John Farley's Birds of the World Gallery


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Blue-footed Booby, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Storks in Morocco

Ashy-Headed Goose, Hawhel Huapi National Park, Argentina

Chimango Caracara, Easter Island, CHile

Hooded Crow, Egypt

Unlike crows in North America, which are black, hooded crows are gray with black wings and a black head. They range widely across much of Europe and parts of North Africa.

Hungry Goose, Munich, Germany

Silhouetted hummingbird, near Machu Picchu, Peru

Gull, Tenby, South Wales

Magnificent Frigatebirds, Pacific Ocean near Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Brown Pelican, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Flightless Cormorants, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
The wings on these birds evolved to be so small and weak that the bird can't fly - but it dives deep in the ocean for fish, and big wings would hamper that.


Azure-winged Magpie - China's "Happy Bird"

Birds of the United States

This page last updated July 25, 2023