"black wingtips"

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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23 October 2024

White Ibises gather in groups in shallow wetlands and estuaries in the southeastern United States, on march 02, 2007. At each step, their bright red legs move through the water, and their curved red bill probes the muddy surface below. As adults, these wading birds are all white except for their black wingtips, but young birds are brown above and white below. White Ibises nest in colonies in trees and shrubs along the water's edge, changing locations nearly every year.

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9 September 2023

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal tropics.This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. Immature Ibis are brown in color. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

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9 September 2023

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal tropics.This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. Immature Ibis are brown in color. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

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9 September 2023

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal tropics.This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. Immature Ibis are brown in color. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

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9 September 2023

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal tropics.This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. Immature Ibis are brown in color. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

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9 September 2023

The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) belongs to the family Threskiornithidae. It is found from Virginia via the Gulf Coast of the United States south through most of the coastal tropics.This particular ibis is a medium-sized bird with an overall white plumage, bright red-orange down-curved bill and long legs, and black wing tips that are usually only visible in flight. Males are larger and have longer bills than females. Immature Ibis are brown in color. Their diet consists primarily of small aquatic prey, such as insects and small fishes. Crayfish are its preferred food in most regions, but it can adjust its diet according to the habitat and prey abundance. Its main foraging behavior is probing with its beak at the bottom of shallow water to feel for and capture its prey. It does not see the prey.

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#10474178

7 September 2023

Peacock butterfly as seen feeding on a summer lilac. Aglais io, the European peacock or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 millimetres, while the base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: A. io caucasica found in Azerbaijan, and A. io geisha, found in Japan and the Russian Far East. The plant Summer Lilac, the Buddleja davidii or butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan, while it is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. Buddleja davidii has been designated as an invasive species or a "noxious weed" in a number of countries in temperate regions, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Maastricht, the Netherlands on September 2023

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7 September 2023

Peacock butterfly as seen feeding on a summer lilac. Aglais io, the European peacock or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 millimetres, while the base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: A. io caucasica found in Azerbaijan, and A. io geisha, found in Japan and the Russian Far East. The plant Summer Lilac, the Buddleja davidii or butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan, while it is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. Buddleja davidii has been designated as an invasive species or a "noxious weed" in a number of countries in temperate regions, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Maastricht, the Netherlands on September 2023

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7 September 2023

Peacock butterfly as seen feeding on a summer lilac. Aglais io, the European peacock or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 millimetres, while the base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: A. io caucasica found in Azerbaijan, and A. io geisha, found in Japan and the Russian Far East. The plant Summer Lilac, the Buddleja davidii or butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan, while it is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. Buddleja davidii has been designated as an invasive species or a "noxious weed" in a number of countries in temperate regions, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Maastricht, the Netherlands on September 2023

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7 September 2023

Peacock butterfly as seen feeding on a summer lilac. Aglais io, the European peacock or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 millimetres, while the base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: A. io caucasica found in Azerbaijan, and A. io geisha, found in Japan and the Russian Far East. The plant Summer Lilac, the Buddleja davidii or butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan, while it is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. Buddleja davidii has been designated as an invasive species or a "noxious weed" in a number of countries in temperate regions, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Maastricht, the Netherlands on September 2023

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