the nest and they will often remove them from the nest as soon as they hatch. When they are several weeks old, young cuckoos are ready to fly to Africa along with their parents.

Back Caped Chickadee

Back Caped Chickadee

 (Poecileatricapilla)

Photographed in the wild

Gravenhurst ON, Canada      Dec 2006

 Etobicoke, ON, Canada        Apr 2009

Named for its distinct “Chick-a- Dee-Dee-Dee” trademark call and defined black cap. Their call is to keep in touch with others in their flock. The under part is a light golden colour.

Very common to back yard feeders and have been known to eat out of patient hands with sunflower seeds. Enjoys suit blocks mixed with seeds in the winter months

The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items for later recovery. Each item is placed in a different spot and a bird can remember thousands of hiding places.