There are lots of birdies in the southern hemisphere! They can fly where humans (and boats) flounder.
This osprey was the furthest north of all the birds pictured here. Ospreys are the most widely distributed bird in the world after peregrine falcons, and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. This guy was in Peru.
Magellanic Oystercatchers live on the tip of South America in Argentina, Chile, and The Falkland, Sandwich, and South Georgia Islands.
Peruvian Pelican’s are a near threatened species and are twice the size of their Brown Pelican cousins.
They can be found off the coasts of northern and southern Chile and Argentina. Standing next to them, they reached my shoulder!
These Brown Pelicans live as far south as the northern coast of Chile, which is where their territories overlap with Peruvian Pelicans whose distribution continues to the south.
This juvenile Black Crowned Night Heron,
was busy catching and swallowing a snake!
Cheers to you from the incredible birds of the southern hemisphere, and stay tuned for more, even further south~
I have a photo of an osprey visiting our pond/lake in Michigan – a little blurry but quite impressive!
Yes, they are fluffy & pretty looking, from a distance, but this belies what precision predators they really are!
This is fantastic again! You are the Queen of photos! Only you can top yourself! 😍
Awwww, humbled & so grateful for your kindness! ❤
You`re worth of it. 😘
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You never cease to amaze me. Wonderful photographs. So very beautiful. Thank you.
Hugs to you sweet friend and gratitude for your thoughtfulness ❤ ❤
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Love the look of the Peruvian Pelicans. ❤ So much character in their faces. Happy that you mentioned how huge they are by comparing their height to a human.
It is often impossible to perceive size and perspective in photos of wild creatures, because there are no visuals around to reference them to, so sometimes I have to use words. So glad you understood! 💜
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Great pics, Cindy. Those Peruvian Pelicans are certainly more colourful than their Australian cousins.
Australian Pelis are so gorgeous, but it is true, these guys win the best in colors! 🌈
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Wow, amazing pictures of these birds!
I am so happy you enjoyed & hope all is going well with you!
Cindy, terrific portraits.
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you Sally!
Cindy, Once again, you have given us beautiful photographs!
Reblogged this on charles french words reading and writing and commented:
Here are more beautiful photographs from Cindy Knoke!
The 🐦🐦🐦, the 🌎, and my blogger’s 💚, are thankful for friends like you Charles!
I am honored and humbled by your kind words.
Beautiful close ups, Cindy!
Very pleased you enjoyed & thanks for letting me know!
Gorgeous…and made even more so because they live where they belong and not in a zoo. 🙂
Yes. There is nothing I can add to this statement. You know. I am very grateful for people like you. 💚💚
beste Grüße aus dem Norden unserer Heimat von mir für dich, Klaus
Viele Grüße und Segenswünsche aus dem Wilden Westen! ❤
Winter-Frühling, was denn nun, Klaus
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Wonderful photos of amazing birds. I especially love the osprey.
Thank you & they are gorgeous creatures aren’t they!
Bonjour ou Bonsoir mes amies , amis (CINDY)
J’aime venir parfumer ton joli blog
Avec un parfum qui vient du cœur
Mon plus beau parfum de l’amitié
Pour embellir notre vie
Rien de tel que des amies et amis
Ce parfum qui fait mon bonheur
Je te l’offre avec mon coeur
En te souhaitant une excellente journée ou soirée
Avec un champ de Roses parfumés
Gros Bisous
Bernard
Merci beaucoup mon ami Bernard!
Beautiful birds! Thank you, Cindy for letting us enjoy these gorgeous bird photos that you took during your sea trip. So glad you are back. 💖
Thank you Amy. I have been very much enjoying your photos and traveling along with you too!
💞as always.
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Wonderful close-ups! My daughter and I are working with a bird theme right now, I’m going to show her these photos. We picked up a new book about parrots today, that we are reading. I’m learning a lot! Thank you for a beautiful post/
Parrots are so smart and so amazing. I hope your daughter loves them! 💚
She is very fascinated by them. We recently discovered a Parrot House near where we live, and we made a visit a couple weeks ago. it was a fantastic experience for her.
I became fascinated by parrots when I was a child. And look at me now! I hope her interest remains. It will bring her lots of joy. 💜
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Great pics. The birds all look huge.
And theres something about abandoned boats (or at least boats at low tide) that make a great picture.
Yes. They are fascinating. What is their story? Why are they abandoned? Where have they sailed? Who owned them? They bring up endless curiosity in me. It is especially amazing when you see one adrift mid-ocean, which I have seen twice. Once the ship I was on boarded the ship in the middle of the night.
Many stories, many secrets.
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Hi Cindy– What a variety of creatures! Love the pelicans!! Such original birds! Ogden Nash!! xo
Such a classic:
“A wonderful bird is the pelican.
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak.
Food enough for a week.
But I’m damned if I see how the helican.”
Wow, that’s a lot of birds! Yet, I’ll have more, please.
TY for all the beautiful birds, Cindy! We all fly with them.
Yes we do fly with then, at least in our imaginations! 🕊️🕊️
Hi. Birds have beautifully coloured skin around the eyes. The last photo is beautifully captured.🙂
Thank you! Birds eyes are amazing. They have such acute vision and such penetrating stares.
wow! It’s a celebration. 🙂
It’s a bird rave!!! 🐦🐦🐦
🙂 Sure that!
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Beautiful birds!!!! Hugz Lisa
Hugs back to you & Lucy ❤
Winter-Frühling, was denn nun? Klaus
Es ist definitiv Winter-Frühling! Ein bisschen von beidem.
Incredible photos, Cindy! The birds look like I could touch them, and that boat photo made me laugh…oops! 🤣
Maybe the boat is just retired……like us!!! 😉
Those are really colorful pelicans, Cindy. And the first shot of those massed birds. Wow.
I saw groupings like this over and over, and what made them unusual to me was there were multiple species in the group. Sometimes a rare bird parked somewhere in the middle!
Are they year around or migrants, Cindy?
Most are year round.
Cindy, your wildlife photos are every bit as good as watching National Geographic — I always learn something, and this post is no exception. Thank you for showing me things I might never see for myself!
Awww, you make me so happy that I posted because you enjoyed the birdies! I am so blessed with the best blogging buddies! Hugs to you sweet Debbie.
The oystercatcher looks like two different birds stuck together! I need to figure out how to do birdwatching. Not a lot of choice round me.
If you cook, I’ll take you birdwatching!!!!
Sounds like a deal to me! 🙂
whats your life bird count Cindy?
Oh my God, I have no idea at all! Lots and lots and lots. Do you know yours?
I am not a birder,or at least do not mark down the birds I see.
I think you can be a birder without keeping count.
I’m more a naturalist.I love all animals.
Yep. Which is why you actually like me. We both know the wild world is the only and best world.
den Rest vom Winter schaffen wir auch noch, Klaus
Wir können! Es wird bald warm sein.
Your photography is out of the world, Cindy. 🙂
You are a sweetheart Ally. Thank you & happy weekend!
It’s always a pleasure, Cindy. Have a great week. Lots of love xxx
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I adore the first one Cindy! I love that scene!
I do too. I loved it so much. The mass of birds telling us they can fly and we can’t. Good for them and love to you~
That is a great way to look at it!❤️❤️
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I love the ordinary old brown pelicans that hang out in LA but those Peruvian guys are spectacular!
Every pelican is so peculiarly wonderful, but finding these Peruvian big guys who stood right next to me, and are almost endangered, like our SoCal ones, who were almost extinct, was pretty wonderful.
All this makes me love birds even more, somehow they can fly away, and seem to evade us, even at the brink of extinction.
Beautiful images, as usual Cindy!
Ahhh, love to you.
ich wünsche dir ein angenehmes Wochenende in warmer Umgebung, Klaus
Besten Wünschen für Sie mein lieber Freund Klaus!
schönen Sonntag und guten Start in die neue Woche, Klaus
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Absolutely gorgeous images..cheers ..
Thanks so much & cheers back to you!
mach wieder die Heizung an oder erwärme dich auf andere Art, Klaus
Wir haben Brände! Bleib warm mein Freund ~
Beaitiful
Muchas gracias mi amiga!
Among the amazing things that you photograph, swallowing a snake ranks pretty high!
Thank you! I only got the tail end though!!!! Poor snake 🐍
A pelican that can reach your shoulder!? That’s a big pelican. 😀 Great photos, Cindy.
Yes indeed. Also mellow, smart and beautiful, which seems often the case with big creatures~
What amazing creatures, Cindy! I can only imagine how many pictures you took on your last trip!! 🙂 Now I’m wondering where you’re going next….
Next up The Cook islands which should be interesting. So pleased you enjoyed the birdies and cheers to you Patti ❤
You too, Cindy!!
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Wonderful photos, Cindy. Enviable, in fact. Esp the Osprey! RH
Ahh, thank you! Ospreys are such handsome birds.
If I was a fish (or a snake) those beaks would strike terror into me, not that fish feel terror in the way that we do, but still… those beaks, especially the pelicans’, must be capable of holding several fish at once.
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the helican.
Ogden Nash ❤ ❤
Wonderful 🙂
Hugs to you Sarah~
I love birds and you capture them beautifully!
Well I love your beautiful poetry, so that makes us even Wendell, and thank you sincerely.
Smashing Cindy. You do keep the best company!
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