Maniraptoriformes

Yaviza Darien Gap Border post

A monograph of the Nectariniidae, or, Family of sun-birdsLondon :Published by the author,1876-1880.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36894451

Ornithological miscellany V.1London :Trbner and Co., Bernard Quaritch, R.H. Porter,1876-1878.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35042417

The birds of Australia..London,Printed by R. and J. E. Taylor; pub. by the author,[1840]-48..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48400649

Ornithological miscellany V.1London :Trbner and Co., Bernard Quaritch, R.H. Porter,1876-1878.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35042427

The Pacific or West Peruvian Dove has adopted Lima, where it is cursed or loved as Cuculi. In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/fauna/otherbirds/index.html

Adventist University grounds, Port Moresby, PNG

Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia..Brisbane,Thorne & Greenwell,1877..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34216663

This one lives near a fruit bat colony, I wonder why? Not fruit bat for dinner again!!!

This juvenile made its first appearance on the 26th September. Its mother disappeared in early June to a hollow and remained out of sight until early September.

Boronia Park, NSW, Australia

Boronia Park, NSW, Australia

Boronia Park, NSW, Australia

Boronia Park, NSW, Australia

Check out the talons and beak. They feed on ringtail possums, fruitbats and other birds.

Adult Powerful Owl with the remains of a Common Ringtail Possum - Pseudocheirus peregrinus. One the owls most commonest prey. Occasionally I see one with a Brushtail Possum - Trichosurus vulpecula

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

One of 2 juveniles with both parents, Loddon River, Newstead Vic.