Bird

5 photos · 2008–2025

5 photographs tagged Bird, 2008–2025.

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Seagull perched on railing above East River with Manhattan skyline including UN Secretariat and Chrysler Building.
Seagull on the East River waterfront in Midtown Manhattan, with the United Nations Secretariat Building and the Chrysler Building in the background. The green-glass Secretariat, completed in 1952, is the main administrative building of the United Nations headquarters complex. The Chrysler Building, completed in 1930, remains one of New York City's best-known Art Deco skyscrapers.

Gull on a Railing Post With the Chrysler Building Behind It

Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica at sunset, with flowering plants in foreground and forested hills beneath golden sky.
Monteverde sits along Costa Rica's Tilarán Cordillera, where trade winds off the Caribbean push moisture up the slopes and condense into the near-constant mist that gives the cloud forest its name. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, established in 1972, protects roughly 10,500 hectares and spans six distinct ecological zones across an elevation range of about 1,440 to 1,800 meters. That shift in elevation and moisture supports more than 2,500 plant species, including over 400 types of orchids, along with some 100 mammal species and 400 bird species, among them the resplendent quetzal. Quaker settlers and conservationists who arrived in the 1950s helped set aside the original forest tract, a decision credited with starting the region's long-running ecotourism economy.

Sunset Over the Treetops at Monteverde

White-throated Magpie-Jay with distinctive crest perched on wrought-iron fence in Costa Rica.
The white-throated magpie-jay is a large jay native to the Pacific slope of Central America, ranging from southern Mexico into northwestern Costa Rica. It's easily identified by its long, graduated tail, curled forward-facing crest feathers, and the blue-and-white plumage with a dark necklace marking across the chest. The species favors dry forest and scrubland, and it has adapted readily to gardens, farms, and developed areas within its range. Magpie-jays are highly social, often traveling and foraging in small family groups that cooperate in raising young from previous broods.

White-throated Magpie-Jay on an Iron Railing in Guanacaste

Ornate white and gold facade of the Cathedral of Saint James the Apostle in Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala, beneath clear blue sky.
The Cathedral of Saint James the Apostle anchors the east side of Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala, seat of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala. Spanish colonial authorities first consecrated a church on this site in 1545, with later rebuilding producing the baroque facade seen today after earlier structures were destroyed by earthquakes in 1717 and 1773. Only the front portion was restored for regular use following the 1773 damage, while the rest of the original cathedral remains in ruins behind it. Antigua's historic center, including the cathedral, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Baroque Facade of the Cathedral of Saint James, Antigua

A colorful building with rainbow-painted window panels in Uptown Minneapolis with birds flying in formation overhead.
The Rainbow Building stands on Lake Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, its corner painted in a bright color block pattern. A flock of geese flies past the building in formation.

Geese Fly Past the Rainbow Building in Uptown Minneapolis

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