BOTD: Crested Caracara

Photo: Manjith Kainickara

"Related to the typical falcons, but very different in shape and habits. The Crested Caracara is a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion. Aggressive, it may chase vultures away from road kills. Widespread in the American tropics, it enters our area only near the Mexican border and in Florida. 'Caracara' comes from a South American Indian name, based on the bird's call."

- Audubon Field Guide

Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Trinidad

photographs by Dustin Chen

[2085/11056] Caribbean dove - Leptotila jamaicensis

Order: Columbiformes (pigeons and doves) Family: Columbidae

Photo credit: Shailesh Pinto via Macaulay Library

Hummingbird in flight, Martinique

for an example of said photography: flamingos

side note, why don't more people draw sauropods doing the Flamingo Thing with their heads

Elizabeth:

Democratically elected King of All Pirates

Drake:

He's sooo blorbo. Fuckin cringe ass fail loser with an ego so big it regularly costs him the victory but also brave, determined and the BEST father in literally all of Disney canon, *especially* the Disney duck universe (I say as someone who's read many of the comics, it's a lot better in the Ducktales reboot). I can't find it now but at one point years ago I was on a wiki page about him and they listed like ten different personality traits and only like one of them was good lmao.

That man is a father and a superhero at the same time!!! he would do anything to protect his daughter!!!!!!!!! hes also has the ego the size of a small planet i love him!!!!!!! hes such a good dad!!!!!

November 9, 2023 - Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris) Found in parts of Colombia and Venezuela, these ovenbirds live in open habitats, often near water. They eat arthropods and other invertebrates, picking food from the ground, usually foraging alone or in pairs. Though relatively little is known about their breeding habits despite how common they are, they build oven-shaped mud nests on tree branches where females lay clutches of two eggs.

Next up! I’m very excited to finally be in the headspace for this one.

A breeding colony of Caribbean, or American, flamingos, in Ría Lagartos biosphere reserve, on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.

Photo by Claudio Contreras Koob

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

For #InternationalFlamingoDay #FlamingoFriday 🦩:

Jessie Arms Botke (American, 1883-1971)

Flamingos, c. 1930

Woodcut in colors on Japan paper, 22 1/4 x 17 1/8in (54 x 43.5cm)

🆔 American/Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

BOTD: Bare-legged Owl

Photo: Miguel Ernesto Suárez Blancart

"A charming owl with large dark eyes, bushy white or buff eyebrows, and a buffy mustache. At night hunts woodlands or open areas with large trees; during the day roosts in tree cavities or caves. Its song is a distinctive accelerating soft 'hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo…' that has a 'bouncing ball' rhythm; occasionally gives a screech."

- eBird

Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Martinique

photograph by Vincent Peixoto

[2087/11056] Caribbean hornero - Furnarius longirostris

Note: Clements considers this species to be a subspecies of the pale-legged hornero, F. leucopus.

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Furnariidae

Photo credit: Josep del Hoyo via Macaulay Library

St. Lucia parrot (Amazona versicolor), Asanio, St. Lucia

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Photo by Claudio Contreras

He brings me genuine joy in sad moments.. like Tux. My son. You're LITERALLY the only one who get me and won't judge me and will love me no matter what 🫶🫶