Birds

Both Skellig Islands are breeding grounds for a wide range of sea birds, such as Puffins, Razorbills and Guillemots.

The island is home to thousands of birds. During nesting time in late spring early/summer the air is filled with the raucous calls of the gulls. The puffins can easily be seen plodding their way across the heather to their underground homes.

The Little Skellig lies a little closer to the mainland, and is clearly seen from Skellig Michael. On a clear day in early summer, from Skellig Michael you can see the thousands of sea birds circling and diving.

Little Skellig is home to thousands of Gannets, apparently, exactly 22,000 on the last count. It is the biggest Gannet breeding colony in Northern Europe.

The Ospreys nest on signage out in the Bay.

The term raven originally referred to the common raven, the type species of the genus Corvus, which has a larger distribution than any other species of Corvus, ranging over much of the Northern Hemisphere.

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets (Morus), which were formerly included in Sula. Boobies hunt fish by diving from a height into the sea and pursuing their prey underwater. Facial air sacs under their skin cushion the impact with the water. Boobies are colonial breeders on islands and coasts. They normally lay one or more chalky-blue eggs on the ground or sometimes in a tree nest.

The Fregatidae are a sister group to Suloidea which consists of cormorants, darters, gannets, and boobies. They are able to soar for weeks on wind currents, frigatebirds spend most of the day in flight hunting for food, and roost on trees or cliffs at night. Their main prey are fish and squid, caught when chased to the water surface by large predators such as tuna.

The Pier jutting out into the Pacific Ocean attracts Pelicans and other Birds. Some are interested in a free meal.

Newport Beach and Harbour is an affluent beach town south of Huntington in Orange County. The pier at Newport is over 300 meters long and is longer than the pier a little further south at Balboa.

The original wharf was built around 1905 and served as an unloading pier and connecting point to the rail road which serve southern California.

Today the pier is a place of leisure, popular with anglers, diners and those just out for a pleasant sea side walk.

These Pelicans were seen on Chokoloskee Island in the Everglades, USA. The video shows the general habitat and also a woodpecker.

As seen on the shore of Lough Gummeenduff, Black Valley, Co. Kerry Ireland.

Seen on Lough Brin, Co. Kerry Ireland

Flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.

Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and blue-green algae as well as larva, small insects, mollusks and crustaceans making them omnivores. Their bills are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they eat, and are uniquely used upside-down. The filtering of food items is assisted by hairy structures called lamellae, which line the mandibles, and the large, rough-surfaced tongue. The pink or reddish color of flamingos comes from carotenoids in their diet of animal and plant plankton.

This Woodpecker was seen on Chokoloskee Island in the Everglades, USA. The video shows the general habitat and also Pelicans.