Hi, Bell Fen! - Luminous Hyaena

Brown-throated Fulvetta or Ludlow's Fulvetta (Fulvetta ludlowi), family Paradoxornithidae, order Passeriformes, India

Photograph by Dilip C Gupta

Northern Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus), male, family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes, found in the central and eastern U.S., and eastern and central Mexico.

photograph by Brian Kushner

[2898/11080] Dark pewee - Contopus lugubris

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Tyranni Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)

Photo credit: Carmen Álvarez Montalbán via Macaulay Library

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Spring | Montreux, Switzerland || Nikolai Matveev

[2367/11080] Chinese nuthatch - Sitta villosa

Also known as: snowy-browed nuthatch

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Certhioidea Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)

Photo credit: 冰 鸟 via Macaulay Library

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Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), family Pardalotidae, order Passeriformes, Australia

photograph by Subhranil Das www.instagram.com/subhranildas

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Peru

photograph by Jeyaramsankar Gurusamy

A decaying neo-gothic turret hin among the hills in Italy

Here's a painting I made for the ImagineFX art challenge "Mystical Meets Machines".

The theme was too intriguing to pass by - especially after I got the idea of some unicorns grazing by the remnants of an ancient, mechanical dragon. Someone in the past were keen on acquiring the great powers of a dragon for themselves, leading to a bitter end. Now it has rested peacefully for centuries, becoming part of the landscape.

Lots of fun painting this one, especially all that moss!

Photoshop, April 2024. And as always, no AI used.

Helene Paula von Pausinger

Bronze Duke (Euthalia nara shania), family Nymphalidae, Chiang Mai, Thailand

photograph by Antonio Giudici

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), male, family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, found over a great deal of North America and South America

photograph by Steve Rose (@stevenrosephotography)