Feeling the Mood, Getting the Groove and Afterglow, Shorty the Urban Red Tail Hawk & Mate

Puffed Feathers, Sure Mood Indicator

Urban Red Tail Hawks, Contemplating Next Move

The Groove

Afterglow & Afterthoughts 

The Brazilian Agouti

The Brazilian Agouti, Dasyprocta leporina, is a South American agouti species from the Dasyprotidae family. It is also called "red-rumped", "orange-rumped" or the "golden-rumped" agouti. It lives in a wide variety of habitats as long as there is water and dense plant growth.These habitats may include gardens and crop fields. It is also found in the rainforests or other forests of Brazil and northward.

photo: Os Roedores

Campo de Santana, a park at the busy urban center of Rio de Janeiro holds a population of more than a thousand agoutis among other small animals.

Tijuca Forest, world's largest urban forest, also in Rio, is the home of a great range of animal species; nevertheless, agoutis hadn't been seen there for a long time. For this reason, since 2010, a group biologists from Tijuca Forest have been working on the readaptation of some "very urban" Brazilian agoutis to the forest, a much "less urban" habitat.

Read This is my Brazilian Agouti fact sheet! @ The Daniel's Animal Facts Blog.

Urban Ducks Adopt Neighborhood Swimming Pool

Scientific name : Anas platyrhynchos

Canard de Colvert
Mallard Duck 
Family/Famille : Anatidae

Urban Mallard Ducks 

Urban Mallard Ducks 

Urban Mallard Ducks 

Urban Mallard Ducks 

Grand Cormoran à la pêche dans le Petit Rhône

Un grand Cormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo) au pied d'un pont surplombant le petit Rhône à Arles

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) down a bridge over the Rhône in Arles

Great Cormoran in Arles, France

House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus

Originally native to Mexico, the House Finch was imported during the 1940's into North America.

To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, many dealers when confronted by game wardens or regulators would let the birds free.  House Finches have now naturalized into Florida.

Scientific Name:  Carpodacus mexicanus

Common Name:  House Finch

Carpodacus mexicanus, Male

Carpodacus mexicanus, Male

Carpodacus mexicanus, Female

Urban Pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis

Pelicans have adapted their lives to most Urban seaside areas, taking advantage of readily available food.

To me, Pelicans are a majestic bird, prehistoric in appearance, fun, almost comical to watch.

Urban Nature at its seaside finest.

Scientific Name:  Pelecanus occidentalis

Common Name:  Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis, January 2011, Mayport, Florida

Shorty's Mate - Urban Red Tail Hawks - Buse à queue rousse - Today's Photos

Red Tail Hawk, Shorty's Mate, Jacksonville, FL

Red Tail Hawk, Shorty's Mate, Jacksonville, FL

Red Tail Hawk, Shorty's Mate, Jacksonville, FL

Red Tail Hawk, Shorty's Mate, Jacksonville, FL

Red Tail Hawk, Shorty's Mate, Jacksonville, FL