Blue-and-yellow macaw, also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, are amazing birds. Their ability to talk and close bonding to humans is just awesome!
The Piercing Eye of the Griffon Vulture photographed during the bird show in Animalpark Hoenderdaell, Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
Zebra longwing butterfly on a Delphinium flower. The species can be found mostly across South and Central America. In warmer months there are migrations north into other American states.
The northern bald ibis, or hermit ibis, is a bird that originates from the Middle East, northern Africa, and some parts of Europe. Only a few hundred birds remain, found almost exclusively in Morocco. The northern bald ibis is definitely a strange looking bird that reminds me of the plague doctors. The sound they make might be even weirder. They sound like someone loudly slurping soup. The photo was taken in the zoo in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
A couple of male mandarin ducks in the zoo in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The spectacle of colors is to impress the female ducks.
A male crested partridge showing its wing in the Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
A male crested partridge passing by in the Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
A screeching Red-tailed Hawk during a bird show in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
A South African Yellow Mongoose on the lookout in Dierenpark Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
A majestic Steller's sea eagle captured through a fence in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
This photograph of a Desert Spiny Lizard was taken in Dierenpark Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
A Eurasian Crane, also known as Common Crane, and its chick looking for food. The photo was taken in the Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
The King Vulture in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
Two Mating Rainbow Lorikeets in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
A caged bird in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
Prowess on the hunt in a hunting simulator in Animalpark Hoenderdaell in Anna Paulowna, The Netherlands.
Long exposure shot from all people coming and going to watch the sharks in one of many basins in Burgers Zoos' Ocean.