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Day 15 of #avianaugust hosted by @cookiedoves and Day 13 of #aviaryaugust hosted by @ogbirdnerd is Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock

A quiet night landscape. Daily drawing 2510.

Things are a little slow right now, which I am not necessarily mad about because work has been a bit insane recently and I hardly have time for bird things. But molting season is here, and today, there were some extra dramatic Blue Jays. This is a great time to learn a bit about bird anatomy - guess where the ear is! They won't be looking this adorable for long, you can already see new feathers coming in.

July 28, 2026 - Variegated Bristle-Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis) Found in the Andes from northwestern Venezuela to southern Peru, these tyrant flycatchers live in mountain forests. Foraging alone or in pairs, often with mixed-species flocks, they feed on insects, picking their prey from surfaces in short flights. While little is known about their breeding behavior, one of their nests was globe-shaped and built from seed floss in roots at the top of a bank and another contained two nestlings.

Yellow-Billed Loon

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July 27, 2026 - Bar-tailed Lark or Bar-tailed Desert Lark (Ammomanes cinctura) Found in a spotty range from Cape Verde across northern Africa and West Asia as far east as Pakistan, these larks live in deserts and dry savannas. They eat seeds, some other plant foods, and insects, foraging on the ground in small flocks outside of the breeding season. Females build nests in shallow depressions under or next to rocks from vegetation and small pebbles. Both parents incubate the clutches of two to four eggs and care for the chicks.

The Railway To The East. I took this photo near Uppsala, Sweden .

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Painted buntings (Passerina ciris) for #AvianAugust2026

July 26, 2026 - Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus) Found in parts of western and central Africa, these bulbuls live in forests and savannas. Foraging in groups of around 3 to 10, often with other species, and sometimes following ant swarms, they eat arthropods, small lizards, berries and other fruits, and seeds. They build cup-shaped nests from rootlets, small twigs, dry leaves, and spiderwebs. Females incubate clutches of two eggs alone and both parents feed the chicks.

Common Tern Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3

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July 25, 2026 - Buff-fronted Quail-Dove or Costa Rican Quail-Dove (Zentrygon costaricensis) These quail-doves are found in mountain forests in Costa Rica and western Panama. Though little is known about their diet, they forage on the ground in leaf litter alone or in pairs, probably feeding on fruits, seeds, and insects. One of their nests has been described, a flat platform made of twigs, rootlets, moss, and liverworts in a tall shrub with a single nestling.

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July 24, 2026 - Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis erythrocephalus) Found in parts of northwestern Peru and southwestern Ecuador, these birds in the ovenbird family live in forests and shrublands. While the details of their diet are unknown, it includes insects and other invertebrates. They forage on or near the ground alone or in pairs, often joining mixed-species flocks. Pairs dig nest burrows in banks and build flattened cups from rootlets and fungal fibers in chambers at the ends of the tunnels. Both parents incubate the eggs. They are classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN due to suspected population declines primarily caused by deforestation in their range.