A Long-billed Curlew stalks the shallow water looking for lunch.

A close-up portrait of a Black-headed Heron taken in the Serengeti of Tanzania.

A Marbled Godwit is lit by the late evening sun as it wanders a muddy shore somewhere in Elkhorn Slough, California.

A Sacred Ibis stands among the vegetation in a marshy area, its black head and tail in stark contrast to its white body.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #LongBeaks. Here are 4.

So many of our larger birds have long beaks. Here are 4 less common ones.

#birds #ornithology #photography #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #LongBilledCurlew #BlackHeadedHeron #MarbledGodwit #SacredIbis

Merry Goofmas eberyone. #OpenHouse #BlueSkyArtShow #Birds #Nature A drawing made earlier this year from a photo. The #SacredIbis

African Sacred Ibis at Victoria Falls/Zimbabwe, Africam
#birds, #Ibis, #SacredIbis, #nature, #Zimbabwe, #livestream, #Africam

Such an ancient and majestic bird!

#sacredibis #birds #wildlife #nature #photography

A Sacred Ibis preparing to land.
🪶 #bird #sacredibis #ibis #flyingbird

The Nile River is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest river in the world. It is the primary water source for Egypt, South Sudan, and Sudan.

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#mermaid #mermay #nileriver #papyrus #softshellturtle #sacredibis #ibis #egypt #naturelovers #naturefacts

No88　『Threskiornis aethiopicus』

- They had much knowledge but perished. -
-多くの知識を持っていたが滅んでしまった。-

#Threskiornisaethiopicus
#Sacredibis
#エジプトクロトキ

Mitogenomic Diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light ... The ancient catacombs of Egypt harbor millions of well-pr...

All those ancient #Egyptian #Ibis #mummies ... where did they get these many birds from, actually?

#Genomic diversity of ancient #SacredIbis in catacombs suggests tendence in natural habitats or small, localised farms:

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/610584v1.full via...