Among Friends

[geezerette]

The female Bellbird is one of the few females I think is more attractive than the males.  He certainly is unique though.

[geezerette]

@Snicks1 

Glad to hear your car got done.

I took mine in for what I was given to understand would be a minor repair that would take only about an hour, or so the guy said.  I even questioned it since I had read it might take a few hours, but no, he said.  So I decided to wait for it.  Three hours later I was still waiting for it.  When I asked the service manager how much longer it would take he said "a while", and that most people choose not to wait.  Well, why didn't you tell your mechanics that?! 😡

[viva923]

hey all

car repair failed for us-radio system is broken

worked a whole day,failed this morn

going back on monday for fixing again

wonder if we will ever get our radio back

not much else

did weekly shopping today

later guys.

[viva923]

hey all

sunny but still very chilly

got morn walk in

dh did the laundry run today all folded and put away

not much else. later guys

[Bird mama]

Good Morning, the bird of the day is the Bare Throated Tiger Heron.

Conservation Status LC (least concern); population trend is decreasing.

On the adult male and female the crown and nape are black.  The side of the head is grey. The upper bill is black with a blue horn cutting edge and the lower bill dull yellow. The irises are yellow to silver. The lores, skin around the eye, and featherless throat are yellow green, this color running onto the lower bill. A black line runs from the eye to the throat. The front of the neck is tawny and white striped. The hind neck is finely barred in brown and buff. The back is dark olive brown with very fine buff vermiculation. Flight feathers are black. Under parts are cinnamon and thighs are grey. The legs are dark grey olive to slate green. During nesting the bare throat may become bright yellow to orange.

The juvenile the head, neck, and chest are barred and spotted with cinnamon buff and brown. The throat is yellow. Upper parts are dark brown boldly barred in cinnamon. Under parts pale buff with broad brown barring. Its tail and wings are blackish, with 4-5 narrow white bars.

The Bare-throated Tiger-Heron occurs in coastal Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.  It lives in tropical swamps and avoids human habitats (smart bird). 

The primary foraging behavior is standing in shallow water or on the edge of the water, with neck stretched out diagonally, waiting motionless for long periods. It is a solitary species, usually foraging alone. However a dozen have been seen in a loose group when food is readily available. When disturbed it takes flight and perches in a nearby tree. It eats fish, frogs, crabs, and flies.

The breeding season is variable. In Costa Rica nesting may be year round but peaks at the early rainy season.  It is May–August in most of its range but February–April in Panama.

The tiger heron nests solitarily in trees above the water, especially in mangroves (Rhizophora). Nests are small to large platforms made of sticks usually lined with leaves. They are placed on branches 4-15 m above the ground. Courtship is little understood in this species.  The primary display appears to be a version of the Stretch—a pair faced each other, necks and bodies crouched horizontally, feathers fluffed up; the birds raise their bills and neck vertically, depressing the neck and body feathers, and emitting two or three hoarse booms or roars.

Eggs dull white with green tinge, rarely flecked with brown or buff. There is no information on incubation, chick development or fledging and little is known about the nesting success of this species.

[just bee]

[cowboy sam]

loved that white bird  and pretty throat coloring

good thing i walked yesterday with my neighbor  as its rain/mixed with snow today..it can't decide what it wants to do...lol

[Snicks1]

Spent some time shredding old tax paperwork, think I've finally got it down to just what I actually need to keep, for now.
Took a short walk, trying to slowly get back into daily walks before it gets too blasted hot, lol. There's a certain time period when I can walk outdoors, can't when it's either too cold, or icy, and can't when it's too hot, so I gotta do it when I can, lol.

[Bird mama]

Good Morning, the bird of the day is the Bare Faced Curassow.

Female 

Current conservation status VU - vulnerable and the population trend is decreasing.

The bare-faced curassow is a large bird reaching a length of 32 to 36 in. The sexes differ in appearance. The male has black upper parts faintly glossed with greenish-olive, with an unfeathered face with yellowish bare skin, a small black crest, and white underparts. The female, on the other hand, has a black head, throat, neck and upper mantle, and a black and white barred crest. The remainder of the upper parts are greenish-black barred with white or ochre. The black tail is tipped with white or ochre and the underparts are black with ochre barring on the breast, paling to a yellowish or ochre belly. The facial skin on females is blackish.

The bare-faced curassow lives in moist, semi-deciduous and gallery forests, often near the fringes of the woodland. It mainly feeds on fruit, but seeds, flowers and small invertebrates are also eaten.

Breeding takes place in the summer in the southern part of its range, with the nests being platforms of sticks in trees.  The nests are large and made of twigs and branches held in place by the stems of grasses, which are interwoven between them. The nest is lined with down feathers and leaves. The clutch size is usually two eggs that are incubated for about 30 days. The chicks are precocial (born relatively independent) at hatching.

Another female

Male

Another male

[just bee]