The ABCs of Birds - Letter I

[Donna]

Iiwi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBI%CA%BBiwi

Pictures http://tinyurl.com/2aqm5gc

Never heard of this bird but wow so pretty. Thanks Annette! I'iwi....who knew. How do you even say that?  EYE-E-WE?  ???

[Annette]

Never heard of this bird but wow so pretty. Thanks Annette! I'iwi....who knew. How do you even say that?  EYE-E-WE? ???

I do not know. 

[dale]

Never heard of this bird but wow so pretty. Thanks Annette! I'iwi....who knew. How do you even say that?  EYE-E-WE?  ???

dictionary.com says ee-EE-we.

[Donna]

Never heard of this bird but wow so pretty. Thanks Annette! I'iwi....who knew. How do you even say that?  EYE-E-WE?  ???

dictionary.com says ee-EE-we.

  alrighty  then! 

[MAK]

    Wow the Indian Spotted Eagle is a gorgeous bird! So is the Iiwi! There's so much beauty in the natural world that it often times gets me all choked up! Great job everyone!!!

[Kris G.]

Indian Cuckoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8225770@N06/2388102175/

[anneintoronto]

I is for Icteria virens or the Yellow-breasted Chat.

Despite its bright yellow chest, loud song, and conspicuous display flights, the Yellow-breasted Chat is easily overlooked because of its skulking nature and the denseness of its brushy haunts. Long considered the largest of the wood-warblers, genetic data suggest that it is not a warbler at all.

Adult Description:
•Medium-sized songbird.
•Bright yellow chest and throat.
•Olive-green back.
•White spectacles.
•White belly and undertail.
•Long tail.

The above information from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds

One can see these birds right across the USA and southern Canada, during the Summer Breeding Season...

Anne in Toronto

Photo by Arthur Morris, Birds as Art

[anneintoronto]

I is for Island Scrub-Jay

Island Scrub-Jay: Medium-sized, crestless jay with gray-brown back and blue wings. Upper breast, throat, and chin are white with streaks. Head is blue with gray mask and narrow white eyebrow. Tail and undertail coverts are blue. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is grayer overall with breast streaks and dark gray tail. [whatbirdwbu.com]

Range and Habitat:
Island Scrub-Jay: Restricted to Santa Cruz Island, about 20 miles off the coast of California. [whatbirdwbu.com]

A group of jays can be called a "band", "cast", "party", and "scold" of jays.

Anne in Toronto

Photo taken on Santa Cruz island by Callie Bowdish -
 the photo on the right is the Island Scrub-Jay.  On the left is a Western Scrub-Jay

[Patti from Kentucky]

Ibis was my first and only one for the letter I guess I didn't get up early enough!  Love those birds and can't wait to see more in Florida!!

Hey Annie, I bet none of us minds either extra pictures or extra information about any bird species, so please don't feel like you can't post something if somebody's already done it.  Dale and I have done dueling Harris's Hawks, I believe to no detriment to the fun!

Patti

[dale]

Yeah, this isn't a competition!!!
There are LOTS of birds that have had multiple posts, and lucky birds they are!

dale 

[Paul Hamilton]

I is for White Ibis

One can never have too many Ibis, so here are a few from Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.  I like to watch them root around with their big, curved beaks.  The juveniles are brown.

Paul

[Dumpsterkitty]

Wile browsing on the Daily Squee (an I can haz ceezburger subsidiary)  I found this one appropriate to today...



With the ID found in the comments...


Kim says:
November 17, 2010 at 1:10 pm

‘Tis an “Inca Tern�. I knew it had to be some sort of tern, and just googled “black tern white curls on eyes�, haha.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_tern

Xylia says:
November 17, 2010 at 1:12 pm

I don’t know what species this is, but I recognize the place it was taken, weirdly enough. I visited the National Aviary in Pittsburgh last weekend and I have photos of these exact birds on the same rail. Kind of weird to see this!
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Dionna M Gregory says:
November 17, 2010 at 1:13 pm

The bird is an Inca Tern. Beautiful bird found in Chile and Peru!

Ei

[Aafke]

Wile browsing on the Daily Squee (an I can haz ceezburger subsidiary)  I found this one appropriate to today...



With the ID found in the comments...


Kim says:
November 17, 2010 at 1:10 pm


‘Tis an “Inca Tern�. I knew it had to be some sort of tern, and just googled “black tern white curls on eyes�, haha.

Thanks Ei, what a beautiful bird, I never heard of it.
greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

I is for Indian Goose or Bar-headed Goose

The Bar-headed Goose is one of the world's highest flying birds, having been seen at up to 10,175 m (33,382 feet). The Bar-headed Goose migrates over the Himalayas to spend the winter in parts of India. The bird can fly the 1000-mile migration route in just one day as it is able to fly in the jet stream.
The bird is pale grey and is easily distinguished from any of the other grey geese of the genus Anser by the black bars on its head.
greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

After reading about the Ibis,  (great pictures Patti and Paul)  I remembered that I saw a group of them one day.
the I is for Ibis, the African Sacred Ibis

from Wikipedia:
The African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae, which breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, southeastern Iraq, and formerly in Egypt, where it was venerated and often mummified as a symbol of the god Thoth. the Ibis was according to Herodotus and Pliny the Elder also invoked against incursions of serpents. It was also said that the flies that brought pestilence died immediately upon propitiatory sacrifices of this bird.



Years ago we heard that there was a group of Sacred Ibisses in our neighborhood, they came from Iraq. We found them and I could take this blurry picture, it's my only proof that I saw them.

Here a  better picture of the Sacred Ibis

http://www.vogeldagboek.nl/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18933

http://www.vogeldagboek.nl/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=6046

greetings Aafke