Sir William Jardine's illustrations of the duck tribe..Dumfries, N.B. :Privately printed at the expense of the author,[1840?].biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36001902
If it's not another alligator, you come upon a family of Wood Ducks around every bend on the Silver.Aix sponsaWood DuckSilver RiverSilver Springs State ParkOcala, Marion County, Florida, USAOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
A monograph of the pheasants /.London, England :Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Witherby & Co.,1918-1922..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34630676
ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10335029 A Gunnison Sage-grouse,near Monticello,San Juan co.,Utah. A new species of Sage-Grouse,first recognized as distinct from the Greater Sage-Grouse in 2000, these are becoming very rare birds,and in Utah it is though that only 100 or so still exist. They are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN),and are on the Red List. UPDATE: They have just been listed on the Endangered Species Act by the USFWS,which will require full federal protection,and a recovery plan to be implemented. See www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/birds/gunnisonsagegr... and www.thewildlifenews.com/2013/01/11/endangered-species-act...
This Blood Pheasant, Ithaginis cruentus, was photographed in China, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5180104926