#swallow tailed gull

[great-and-small]

Birds often preen one another as part of their courtship behavior. You can see the trust and affection between this pair of swallow-tailed gulls. This is my favorite type of gull! They are unique as the only species of gull that feeds exclusively at night.

[bakiegaming]

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Animated - Placeable Birds - Swallow Tailed Gulls

These gulls can normally be found in Sulani, but thanks to these two mods you can place them in other worlds too!

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[bestgullpoll]

Round 2, Side B: Match 36

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a glaucous-winged gull standing on the edge of a wooden dock. The right is a swallow-tailed gull standing on a rock. /End ID]

The glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) is a large gull found on the coasts of far eastern Russia and western North America. They typically measure 50-68 cm (20-27 in) in length and 120-150 cm (47-59 in) in wingspan. They have white underparts and head, silver-grey upperparts and wings with white spots at the tips, pink legs, and yellow bill with red spot. Where their range overlaps with the western gull in the northern continental United States, they hybridize so frequently with the western gull that the hybrids ("Olympic gulls") are more common than either species. They feed on fish, invertebrates, small mammals and birds, and carrion.

The swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) is a large gull found on the Galápagos Islands and off the coast of South America. When not breeding, they are completely pelagic. They typically measure 51-61 cm (20-24 in) in length and 124-139 cm (49-55 in) in wingspan. They have a black head, bright red eye rings, black bill with white tip, light grey upper breast, red legs, grey back and upper wings, and white forked tail. The rest of their wings are white, except for the tips which are black. They are the only fully nocturnal gull and seabird in the world, feeding on squid and small fish which come to the surface at night to feed on plankton.

glaucous-winged gull image by Dick Daniels

swallow-tailed gull image by Benjamint444

[antiqueanimals]

The Quizzer Book of Knowledge: Nature. Written and edited by George Beal. 1978.

Internet Archive

[ceruleanvulpine]

huge respect to @myxinidaes for reblogging that post with 100 birds

[dansnaturepictures]

27/09/2023-Birds of Poole Harbour Autumn Safari boat trip

Pictures taken in this set: 1. One of three Ospreys I was overjoyed to get phenomenal views of on the boat trip migrating through. A bird I adore which I always love seeing, it was exhilarating watching this one circle over the boat. It has been probably by best year for watching this one of my very favourite birds, seeing them on nine separate occasions this year across Scotland, Rutland Water, Hampshire and Dorset which is extraordinary and I am so thrilled I've had the chance to see them all and get amazing views. 2 and 3. The other main bird we hoped to see again this year today, the majestic White-tailed Eagle (with a Carrion Crow in the third picture too to show how large they are). It was a true honour to get sensational views of the two birds in the harbour, firstly standing out like grand statues on the distant shoreline before they proceeded to take to the air like jets and inspect a group of Cormorants, looking for the weakest to perhaps try to pick off. They then sat on an island allowing for more amazing views and one was sighted later on. This was a rousing and spectacular few minutes of watching nature as they paraded above the water and when still and I was pleased to get some photos. I have had an unforgettable year or so for White-tailed Eagles seeing my first of the Isle of Wight birds on a Poole Harbour boat trip last September then they were a massive part of the Scotland trip in April of course including seeing them at the place that brought them back into the UK, Mull and the White-tailed Eagle experiences in Scotland really touched and stayed with me so getting this today it's complimented it well. 4-8. Beautiful views around the vast and wild harbour on this lovely morning. 9. Great Black-backed Gull. 10. Oystercatchers on Brownsea Island's lagoon which we took in.

In another raptor fest this week we got fine views of Peregrine right away in the trip at Poole with Kestrel seen too. Another special event witnessed was streams and streams of Swallows coming through on their outward migration, a delight to see so many in the air. Other highlights of the large amount of species seen were Starling, Sand Martin, Meadow Pipits, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Spoonbill, Shag, Avocets, Redshank, another Ruff of late, Bar and Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Egyptian Geese, Pintail, Gadwalls, Wigeon, Sandwich Tern, great views of Little Grebe and Great Crested Grebe including flying which I don't often see with them and lovely Sika Deers with Cetti's Warbler and Magpie heard well. It was an inspirational morning once more not only being expertly guided by the great team at Birds of Poole Harbour to see astonishing wildlife but hearing fascinating, poignant and hopeful tales of the harbour, work to help wildlife in the area and wildlife in general. A top morning.

[hapalopus]

I love seagulls so much, time to look at seagulls

Heermann's gull (Larus heermanni)

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)

Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea)

Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)

Sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)

Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

Pacific gull (Larus pacificus)

Grey-headed gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)

Herring gull (Larus argentatus)

[moki-dokie]

rating the birds in my backyard on their tendency towards violence

@luulapants inspired me to make a bird post as well. we should talk about our local dinosaurs more! (not including the same birds from their post we also have here)

great-tailed grackle 7/10 physical violence is not how you guys operate. you wage mental warfare with a barrage of unending noises on the most annoying frequency imaginable to man. also some of you have mastered mimicry in the wild and this is simply too much power for a beast like you to wield. (similar to the common grackle but infinitely more annoying)

american kestrel 3/10 she's beauty, she's grace, she'll smack an eagle in the face. fearless and skilled little predator that delights me every time i get to see one. bit more secretive than other raptors tho.

red-tailed hawk -1/10 a majestic cry that always gets used for eagles in voiceovers, absolutely stunning, and a staple of the midwest and west but... baby ain't got a single braincell. head empty. mobbed on the regular by birds a tenth their size. i've personally watched a single sparrow harass one for 30 minutes before it gave up and ran away. can't steal shit to save its own life. scared of everything ever. they're basically horses of the birds of prey, if horses were a little less psychotic.

mallard duck 1/10 just little dudes doing their own thing. females can get a little aggro when nesting thats about it. sometimes pushy when food is involved. otherwise just chill, beautiful guys. but do me a solid, my web-footed friends? stop fucking nesting in my garden!! i don't like stressing you out when i'm tending to it!!

northern bobwhite (quail) -5000000/10 you're doing great sweetie just keep doing what you're doing. bob-bobwhite amirite

red-winged blackbird 4/10 you lot have a scare tactic technique that sparrows wish they had by just squaring up in numbers and looking fabulous while doing so. no notes.

eastern bluebird 0/10 they've literally never done anything ever wrong. perfection. little fairies but without all the deviousness. absolute cuteness. a blessing to be in ones presence.

scissor-tailed flycatcher 9/10 ahhh yes our stunning state bird. the herald of summer. the graceful acrobatic dancer. the beautiful singer. the brutal serial killer of all things insect. watching them 'hunt' is spectacular. one of the few birds that can hover. they're deadly accurate. almost exclusively capture their prey mid-air. but sometimes they'll get a bug too big to snipe on wing and do you know what they do in that case? they'll take it to their perch and beat it to death. remarkable.

carolina chickadee 4/10 don't let their round sweetness deceive you. they are full of spite and precisely zero fear. will absolutely pick on birds twenty times their size. small man syndrome.

mourning dove 0/10 hwoo hoo hoo hoo?

bald eagle, 2/10 WHAT are you doing this far south sir. we are landlocked my guy. the ocean is that way. big rivers and lakes are the other way. certainly there cannot be enough fish for you here!! surprisingly docile, for a giant raptor.

golden eagle 10/10 he'll eat your dog in front of you and then fuck your wife while maintaining eye contact with you the entire time. everything is afraid of this motherfucker.

great egret 0/10 they're chill and serenity incarnate. and their smaller cattle cousins are exactly the same. their size is the only thing intimidating about them. fuckers are HUGE

american goldfinch 3/10 food aggressive, mostly. lovely to look at. they really like to bitch up a storm tho.

california gull 90000000/10 nature's biggest asshole. we don't even have large bodies of water here. get out.

hummingbirds, all (ruby-throated pictured) 10/10 they choose violence every waking moment. god help you if you've forgotten to refill a nectar feeder. all they know is speed, feed, make things bleed.

barn swallow 9/10 Do Not Go Near The Nest. willing and able to peck you to death.

baltimore oriole 1/10 goofy guys with a great sense of fashion and one of the prettiest songs. they're just here to flirt and have a good time

greater roadrunner 3/10 i love our mini velociraptors so much i dare not speak ill of them. also one of the few birds that fuck outside of the need to reproduce. hell yeah my dudes get it on you freaky little dinos.

northern mockingbird 5/10 i think these guys are on par with how the europeans feel about magpies. they don't really steal shit, but they will, like grackles, commit psychological warfare by being the most annoying little shit possible. and sometimes they're bold enough to chase you. their hatred of cats outweighs their sense of self-preservation, too. they will get into a metaphorical fist fight with a cat. and win, usually.

eastern meadowlark 6/10 i know our prairies are awfully tempting to go frolicking in but unless you crave an unusual death that involves being relentlessly shrieked at with drive-by stabbings, i wouldn't recommend it. these guys are lurking in the tall grass, just waiting to fuck up your day.

black vulture 1/10 slightly smaller than their red-faced cousin, way more common here, and so so chill. they're all bark and no bite, unless you're roadkill. is one in the road blocking you from passing because he's chowing down on a dead opossum? go around, bitch. you are not important enough for him to get out of the way.

wild turkey 11/10 (males) female turkeys are pretty cool. they can be a bit Extra but generally they just want to eat. males, however. males would love nothing more but to beat you to death and then take a shit on your corpse. persistent. unyielding. once you have become a target your only hope is getting in a car and quickly driving away. if they don't beat the shit out of your car first, that is.

desert cardinal 2/10 these guys are great. they're not even supposed to be here. i always mistake them for female cardinals at first. about the same temperament as normal cardinals. they're weird but everyone seems to be okay with them.

great horned owl 8/10 so, so stupid and yet so spiteful. not a great combo. so ironic owls are the posterchild of wise when they're perhaps one of the dumbest birds of prey. its a wonder they haven't stupided their way into extinction. only thing this idiot has going for it is being so photogenic and has the most creepy mood-setting song ever.

[magnetothemagnificent]

I am on Spring break so I finally get to focus on birding again! Today's birds:

Little blue heron

Black vulture

Great egret

Sandhill crane

Mourning dove

Cattle egret

Great blue heron

Anhinga

Double crested cormorant

Red winged Blackbird

Limpkin

Wood stork

White ibis

Muskovy duck

Boat-tailed grackle

American crow

American coot

Common gallinule

Common grackle

Glossy ibis

Palm warbler

Common grackle

Osprey

American purple gallinule

Wood duck

Red shouldered hawk

Pied billed grebe

Royal tern

Eastern Phoebe

Roseate spoonbill

Black-bellied Whistling duck

Tricolor heron

Northern harrier

Yellow rumped warbler

Tree swallow

Swallow tailed kite

Ring billed gull

Turkey vulture

Little blue heron

Mallard

White pelican

Red eyed vireo

Mulard

Pekin x Mallard Hybrid (there was this fascinating flock of ducks consisting of mallards, feral pekins, muskovy ducks, mulards (muskovy x mallard hybrid), and Pekin/mallard hybrids)

Feral American pekin

[kyoodledoodle]

Here’s another poll too with even more options!!

[juustozzi]

Your winged people AU is so cool, and the concept of anyone having certain bird's wings sounds kinda cute; and tbh I just love whenever Tenma is associated with birds or wings in general, it fits him a lot n.n

I saw you made Kirino and Shindou as winged people too, and was wondering what birds you think would fit the other members of Raimon, out of curiosity

hello, thank you so much!! shoutout to the person who dropped the first ask about Tenma with wings that caused this to snowball, haha!

this au has separated into two in my head; the one where the plot-ish drawings are set in, where only people with bird association have wings, and then there's the side where picking and designing wings is fun and anyone could have a pair! but the line is blurry because this is all just for the funsies c:

here's my personal favourite picks - oriental stork and malabar parakeet! some characters were harder to find a match for, and please share if you have opinions about these or your own ideas! full team list under cut 👇 (also let me know if you want me to draw someone else from the list!)

Sangoku: oriental stork

Kurumada: greater roadrunner

Amagi: shoebill

Shinsuke: tree swallow

Hamano: black-headed gull

Hayami: manx shearwater

Kurama: jackdaw

Aoyama: eurasian coot

Ichino: piping plover

Nishiki: great blue heron

Kariya: malabar parakeet

Hikaru: little blue penguin

Tsurugi: taiwan blue magpie

and the ones I've done before:

Tenma: bar-tailed godwit

Shindou: peacock

Kirino: anna's hummingbird

[bakiegaming]

🏖️🌊🌴 New Video: Common Seagull + Swallow Tailed Gull

Finally a new video, but from my two latest released mods which were released already a while ago:

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[bestgullpoll]

Round 3: Match 45

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a swallow-tailed gull standing on a rock. The right is a Ross's gull standing on snow. /End ID]

The swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) is a large gull found on the Galápagos Islands and off the coast of South America. When not breeding, they are completely pelagic. They typically measure 51-61 cm (20-24 in) in length and 124-139 cm (49-55 in) in wingspan. They have a black head, bright red eye rings, black bill with white tip, light grey upper breast, red legs, grey back and upper wings, and white forked tail. The rest of their wings are white, except for the tips which are black. They are the only fully nocturnal gull and seabird in the world, feeding on squid and small fish which come to the surface at night to feed on plankton.

The Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) is a small gull found in the high Arctic of northern North America, northeastern Siberia, and the Bering Sea. They typically measure 29-31 cm (11-12 in) in length and 90-100 cm (35-39 in) in length. They have a white head, black neck ring, white underparts with a pink flush, light grey upperparts and wings, red legs, and small black bill. They have a distinctive wedge-shaped white tail. They feed on small fish, crustaceans, and insects. They also eat biofilm, the mixture of plankton, microbes, and detritus that washes up on beaches and intertidal areas.

swallow-tailed gull image by Sue Cantan

Ross's gull image by Sergey Volkov

[blauesonnenblume]

i'm reading articles on seabirds all day long, so every time i encounter a new one i google it (e.g. so i can have its scientific name among other things) and i stumble upon the most beautiful creatures on earth every hour

(this is the swallow-tailed gull, endemic to the Galapagos, also the only nocturnal gull in the world!)

[anonsally]

Day 2 in Chile: Birding along the central coast

After a decent night's sleep, we got up early this morning for our birding tour. The guide and a driver picked us up at 8am and we had an epic day of birding! It was cold but mostly sunny, so not as cold as yesterday except when it was very windy. The guide told us that this is one of the best times of year to visit Chile, bird-wise, because a lot of birds that breed further south migrate here in the winter... as do a lot of birds who breed further north!

We did spend a lot of the day in the car in between birding, but that was fine actually as it gave Wife (who is an introvert) a break from interacting and it also meant less time in the sun and wind. And we saw lots of birds, nearly all of which were new for me.

The guide hasn't shared the eBird list with me yet so I'm sure I won't remember everything, but here's what I remember (not chronologically, and I've tried to put my favorites near the top, but not really in order and they were all exciting in one way or another):

Humboldt penguins! We were pretty lucky; I think there were about 30 of them hanging out on a small island preserve very close to the beach.

Inca terns. These were very beautiful and unusual-looking terns, dark grey with long white whiskers and red beaks, with a yellow spot at the base, and red feet.

Grey gulls starting to get their breeding plumage. I thought these were very cute, elegant gulls.

A giant hummingbird. Which... is not an exaggeration. It was enormous. Too big to hover. But clearly hummingbird shaped. Totally incongruous!

Tufted tit-tyrant. (The Tufted Tit-Tyrants is my new band.) Probably one of the cutest birds I've ever seen.

Peruvian boobies

Peruvian pelicans--not too different from the brown pelicans we see at home, but larger.

Three kinds of cormorant: Most were neotropic cormorants, but we also saw a couple of guanay cormorants, and several of the very beautiful red-legged cormorant.

Southern lapwings. Kind of a patchwork pattern of coloration.

Two rufous-chested dotterels, one of which was getting its breeding plumage.

Three kinds of cinclodes: gray-flanked (which breed in the Andes but winter on rocky beaches), seaside (larger), and (I think?) buff-winged.

Two kinds of oystercatchers: blackish and American (I don't think I'd seen the American kind before; the ones in California are black oystercatchers).

Yellow-billed pintails

Yellow-billed teals

Diuca finches

Lake duck (similar to a ruddy duck)

Rufous-collared sparrows (apparently more common than house sparrows in Chile, and infinitely cuter!)

Coscoroba swans, which looked less mean and more friendly than our usual swans

red-gartered coots

Great shrike-tyrants

Long-tailed meadowlark. Startlingly red face and front.

Chimango caracaras, which were the raptors I'd seen on the way from the airport. Apparently there are no corvids here, but these fill that ecological niche. We saw two of them eating a dead meadowlark.

Dusky tapaculo. The guide made limited use of playback in the one foresty stop. This bird is very shy but we did manage to get a decent view of it.

Variable hawk.

Harris's hawk

Great grebes

White-tufted grebes

Brown-hooded gulls

Chilean mockingbirds

Two kinds of swallows: blue-and-white and Chilean

Chiloe wigeons

black vultures

a rufous-tailed plantcutter

Austral thrushes

Austral blackbirds

We also saw sea lions and a couple of otters!

We had them drop us off at a restaurant in Viña Del Mar, which saved them some driving and meant we could try a restaurant we were interested in. We drank Pisco sours (a great cocktail!) and--as usual--ordered too much food. Then we managed to get a bus back to Valparaíso and had a steep walk back up to the hotel, as the funiculars don't run late.

[dansnaturepictures]

24th September 2024: A surprise Tree Pipit one of the greatest bird species I've ever seen at my local country park, autumn leaf on the ground, Cormorant a great bird to see too, mushroom and view including sky at Lakeside Country Park and Collared Dove in the garden.

In the midst of migration movement I saw a unique and brilliant list of birds on my lunch time and evening walks at Lakeside which was brilliant with Stonechats, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker heard, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch and Sparrowhawk both at Lakeside and visiting the garden again at home also standing out. Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Herring Gull, red clover, white clover, red valerian, common mallow, yarrow, wild carrot, dock, red bartsia, bird's-foot trefoil, mossy rose gall and cranefly were other highlights today.