A bird game - all join in!

[PINNACLE]

Little Owls

Little Owls by Martin Billard, on Flickr

 

[Rustydon]

Avocets



Russ

 

[Gronk08]

The happy couple

IMG_3334 by Timothy Rowley, on Flickr

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Puffin Chat - 2019- Farne Islands

 

[Gremlin]

Jays

 

[PINNACLE]

A couple of Kestrels

Pair of Kestrel by Martin Billard, on Flickr

 

[gramps]

Pair of Black-winged Stilts.


Pair of Black-winged Stilts by Roger, on Flickr

 

[bulldog5988]

A couple of Kestrels

Now they are nice.

 

[AdamSi]

A pair of squabbling Buzzards
Squabbling Buzzard's by Adam Sibbald, on Flickr

 

[Gremlin]

 

[Darren]

Mr & Mrs by Darren Ward, on Flickr

 

[Rustydon]

Gannets love-in:



Russ

 

[gramps]

Pair of Water Rail



Pair of Water Rail by Roger, on Flickr

 

[AdamSi]

Two little ducks..... BINGO

Ducks flyby by Adam Sibbald, on Flickr

 

[AdamSi]

Nothing to see here...….
Cormorant Protection by Adam Sibbald, on Flickr

 

[Rustydon]

Spoonbills a-dancing



Russ

 

[Jannyfox]

Canada fly by

 

[Jannyfox]

I think there were two birds here...................

 

[Rustydon]

a pair of Waxwings



Russ

 

[gramps]

Pair of Blackcaps



Blackcap Pair by Roger, on Flickr

 

[Phil-D]

A pair of Long-eared owlets
Long-eared Owlet Siblings by Phil D, on Flickr

 

[gramps]

Pair of Razorbills



Razorbills from the Farne Islands by Roger, on Flickr

 

[Rustydon]

pair of nesting Fulmar



Russ

 

[gramps]

Pair of Flamingos



Flamingo Nursery by Roger, on Flickr

 

[Deleted member 34016]

Greylag Geese

DSC01026 Greylag pair by Les Moxon, on Flickr

 

[Rustydon]

Great Crested Grebes performing their "Weed Dance":



Russ

 

[gramps]

Pair of Little Grebe (Dabchick)



Pair of Little Grebes by Roger, on Flickr

 

[Nikon f1.8]

couple of coots if you haven't seen these before

 

[gramps]

Distant pair of Bittern

 

[Rustydon]

pair of Gadwall:



Russ

 

[gramps]

Pair of Wigeon



Pair of Wigeon Grazing by Roger, on Flickr

 

[Jannyfox]

couple of coots if you haven't seen these before

Moorhens

 

[Nikon f1.8]

Moorhens

Wasn't sure to be honest, I am not a very good bird ID'er

 

[gramps]

Wasn't sure to be honest, I am not a very good bird ID'er

I think




covers both species TBH

 

[Jannyfox]

Wasn't sure to be honest, I am not a very good bird ID'er

Just remember 'bald as a coot', ie coots are the ones with the white 'shields' on their foreheads, because they're even more loutish than moorhens............

 

[JohnC6]

Distant pair of Bittern


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Roger..This looks just like a Claude Monet painting . Really nice

 

[PINNACLE]

My Tern

Terns by Martin Billard, on Flickr

 

[JohnC6]

I took these photos after our group drove out of Dalhart ,Texas into open countryside. Miles of flat countryside. Way ahead we saw two hawks sitting in a dead tree (hit by lightning) and they took off, one landing close to the road, the other going in the opposite direction. Just a normal road not a large one so very little traffic. We stopped and it remained on the ground so we took photos and it remained there after we left. It was a 4-5 month old Swainson's Hawk.

I imagine it's spread its wings to make it look larger and more menacing which many creatures do is they feel under threat.I was more bothered about it than it must have been of me.

I used a 70-200 f4 lens on a 5D11. Unfortunately, once again sharp in my Lr but gone a tad soft on here.

 

[JohnC6]

Wasn't sure to be honest, I am not a very good bird ID'er

Just remember 'bald as a coot', ie coots are the ones with the white 'shields' on their foreheads, because they're even more loutish than moorhens............

If I may add another helpful tip, Jan.

Moorhen has an R in it and it has the red beak.

 

[gramps]

Pair of Hooded Mergansers



Hooded Merganser Pair by Roger, on Flickr