birding adventures

Banded Woodpeckers (Chrysophlegma miniaceum), chicks, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Singapore

Superb Starling

The superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is a member of the starling family of birds. This species has a very large range and can commonly be found in East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, and Tanzania. These starlings live in savanna, in thornbush and acacia arid areas, open woodland, lakeshore woodlands, gardens and cultivated fields.

I also got lucky with these photos of a fight amongst suitors of the same female!

Daily Bird: Sabine’s Gull

Range: summers in Alaska; migrates along the Pacific coast

More information: here

Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata), female, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Bolivia

As the name suggests, these ducks live in fast flowing rivers, in western South America, from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego.