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two young bowerbirds practice at a bower constructed of twigs

View on water reservoir Western Galillee hills with villages Israel

Lifeless desert surrounds the Dead Sea. Dead Sea coast in Israel. The Salty Dead Sea is an endorheic, salty, enclosed body of water in the Middle East.

Starlings taking pellet feed on a pig farm

$Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, \nBayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, \nKorla City,Luntai County, Tarim Populus euphratica forest Park.\nHere there is the world's largest area, the most dense distribution, the best survival \$

$Western Cattle Egret.\nThe western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. Most taxonomic authorities lump this species and the eastern cattle egret together (called the cattle egret), but some (including the International Ornithologists' Union) separate them. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world in the last century.\n\nIt is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Western cattle egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the cattle egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.\n\nThe adult cattle egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals; wider human farming is believed to be a major cause of their suddenly expanded range. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.$

Perched on a cliff face at an old dynamite drill hole made in the 1870s during railroad construction, a young swallow looks out from his convenient nest site in Waterton Canyon, Littleton, Colorado.

The top floor of the building in a minimal boho style. Red house with a round window and trees near it. Blue sky over an Egyptian hotel.

Scenics view of grassy landscape against cloudy sky.

$The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron. It is widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa to India. The contrasting underwing pattern and wedge-shaped tail make it distinctive in flight as it soars in thermals during the warmer parts of the day. Egyptian vultures feed mainly on carrion but are opportunistic and will prey on small mammals, birds, and reptiles. They also feed on the eggs of other birds, breaking larger ones by tossing a large pebble onto them.\n\nThe use of tools is rare in birds and apart from the use of a pebble as a hammer, Egyptian vultures also use twigs to roll up wool for use in their nest. Egyptian vultures that breed in the temperate regions migrate south in winter while tropical populations are relatively sedentary. Populations of this species declined in the 20th century and some island populations are endangered by hunting, accidental poisoning, and collision with power lines.$

Scenes from everyday street life in Turkey. Flock of pigeons in the city

Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) roosting in a garbage dump.

Gökardıç, Blue bird, Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) standing on the edge of the rock

A Eurasian Crag Martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris, resting on a narrow ledge on a building in Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain.

From the air image of hiking woman standing on the cliff top.

Vrown Noddy birds on Kicker rock in the Galapagos

Stream winding between rocky shores in a mountain landscape in summer

Place: Masada, Israel. Date Taken: 2-6-15.

The River Nile has always and continues to be a lifeline for Egypt. Trade, communication, agriculture, water and now tourism provide the essential ingredients of life - from the Upper Nile and its cataracts, along its fertile banks to the Lower Nile and Delta. In many ways life has not changed for centuries, with transport often relying on the camel on land and felucca on the river

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