F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 160.
Common Gallinule
Why didn’t the skeleton go to the dance?
Because he had no-body to go with
Interesting Fact: Common Gallinules build nests to raise their young, but they also build platforms of matted vegetation to display for potential mates. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Gallinule )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 160.
Hispaniolan Woodpecker
Why aren’t there any shark puppeteers?
They have no hands!
Interesting Fact: This woodpecker forages in small noisy groups; the diet is varied and includes insects, spiders, scorpions, lizards, fruit, seeds, grain and sap. It can catch flying insects on the wing, and larger food items are bashed on an “anvil” to break them up. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_woodpecker )
F/10.0, 1/400, ISO 160.
White-winged Dove
What kind of candy do zombies refuse to eat?
LIFE Savers!
Interesting Fact: Like other doves and pigeons, White-winged Doves have some unusual abilities. They can suck and swallow water without moving their heads. And they use a secretion from the esophagus, known as crop milk, to feed nestlings. Both parents may consume snails and bone fragments to help their bodies create the nutritious fluid. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-winged_Dove )
F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 160.
Palmchat
What’s a zombies favorite desert?
I-Scream!
Interesting Fact: Palmchats are very sociable birds, often seen in small flocks containing several pairs which will roost closely together with their bodies in contact. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmchat )
F/7.1, 1/200, ISO 400.
Pied-Billed Grebe
Did you hear about the big zombie party?
It was DEAD & full of STIFFS!
Interesting Fact: Like other grebes, the Pied-billed Grebe eats large quantities of its own feathers. Feathers may at times fill up more than half of a grebe’s stomach, and they are sometimes fed to newly hatched chicks. The ingested plumage appears to form a sieve-like plug that prevents hard, potentially harmful prey parts from passing into the intestine, and it helps form indigestible items into pellets which they can regurgitate. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pied-billed_Grebe )
F/10.0, 1/320, ISO 160.
Hispaniolan Woodpecker
What are three words you dread the most while making love?
“Honey, I’m home.”
Interesting Fact: Unlike most woodpeckers, the Hispaniolan woodpecker is a social species that takes advantage of having a large number of individual adult birds in the colony to protect a nesting bank or tree. There may be twenty pairs of birds in a colony, with several nesting in the same tree. The nests are excavated in trunks and branches, and discarded holes are reused by parrots, parakeets, trogons, the Antillean piculet and the golden swallow. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_woodpecker )
F/11.0, 1/500, ISO 250.
Hispaniolan slider
Why did the turtle cross the road?
To get to the shell station!
Interesting Fact: The Hispaniolan slider is a freshwater turtle. They can live on land and water, but prefer to be near freshwater.[3] These sliders are not on the endangered list, but are considered vulnerable. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniolan_slider )
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