The World
Great Videos and Photos of the Best Places and Things to see in Birds The World. For the independent traveller who is interested in seeing places while planning their next trip. Or for anyone who likes to be close to nature and see the quieter parts of the country or city
Birds
A collection of Birds and Animals, though maybe not so fierce though they live in the wild.
Gannet and Boobies
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. " Morus is derived from Ancient Greek moros, foolish, due to the lack of fear shown by breeding gannets and boobies allowing them to be easily killed.
Blue Footed Booby Pair
Gannet and Boobies
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.
Magnificent Frigatebird
Gannet and Boobies
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.
Herons Egrets and Cranes
The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.
Heron
Herons Egrets and Cranes
Game Birds
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey, grouse, chicken, New World quail and Old World quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, junglefowl and the Cracidae.
Pheasant
Game Birds
Geese
Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (the grey geese) and Branta (the black geese).
Grey Lag Goose
Geese
Birds of Prey
A bird of prey is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.
Kestrel
Birds of Prey
Pipit
The pipits are small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and long claws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.
Meadow Pipit
Pipit
As seen on the shore of Lough Gummeenduff, Black Valley, Co. Kerry Ireland.
MoorHen Chicks
Rails and Crakes
Great Crested Grebe
Rails and Crakes
Coot Chick
Rails and Crakes
Robin European
The European robin, known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird, specifically a chat, that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher.
Robin
Robin European
Tits
The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus Parus. While commonly referred to as tits throughout much of the English-speaking world, these birds are called either chickadees derived from their distinctive chick-a dee dee dee alarm call or titmice in North America.
Coal Tit
Tits
Swallow and Martins
The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world.
Swallow Chick (Barn Swallow)
Swallow and Martins
Thrushes
The thrushes are small to medium-sized ground living birds that feed on insects, other invertebrates and fruit.
Blackbird Sunbathing (Common)
Thrushes
Common Sandpiper
Waders
Seen on Lough Brin, Co. Kerry Ireland
Oyster Catcher
Waders
Flamingo
Waders
Flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
Flamingoes
Waders
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.