Feathered Friends - Show Me A Beak Round 10
Feathered friends are born with the tools of the trade, differentiating each with a dinguished difference to prodding, spearing, or cracking seeds here are some of my favourites.
Long broad, pointed beak built for hunting down fish along with crustaceans or small life around water or in the water, wherever prey is moving so the Grey Heron is not far behind adapting movement to ensure itself a meal.
What a grand design to fill a diet that variety being omnivore, enjoying mainly insects, nuts, fruits or small rodents off the ground. This one was sighted at St Lucia Wetlands known now as iSimangaliso Wetlands Heritage Site in Northern Natal.
Remember Zazu in the Lion King film, well there you have it...
Drilling holes needs a sturdy strong beak to act like a chisel to get through. A long tongue assists in capturing it's diet of insects.
Striking sword like beak to feed a diet of fish,lizards, snakes, molluscs, crabs, sizeable insects, putting that beak to work in water streams or on dry land slowly walking stabbing it's prey.
Head shaped like a hammer with curved bill for finishing touch to complete the name of the bird, it's all in the head and the beak.
The name gives the bird away, living mainly off of snakes, bigger snakes go down in biteable chunks, smaller snakes taken head first and swallowed. With a hooked beak for tearing flesh, a rare sighting at iSimangaliso Wetlands.
Fruit eaters that regurgitate seed pits along with insects, lizards, frogs and vegetables. Exceptionally strong beak like pliers, with a notch at the tip,
I know since I once thought a baby was in trouble needing a helping hand, the hand was told very swiftly it does not like being handled....
Additional information sourced from Avibase or for more information St Lucia
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Thought for Today: "Only birds with long beaks can drink from deep pots." - African Proverb
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Great post about nature, I think creating such beautiful photographs requires a lot of patience and skill. I really like nature, especially the colors, they are impressive. Thank you very much. I wish you success.
First photograph he was hunting, a little out of focus however good closer view of the beak 😄 always fun @yuriy4 and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
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Thanks you. Have a nice day.
ENGAGEtokens.Thank you for your post Joan. It's always interesting. The Red billed Hornbill we hear and see here where we live now in Munster also the Woolly-necked Storks. The Herons normally near a lagoon. Great sighting of the Eagle.
Have a great weekend!
Just came in from outdoors trying to capture new eagle in town, flying very high, hoping one day it will come down lower. It may be one of the Crowned Eagles that recently became new residents a few months ago, nested and have had a chick, hopefully they become more permanent.
We are so lucky with bird life, bit of both being close to the coast.
Good luck, with that Eagle shoot. ,😉
Lovely post Joan, you certainly found a nice selection of beaks. I just love the Cardinal Woodpecker, almost looks like it's stolen feathers from a guinea fowl;)
Hot hot hot again, but enjoy the weekend!
Humid, dripping, hiding away from the sun, alas cooler weather was extremely short lived 😡...
Cardinal does look like he borrowed the paint pallet from the guinea fowl LOL. Have a wonderful weekend, don't sweat it!
Another great informative post with awesome photos!
It is a great pleasure to learn about the birds in your area.
Thanks so much @nelinoeva I did not post from Ecency, I need to work out how to add tags into posting from there, one tag does not really share well with SEO.
Hello dear friend @joanstewart good day
admired of your publication, you always pleasantly surprise us with your presentations. What a beautiful beak these specimens have, nature is wise, it brings them with different curing beaks to the activities of each bird.
I really appreciate that you let us know these beautiful photographs and all the information
have a wonderful weekend
Shape of the beak tells a lot about the life of a bird, fascinating how they hunt sometimes with long stabbing beaks.
Always appreciate your kind words and visit, have a wonderful Saturday @jlufer
What fantastic bird photos! That hornbill looks rather cross. Bless him! lol
Their normal Sunday morning look enjoying the warmth up above.
Thanks for visiting and have a great day @the-busy-bee
Joan, maybe its too late (but maybe not!) - isnt it a good opportunity to lend a Dagger image from
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a great selection and variety of nice birdies we dont have in the North. cheers!
Will take a look thanks @qwerrie bird supremacy in use of tools of the trade. Have a great Sunday.
What a nice collection of photos; loved the hornbill!!
Hornbill is slightly out our region, will be traveling further North soon and hope to see more of them, thanks for visiting @pardinus
So many different designs for eating utensils! 😁
As always, your photos are wonderful!
Awe thanks so much @melinda010100 I do love sharing them and thanks to @ecency
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You have such exotic and wonderful birds in South Africa. I’m so envious!
Ha ha - Zazu from The Lion King - so that’s a hornbill!
I have never heard of a snake eagle. I learned quite a bit from this post!
Some birds are from further up on our North coast, hoping to be there mid winter to enjoy a different variety, so many things one never knows.
Yes Zazu played his part well, the hornbill is very busy up in the tree tops.
Thanks for visiting @jayna always appreciated.