Best Birds A Cinereous Vulture and two Eurasian Griffon Vultures look for opportunities The Woodchat Shrike is 'near threatened' but still fairly common in this remote region The White-whiskered Puffbird is a patient bird A Chimango Caracara managed to rip some meat off a dead fish Brown-hooded Gulls in flight Imperial Cormorants and Black-necked Swans enjoying their own space An Upland Goose and a Southern Lapwing practicing synchronous flying A Tyrian Metaltail roaming a hummingbird garden Rarely does a bird's name fit better than in case of the Squirrel Cuckoo The Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a strong contender for the title of "Weirdest bird" A pair of curious Spectacled Parrotlets A Common Kingfisher enjoying the day A Spanish Sparrow proudly presents its catch A Pallas's Gull gives its best to grab a fish Juvenile Little Owl House Sparrows are harder to get in a row than Ducks... European Roller, ready for a portrait shooting session A Black Tern feeding her chicks The Bearded Reedling got its name for a reason A Rose-ringed Parakeet taking off Long-legged Buzzard A Dalmatian Pelican triumphantly protects its fish A beautiful Olive-backed Sunbird Coppersmith Barbets have a nerve-wrecking call Asian Glossy Starling The Tui is easy to recognize by its white wattle Silvereyes with different orientations The pear thief: a Musk Lorikeet Golden-headed Cisticolas Galahs in front of their nest Brolgas calling their offspring An Eastern Yellow Robin seeking shelter from the rain Eastern Spinebills Rainbow Parakeets are ubiquitous in Eastern Australia A Willie Wagtails life can be tough! This Crimson Rosella was busy looking for food The Juvenile Pale-yellow Robin is a tiny little bird Female Satin Bowerbird Puffins aren't great flyers, but they DO manage to get up in the air A Puffin looking for his offspring Horned Grebe Hungry young Swallows (aren't they always?) Eurasian Magpies in disagreement Black Kite in flight Red-footed Falcons at their favorite pastime Red-backed Shrike A rather wet Great Tit A Red-footed Falcon fighting its chick over a Lizard European Roller in flight European Bee-eater in flight A European Bee-eater proudly displays its catch Eurasian Skylark A Eurasian Hoopoe showing off European Robin Short-eared Owl in flight Volcano Hummingbird in flight (background: a house wall) Scarlet Macaws in flight Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Brown Pelicans fishing This Amazon Kingfisher just caught one The Olivaceus Picolet is a very small type of woodpecker A Great Kiskadee in flight, after it had just dipped into a small pond Great Egret, Wood Stork, Juvenile White Ibis, Snowy Egret. Can you see all four of them? The Northern Cardinal, a common but very pretty bird A White-tailed Eagle returning with its catch In the middle of a rainstorm, a Sea Eagle repeatedly tried to pick up this Shag but eventually had to drop it Tawny Owl An irritated-looking Little Owl Harriss' Hawk in flight Golden Eagle Barn Owl in flight Juvenile Red-backed Shrike Greylag Geese in Flight Common Chiffchaff with food Western Bluebird Young Mississippi Kite with food House Finch Great Egret caught a fish Cape White-eye White-fronted Bee-eater Weaver feeding its offspring Bearded Barbet An angry-looking White-fronted Tern chick Takahe chick. Takahes are rare birds that look like they came straight from the dinosaur ages. Little Shag taking a bath Kingfisher with beetle California Quails. Not a native bird in New Zealand. Northern Gannets Common Mallard chicks Tawny Frogmouths Little Penguins, about to go ashore Kookaburra Grey Currawongs Emus Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos in flight Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Yellow-billed Spoonbill Superb Wren Cockatoo Bald Eagle Lilac-breasted Roller The Motmot is Nicaragua's national bird Vermilion Flycatcher A sunbathing Tiger Herron. What did YOU think he's doing? Storks following a tractor pulling a plow Yellow-eared Toucanet Scarlet Macaws Magellan Penguins always walk as a group for greater protection Seagull in flight Violet-headed Hummingbird in flight Broad-billed Motmots Hummingbird nest Black-cheeked Woodpecker Scarlet Macaws and Mealy Amazons Keel-billed Toucan Chicklets