Birds!

[Ferry_vO]

Just a few random bird pics, taken during walks in the winter and spring:

Cygnus olor:

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[/FONT]Turdus iliacus:

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[/FONT]Falco tinnunculus:

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[/FONT]Erithacus rubecula:

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[Ferry_vO]

Cyanistes caeruleus:

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[/FONT]Troglodytes troglodytes:

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[/FONT]Dendrocopos major:

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[/FONT]Sitta europaea:

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[Ferry_vO]

Pica pica:

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[/FONT]Anser anser:

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[/FONT]Motacilla alba:

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[wombat666]

I'm really envious Ferry!
Right now the rain is horizontal and we're still mid-lockdown!
Our birds are either staying home or walking.
Nice collection my friend.

 

[wellis]

Fabulous photography of some of my favorite subjects! Nicely done.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Right now the rain is horizontal and we're still mid-lockdown!

The only thing we could do during lockdown was sit at home or go for a walk.. So why not bring a camera with me?

 

[wombat666]

If I went for a walk I'd end up being blown into the Southern Ocean!
Shouldn't bitch too much, we're only some 12 days off the Winter Solstice and all the wetlands are getting well soaked.
Just to rub salt into the 'Lockdown Wounds' the first week was top down sunny and clear days.........but we could only wander within a 5K radius of home and that isn't much use.
I'll shut up and go back to scanning my collection of B&W negatives.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Walked for two and a halve hour through a snow storm and a foot of snow early February just to get a few photos.. as long as you keep moving (And have good cold weather equipment) not really a problem.

 

[wombat666]

Victoria has just had a really nasty cold front come through with extra heavy rainfalls and flash flooding in some areas.
So I'm (selfishly) hoping the wetlands get back to this level by the time Spring rolls round!

On the subject of birds......Corellas are pretty noisy and highly sociable birds, never more so when food is on hand.

 

[InDeepSchit]

I'm more of a plane spotter when it comes to my photography, but when I see something cool in nature (birds and insects in particular) and I have my camera handy, you can bet I'm all over it.

Here's a pair of Cardinals that made a nest in my back yard a month ago:





Blue Jay chick in my driveway:



Mocking Bird singing in the rain:

 

[InDeepSchit]

Caught a few raptors in my viewfinder over the years too.

The fluffiest Red Tailed Hawk I've ever seen:



Red Shoulder Hawk tearing into a tasty snake:





Not a bird but I thought I'd share this Opossum that took a fancy to my grill. Don't worry, I didn't eat her. She was too cute (and helpful to the ecosystem) for consumption:

 

[Ferry_vO]

Finally managed to take a few snaps of the largest but also one of the rarest (38 breeding pairs in 2023!) birds in the Netherlands, the mighty White-tailed Eagle! (Haliaeetus albicilla)

 

[Ferry_vO]

Thanks Cazzie, didn't think anyone was still visiting this part of the forums anymore..

A few from a recent holiday; a Flock of Seagulls:

Thalasseus sandvicensis:

Spatula clypeata:

Falco tinnunculus:

Platalea leucorodia:

BTW not using Latin names to sound smart, but simply because I don't know the English names..

 

[Cazzie]

I can name them for you Ferry.

First Set

Cygnus olor: Mute Swan
Turdus iliacus: Redwing (fairly common European Thrush)
Falco tinnunculus: Common Kestrel (aka European Kestrel)
Erithacus rubecula: European Robin
Second Set
Cyanistes caeruleus: Eurasian Blue Tit
Troglodytes troglodytes: Eurasian Wren (Trglodytes comes from the Greek word meaning "hole dweller")
Dendrocopos major: Great Spotted Woodpecker (We have a similar migratory woodpecker that looks very much the same called a Red Cockaded Woodpecker.)


Sitta europaea: European Nuthatch

Third Set

Pica pica: Eurasion Magpie (a Corvid member of the Crow family)

Anser anser: Greylag Goose

Motacilla alba: White Wagtail

Fourth Set

Great shots Ferry of the White-tail Eagle, very similar to our Osprey

Fifth Set

Yep, Seagulls, ubiquitous to Earth

Thalasseus sandvicensis: Sandwich Tern

Spatula clypeata: Northern Shoveler (common here along the eastern shore, a spoonbill duck)

Falco tinnunculus: another fine shot of a European Kestrel

Platalea leucorodia: Eurasian Spoonbill

That should do.

Cazzie