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Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) - 237
It is a species of hornbill in the northeastern India. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss and hunting, and it has been entirely extirpated from Nepal. It is estimated that there are now less than 10,000 adults remaining. In Arunachal Pradesh, rufous-necked hornbills have been hunted by tribals for their feathers and beak.
Recent initiatives by the Wildlife Trust of India, Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department and other citizens to conserve hornbills, which also target the rufous-necked hornbill, are the Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme, and a programme for replacing the use of real beaks with fibre-made replicas.
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It is a species of hornbill in the northeastern India. Numbers have declined significantly due to habitat loss and hunting, and it has been entirely extirpated from Nepal. It is estimated that there are now less than 10,000 adults remaining. In Arunachal Pradesh, rufous-necked hornbills have been hunted by tribals for their feathers and beak.
Recent initiatives by the Wildlife Trust of India, Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department and other citizens to conserve hornbills, which also target the rufous-necked hornbill, are the Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme, and a programme for replacing the use of real beaks with fibre-made replicas.
Information Source :- WIKIPEDIA
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#EverydayLandscape +Margaret Tompkins
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#birdloversandwildlife#Animalia +Animalia
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#birds
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It's been devilishly hot here (110˚ last Friday and I don't even live in a desert ... ugh! I gave myself a heatstroke tying to save my garden). This guy looks about how I feel ... ;oD
How's the weather where you are?
Juvenile Green Heron
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It's been devilishly hot here (110˚ last Friday and I don't even live in a desert ... ugh! I gave myself a heatstroke tying to save my garden). This guy looks about how I feel ... ;oD
How's the weather where you are?
Juvenile Green Heron
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#rgwoodpost #photography #googleplusphotos
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Well Hello There, Gorgeous -- Cannon Beach, Oregon
I saw this seagull giving himself a critical - and undoubtedly approving - appraisal in the shallows of Cannon Beach one morning. He stared fixedly at the water for a few moments before trundling on along the beach. Quite a fine-looking fellow, I agree... ;)
For today's #joinindaily theme of Gulls hosted by +Johnny Wills, and #waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday: Curators +Margaret Tompkins, and #CoastalThursday +Coastal Thursday curated by +David Polzine & +Jon Kahn, and +Bird & Wildlife Photography curated by +David Hemmings, and +BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Birds4All / #Birds4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen...
I saw this seagull giving himself a critical - and undoubtedly approving - appraisal in the shallows of Cannon Beach one morning. He stared fixedly at the water for a few moments before trundling on along the beach. Quite a fine-looking fellow, I agree... ;)
For today's #joinindaily theme of Gulls hosted by +Johnny Wills, and #waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday: Curators +Margaret Tompkins, and #CoastalThursday +Coastal Thursday curated by +David Polzine & +Jon Kahn, and +Bird & Wildlife Photography curated by +David Hemmings, and +BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE curated by +Robert SKREINER, and +Birds4All / #Birds4All curated by +Walter Soestbergen...
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Priming for Saturday Night...
#HappySplatterday
For #NotATheme #SeagullButtSaturday Not curated by +Robin Griggs Wood +Ursula Klepper +Christin McLeod +Sassi Sassmannshausen +Lauri Novak +Richard Ball +Craig Szymanski +Melissa Beagle +Ellie Kennard +Cora Triton +Steve Savoie +Pam Wolfe +Jacqueline Hodsdon +Jon Cassill +Tom McGowan +Annie Irving +Diana Boyd +Debby Moran +Alex Lapidus +Lou McCorkle +Bette Kauffman +Liz C +Darion Jackman +Steven Kennard +Sharon Stone +Dawn Siadatan +Sumit Sen +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Gazzaroonii T. +John Wade +Dave Bell +Swee Oh +Leo Deegan +Nancy Battis Vita +Patrick Kelly +Marilyn Benham +Lora Lee Chapman +Giselle Savoie +Carin Bruce +David Q. Cohen +Gernot Glaeser +Maureen Roberson +Brian Grzelewski +cobalt please +Darcee McCutcheon +Annelies Jansen +Rachel Ferris +Margaret Tompkins +Jan Vermeulen and +Christi Nielsen
For #WaterBirdWednesday +Water Bird Wednesday curated by +Margaret Tompkins
#HappySplatterday
For #NotATheme #SeagullButtSaturday Not curated by +Robin Griggs Wood +Ursula Klepper +Christin McLeod +Sassi Sassmannshausen +Lauri Novak +Richard Ball +Craig Szymanski +Melissa Beagle +Ellie Kennard +Cora Triton +Steve Savoie +Pam Wolfe +Jacqueline Hodsdon +Jon Cassill +Tom McGowan +Annie Irving +Diana Boyd +Debby Moran +Alex Lapidus +Lou McCorkle +Bette Kauffman +Liz C +Darion Jackman +Steven Kennard +Sharon Stone +Dawn Siadatan +Sumit Sen +Jasbir S. Randhawa +Gazzaroonii T. +John Wade +Dave Bell +Swee Oh +Leo Deegan +Nancy Battis Vita +Patrick Kelly +Marilyn Benham +Lora Lee Chapman +Giselle Savoie +Carin Bruce +David Q. Cohen +Gernot Glaeser +Maureen Roberson +Brian Grzelewski +cobalt please +Darcee McCutcheon +Annelies Jansen +Rachel Ferris +Margaret Tompkins +Jan Vermeulen and +Christi Nielsen
For #WaterBirdWednesday +Water Bird Wednesday curated by +Margaret Tompkins
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Sarus crane (Antigone antigone) - 244
The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs. Females are smaller, growing to about 35-40kg, while the males grow bigger, up to 40-45kg
Sarus crane numbers have declined greatly in the last century and it has been suggested that the current population is a tenth or less (perhaps 2.5%) of the numbers that existed in the 1850s. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. While Indians held the species in veneration, British soldiers in colonial India hunted the bird, calling it the serious.
It is widely believed that the sarus pairs for life and that death of one partner leads to the other pining to death. They are a symbol of marital virtue and in parts of Gujarat, it is a custom to take a newly wed couple to see a pair of sarus cranes. It was noted that killing a bird would lead to its surviving partner trumpeting for many days and it was traditionally believed that the other would starve to death.
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The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs. Females are smaller, growing to about 35-40kg, while the males grow bigger, up to 40-45kg
Sarus crane numbers have declined greatly in the last century and it has been suggested that the current population is a tenth or less (perhaps 2.5%) of the numbers that existed in the 1850s. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. While Indians held the species in veneration, British soldiers in colonial India hunted the bird, calling it the serious.
It is widely believed that the sarus pairs for life and that death of one partner leads to the other pining to death. They are a symbol of marital virtue and in parts of Gujarat, it is a custom to take a newly wed couple to see a pair of sarus cranes. It was noted that killing a bird would lead to its surviving partner trumpeting for many days and it was traditionally believed that the other would starve to death.
#photomaiaindia +Photo Mania India +Walli Werner +Hans-Juergen Werner
#EverydayLandscape +Margaret Tompkins #WaterBirdWednesday +Water Bird Wednesday
#WildlifeInTheCity +WILDLIFE in the City curated by +Edith Kukla
#birdloversandwildlife#Animalia +Animalia
#birdsofindia #beautifulbeautifulbirds #beautifulbirds #birdsinfocus #birdsociety #birdsoftheworld #birdlovers
#birdphotography #birdphotographs #birds #bird #amazingbirds #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #wildphotographer #wildlife #nature #birding #birds
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#birdsgallery +Birds GALLERY +Heinrich Wagner +Susan Wilkinson
#hqspbirds +HQSP Birds +Suzi Harr +Mark Rayner +Anja Wessels +Terrie Gray
#animalia +Animalia +Adelphe BACHELET
+Birds +Bird Poker +Birds in Focus +Birds4All +Beautiful Beautiful Birds +birds
#WBTPA
+WorldBestTopPhotographerAssociation +BTP Daily Highlights the Best Photo +BTP Editors' Choice (Top Photo page) +Marina Versaci +Nancy Dempsey
#myfavpicoftheday +My Fav Pic of the Day curated by +Trudy Grossman +Victoria D #showyourbestwork +ShowYourBestWork curated by +Britta Rogge #promotephotography +Promote Photography
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Arctic Tern
we had a lot of fun watching arctic terns in Iceland. Theses birds where quite aggressive but this made it quite easy to get some good shots of them.
Best viewed large.
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#wadingbirdwednesday #waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday curated by +Ray Bilcliff , +Sherry McBriar and +Margaret Tompkins
#birdsinfocusfriday +Birds in Focus curated by +Risto Talman
#BirdPoker +Bird Poker curated by +Phil Armishaw
#birdloversworldwide +BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE curated by +Robert SKREINER
#birdsgallery +Birds GALLERY curated by +Heinrich Wagner
#birdsinfocus #birdspecieslink +Birds in Focus curated by +Risto Talman
#birds4All +Birds4All curated by +Ricky L Jones & +Walter Soestbergen
#europeanPhotography +European Photo curated by +Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz and +Susanne Ramharter
#freshPics +***** curated by +Trevor Farrell
#hqspbirds +HQSP Birds curated by +Marina Versaci and +Philippe Avenel
#pixelworld +PixelWorld curated by +Alberto Carreras
#plusphotoextract curated by +Jarek Klimek
#wholeWildlifeWeek +Whole Wildlife Week curated by +Sandy Schepis , +Dick Whitlock . +Anette Mossbacher and +Diego Cattaneo
#austrianphotographers
we had a lot of fun watching arctic terns in Iceland. Theses birds where quite aggressive but this made it quite easy to get some good shots of them.
Best viewed large.
~~~ Mentions ~~~
#wadingbirdwednesday #waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday curated by +Ray Bilcliff , +Sherry McBriar and +Margaret Tompkins
#birdsinfocusfriday +Birds in Focus curated by +Risto Talman
#BirdPoker +Bird Poker curated by +Phil Armishaw
#birdloversworldwide +BIRD Lovers & WILDLIFE curated by +Robert SKREINER
#birdsgallery +Birds GALLERY curated by +Heinrich Wagner
#birdsinfocus #birdspecieslink +Birds in Focus curated by +Risto Talman
#birds4All +Birds4All curated by +Ricky L Jones & +Walter Soestbergen
#europeanPhotography +European Photo curated by +Janusz Brakoniecki +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Michael Muraz and +Susanne Ramharter
#freshPics +***** curated by +Trevor Farrell
#hqspbirds +HQSP Birds curated by +Marina Versaci and +Philippe Avenel
#pixelworld +PixelWorld curated by +Alberto Carreras
#plusphotoextract curated by +Jarek Klimek
#wholeWildlifeWeek +Whole Wildlife Week curated by +Sandy Schepis , +Dick Whitlock . +Anette Mossbacher and +Diego Cattaneo
#austrianphotographers
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The neighborhood birds make me laugh. This one I hadn't seen before. Hope I'll catch it again in better light...
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Rybołów / Osprey
Taken from hide in Scotland
Rybołów (Pandion haliaetus)
The osprey or the western osprey
Le Balbuzard pêcheur
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#waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday: Curators +Margaret Tompkins
Taken from hide in Scotland
Rybołów (Pandion haliaetus)
The osprey or the western osprey
Le Balbuzard pêcheur
#BTPBirdPro – +BTP Bird Pro . owned by +Nancy Dempsey ,curated by +Lynn Wiezycki
#hqspbirds for +HQSP Birds
+WBTPA's FEATURED BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY by +Marina Versaci
#waterbirdwednesday +Water Bird Wednesday: Curators +Margaret Tompkins
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