The Striated Caracara we encountered fell into 2 camps, curious, friendly and hoping for a bit of our lunch or downright vicious swooping from out of no-where to attack our heads! It didn't seem to matter if they had a nest or young near- by either, we walked passed several different birds that we then realised were by their nest. It just seemed that the odd pair had decided that they weren't going to tolerate anything near their territory, humans included 😂.Warnings for where these were were around the lodges with instructions of how to deal with them.... hold your tripod / a long stick above your head as they always go for the highest point. We watched one bloke ignore this ...and loose his hat, but at least it wasn't his scalp 😱 Close up Photo of the eye of a Striated Caracara. Reflected in the eye are 2 people, one standing, one sitting on a low rock taking the photo, a flat mud and stone foreground and a blue sky with white clouds partly obscured by the eyelashes. Surrounding the eye are black feathers and bright orange skin with the skin of the gape bottom left.

The sky, the photographer and her other half as a #reflection in a Striated Caracara's eye (see ALT)
R5 500mm f/7.1 1:1250 ISO800
(and 45 Megapixel for the crop 🙄 😂)

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #FalklandIslands #AnimalArtTues #EastCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear

A color photo of the faces of two hyper-realistic cats hugging. It's a drawing using pencils on drafting film. One cat is dark gray, the cat on the right is Tabby or orange. The artist is Amanda Grey in the UK, who is an expert in drawing animals & pet portraits.

#AnimalArtTues

#Artist, Amanda Grey of the UK, drew these "Hugging Cats" with pencils on drafting film.

#Art #Cats #Pets
#ArtYear #Drawings
#HyperRealism

The image shows the handcrafted head of an American Bald Eagle, created out of folding different sizes & colors of paper to make the wall art. The sculpture symbolizes liberty, freedom & courage.

The only bird I've chosen to post today are Eagles - symbolic of liberty, freedom & courage. 🇱🇷 🦅
#Eagles #Birds
#Wildlife
#BlueskyArtShow
#TextureTuesday
Handmade out of folded paper. #AnimalArtTues
#Art #ArtYear #smArtist
By Peter Scuzsy

This photograph shows a large owl making eye contact with the photographer. One large eye is visible while the other is in shadow. The owl is perched on a branch that shows its large claws. The image was taken in a zoo, so the red light is for the owl's night vision and the blue streaks are the reflections off the exhibit glass.

Eurasian Eagle Owl.
#NightmareNov #claws #AnimalArtTues #EastCoastKin #BlueTues #ColorADay #photography #Owl

4x3 Bee sits atop lavender chips

Leaf cutter bee on purple sage
(Megachile)

Summer morning in a neighbor’s garden
in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood

#macro #photography #native #bees #plants #flowers #nature #art #gardens #gardening #bloomscrolling #pollinators #macroPhotography #eastcoastkin #animalarttues #chicago

So... tomorrow's both #AnimalArtTues and #animals ...and #fuss!? Hmmm.

A close-up, pastel drawing of a snow leopard's head.

#AnimalArtTues
#ArtYear #smArtist
#Pastel #Drawing on #PastelMat
#SnowLeopard
#VulnerableSpecies
#Wildlife #LargeCats
#Animal #Portraits
By Angela Franke
Reference: Wildlifeanimalphotos

A martial eagle sitting in a tree with many small branches and leaves. It's a large, very muscular bird with a brown head, neck, and wings and a white torso and legs with brown speckles. It's facing slightly to the right and there's a bit of bloody prey in its talons. There's a bit of blue sky in the top right corner and through the thick branches.

An endangered martial eagle in the Serengeti with a bit of prey in its talons. Check out those muscular wings. 💪🏼

(I didn't have the best camera for this.)

#AnimalArtTues
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEForEasyE
#ColorADay #BlueTue
#JuliArty #wings

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited