We have seen a huge flock of Egyptian geese unable to fly next to the Chobe river. When trying to get away from our boat, the flock effectively did butterfly strokes with their wings to propel themselves across the water. Egyptian geese are beautiful birds but in South African urban areas ...
The flock in the next image was of Lesser flamingos. “No human ever lived in a birdless world.” ~ Richard Smyth An adult Lesser flamingo in flight with its legs and neck extended for longitudinal balance. This species is smaller than the Greater flamingo but has the same slender build. ...
In the lowland forests of Costa Rica, pygmy round-eared bats use their teeth to carve holes in termite nests, which they use as their homes. American-Israeli photographerDvir Barkaywanted to capture the animals returning to the roost, so he scoured the forests for the ba...