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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Thu 26 Feb, 2009 10:05 pm
This was taken in Costa Rica. Does anyone know what kind of bird they are?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/imposter222/FEB06GuatemalatoCostaRicap423422.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 03:11 am
c.i., I checked this out on a site for birds of Costa Rica. They're motmots.
Dutchy
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 03:22 am
@Roberta,
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7362/rainbowparakeet.jpg
The colourful Rainbow Parakeet frequenting the Gum Trees next door presently.
Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 03:43 am
@Dutchy,
Dutchy, I'm green with envy that you've got these glorious boids right next door. Sigh.
Dutchy
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 03:51 am
@Roberta,
They seem to be wanderers, only turn up at certain times of the year, mainly when the Gum trees flower or dropping their nuts.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 10:38 am
@Roberta,
Thank you; motmots heh? Their tails are so unusual, I took a whole bunch of picture of those birds.
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Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 10:41 am
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8972/barreleye1350.jpg

The Pacific Barreleye fish has a transparent forehead that it looks right through. It's eyes rotate and move independently of each other, and the fish lives off of microbes it steals from jellyfish tendrils.

The bumps in front aren't eyes, they are noses. The eyes are the black and green things in the middle of the head.

Cycloptichorn
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 12:34 pm
@Cycloptichorn,
Amazing!
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jespah
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 01:18 pm
That seems unreal.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 02:56 pm
I read the story about it and saw a video. It still seems unreal. Here's the link:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/photogalleries/fish-transparent-head-barreleye-picture/
ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 27 Feb, 2009 08:07 pm
@Roberta,
more mundane..

http://imgs.sfgate.com/n/pictures/2009/02/27/squirrel1.jpg
The post-hibernation pig-out: A ground squirrel in Berlin wakes up from its winter hibernation and immediately begins chowing down.
Day In Pictures Archive



from SF Gates Day in Pictures
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 28 Feb, 2009 04:27 pm
Not so mundane, osso. I did a bit of research. Ground squirrels hibernate. Tree squirrels don't. They stay up all winter and find the nuts the ground squirrels buried.

When I was looking up motmots for c.i., I found some amazing birds from Costa Rica. Here's a jacana:

http://www.angelfire.com/bc/gonebirding/images/northern_jacana_2_B.JPG
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 1 Mar, 2009 03:20 pm
Emperor tamarin:

http://lumq.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/emperor_tamarin_2.jpg
Izzie
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 12:41 pm
@Roberta,
today...

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC06676.jpg


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07023.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC06945.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC06902.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC06972.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07033.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07034.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07036.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07148.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07152.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07162.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07145.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07140.jpg

Spring is here bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk41/LzzieIzzie/DSC07169.jpg




(trying to make a squirrel youtube vid - way too many pics to post of the cheeky chappie!)
Izzie
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 02:21 pm
@Izzie,
here he is - clever little fella!

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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 05:14 pm
Hey Izzie, Great boid pics. And I love dem squirrels. Thanks for the collection--and the musical accompaniment.
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 05:21 pm
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/workingparents/blog/archives/penguin.jpg

so cold here i expect to see these guys at the feeders in the morning
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 05:23 pm
http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%203/Red-Fox-Road..jpg

red fox out for a stroll
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 05:29 pm
http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%202/050612-100..jpg

grizzly bear cubs pretending to be ninjas
ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 2 Mar, 2009 11:06 pm
@djjd62,
Some huskies would rather NOT mush, thank you: A reluctant pupil digs his heels in during sled-dog training in Chulkovo, Russia.

http://imgs.sfgate.com/n/pictures/2009/03/02/husky1.jpg
via SFGate
 

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