Eurasian Spoonbill Gallery

Blue Whale - aerial view - mother with 22 feet long research boat - Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California)

FG-7041
Annular Eclipse - 10th May 1994
Photographed at the centerline Punta San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
montage from 5 original photographs, begins lower left.
Annular Eclipse - occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. Hence the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the outline of the Moon.
Francois Gohier
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Birds, hand-colored lithograph, published in 1880

1) Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), 2) capercaillie cock (Tetrao urogallus), 3) Ostrich (Struthio camelus), 4) Male Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), 5) Gray partridge (Perdix perdi), 6) Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 7) Flamingo, (Phoenicopterus ruber), 8) Great Bustard (Otis tarda), 9) Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), 10) Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata). Hand-colored lithograph from my archive, published in 1880

Common spoonbill

Eurasian spoonbill, or common spoonbill, (Platalea leucorodia) feeding. This wading bird is found in southern Eurasia, Europe and North Africa. It migrates to the tropics in winter. It inhabits marshy wetlands and feeds on fish, frogs and other aquatic animals. Photographed in Israel in September

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