The ABCs of Birds - the letter Y

[gayle]

Yellow-billed Hornbill

The Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill is common in Djuma, South Africa where WildEarth conducts its live safaris.  These are screen captures from safari.tv.  Hornbills have a unique breeding strategy.  Prior to laying her eggs, the female creates a nest in a cavity of a tree.  She builds a wall using mud, droppings and fruit pulp until there is only a small aperture remaining.  She lays and broods the eggs.  The male feeds her, and later the chicks, through that small hole.  When the chicks are ready to fledge. The wall is torn down.  By sealing off predators, there is a high hatching success rate.

There are 54 species of hornbills in Africa and Asia.  More information is at:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbill  and at:  http://www.earthlife.net/birds/bucerotiformes.html

Gayle

[dale]

Those photos are incredibly dramatic angles!
I figure one can get used to anything, but that beak is a lot of plastic to carry around attached to one's head...

[Annette]

Yellow-backed Oriole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-backed_Oriole

[Annette]

Yellow-bellied Bulbul

The Yellow-bellied Bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[Aafke]

Y is for  Yellowlegs, the Lesser one

There are a lot of birds starting with yellow!
I choose the Lesser Yellowlegs, because I have seen one. It was a lost bird from I suppose the US. It was very sensational for me and lots of other people to see him.   
The Lesser Yellowlegs is a shorebird.
Here are 2 pictures from the internet.





greetings Aafke

[Patti from Kentucky]

Y is for Yellow Warbler -- I love the males in breeding finery, like this guy I photographed along the shores of Lake Erie.

[Patti from Kentucky]

Y is for Yellow-crowned Night Heron, of which I have too many photos.  Here are three samples:
1)  Taken in the Caribbean in the Turks and Caicos islands.
2)  Taken in the Galapagos
3)  Most undignified...looks like he's just hangin' in the hot tub.  This one I also took in the Galapagos.

[Patti from Kentucky]

Y is for Yellow-rumped Cacique.  I took this photo from the canopy tower at an amazon lodge in Peru.

[dale]

I love all these yellow birds.

Patti - that third yellow-crowned night heron, that's a hilarious and wonderful picture!!!!

All the main bird parts are visible...with none of the filler!

Thanks!!!   dale