The Wild Bird Trust is excited to present the 86th edition of “Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week”!
Thank you to all the photographers and bird lovers who have contributed their incredible photographs and to all of you for joining the Wild Bird! Revolution, Viva!
Spring is in the air! A White-throated Sparrow resides in a flowering Crabapple tree in Northern Illinois. Photo by Janelle Pitula.
A White-naped Woodpecker family in Vansda National Park, India. Both parents are involved in the care of their offspring. Photo by Anand Patel.
Tawny Eagles are monogamous and mate for life. A pair share a tender moment in Rajasthan. Photo by Shantanu Bhattacharya.
A Taiwan Blue Magpie is caught mid bath in Yangmingshan National Park, Taiwan. Birds bath to rid themselves of dirt and parasites. Photo by Sjoerd Van Berge Henegouwen.
Snail Kites are wide spread in South America but due to their locally small range and population sizes they are listed as endangered in the US. Photo by Melissa Penta.
The Roseate Spoonbill uses its strangely shaped bill to strain small food items out of the water. Photo by Leslie Reagan
Reeves Pheasant male tries to impress the less extravagant female.
Photo by Jay Shah
The Rainbow-bearded Thornbill is a species of hummingbird found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Photo by John Kinghorn.
A Purple Sunbird feeding on Christmas candle stand flower in Karnataka, India. Photo by Narahari Kanike.
More than 200 species of birds live in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania and the Purple Heron is one of them. Photo by Teri Franzen
Pin Tailed Whydahs are an African species that have been introduced to California. They are obligate brood parasites so the question remains, who is taking care of their babies? Photo by Monique Dao
A female Pheasant-tailed Jacana will lay two clutches to two different males for hatching and chick rearing. Photo by Irtiza Bukhari
The exquisite Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher proudly poses with its arachnid prey. Photo by Bhupinder Randhawa.
To initiate a mating dance a male Nazca Booby will engage in “sky-pointing” which the female will mimic if she’s interested… Photo Sjoerd Van Berge Henegouwen
A group of godwits can be called an “omniscience”, “pantheon”, or “prayer” of godwits. This “Omniscience” of Marbled Godwits was photographed in Long Beach, California by Barbara Wallace.
The Lilac-breasted Roller never ceases to delight the bush-going birder. Photo by Francois Rademeyer.
Great Indian Hornbill shows off its impressive wing feathers in Kerala, India. Photo by Vidjit Vijaysanker
The Glossy Ibis is fully nomadic and is the most widespread of all ibis species. Photo by Prasenjit Choudhury
One of the largest bird species in the world, a Dalmatian Pelican glides along the placid surface of Wellingdon Dam in Gujarat. Photo by Keyur Nandaniya
A Crested Kingfisher takes off with its lunch in Wuhan, China. Photo by Jay Shah
The Brown-headed Parrot is one of four parrot species found in South Africa and is a welcomed sighting on any Kruger Park game drive. Photo by Jay van Rensburg
Brown headed gull out of its breeding plumage in Pondicherry, India.
Photo by Mohan Dravid
Birds are well-known for their lack of teeth and ability to fly, but more seldomly mentioned are their remarkable tongues. Here a Bank Myna reveals its bizarre looking oral apparatus. Photo by Rajesh Chaube
A Black Naped Monarch Flycatcher trying to impress his potential mate with a morsel of food. Photo by Ram Vaidyanathan.
Our mission is to build a global community around the freedom and beauty of birds in the wild as ambassadors for the natural ecosystems that they depend upon. They are the music, decoration and character of every terrestrial habitat on the planet and have been around since the dinosaurs. They are the witnesses and ambassadors of the awesome power of nature. The wide availability of good, cheap optics has opened their world to us for the last few decades. Amazing, affordable DSLR cameras with long lenses are delivery brilliant digital bird imagery to online communities.
We are in a day-and-age during which more bird species are threatened with extinction than ever before. The Wild Birds! Revolution aims to publish the “Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week” to 1 million people every week by the end of the year. That is a revolution that will change the world! Join thousands of other weekend naturalists, photographers, birders, experts, hikers, nature-lovers, guides, scientists, conservationists and artists that share the thousands of wild bird photographs submitted to the Wild Bird Trust website and Facebook page. Thousands of wild bird enthusiasts are going out everyday to photograph our planet’s beautiful birdlife. Pick up your camera, fill your bird feeder, open your heart, and join the Wild Birds! Revolution!!
Edited by Jordan-Laine Calder, Campaign Manager
http://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2017/04/28/top-25-wild-bird-photographs-of-the-week-85/
Spell bounding each and every capture speaks volume for the photographers.what a treat to the eyes.Thank you for giving us an opportunity to have a glance of such mesmerising beauty.Thank you, ng