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Know Your Birds? - Edit - Not That Kind!
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Raith_C_Chattonell said:This photo by Tapani Linnanmaki made the Comedy wildlife final.
A White tailed Eagle - but not on a good day
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https://www.facebook.com/share/v/15nDZJ2WAV/?mibextid=wwXIfrIt’s like a bunch of Charlton fans trying to spot a midfield pass2
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A while ago I posted here because I'd photographed over a hundred bird species in January. When I completed the same feat in February, I set myself a target to photograph 100 species every month for the whole year. The count is reset each month - it would be impossible to see 1,200 species in a year, at least on my travel budget. Anyway, I did it - 100 species for twelve months. I've finally finished cataloguing my sightings from 2024. I ended up photographing 214 different species across the year, 51 of which I saw on twelve consecutive months. 27 were one-off sightings.
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I see you saw Waxwings @Stig. I saw a flock in my garden many years ago and thought them stunning. Have never seen them since, but live in hope.4
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Window where I work in new flat looks out to a bunch of trees, very excited to see how the birdlife develops. Have had the great and heartening Redwing Invasion over the last week, but Waxwings are forever the dream...3
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Last night's Winterwatch on BBC was very interesting, there was a piece about waxwings and how they have a specially adapted tongue to aid swallowing berries. They then showed how other birds have adapted tongues to cope with the type of food they eat.2
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I give you the NZ endemic Wrybill / Ngutu Pare. The beak enables the bird to comfortably reach under rocks for beasties to eat. Lives on river banks and estuarine habits. Only bird on the planet with an asymetrical bill. Take that.8
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Oi, that bird's got a bent beak. Yeah, number of times she's got off a charge scot free is unreal.
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Great Egret seen at Lackford Lakes on Tuesday. The poor thing was getting chased around by a pair of Herons who I don't think wanted its competition for food so close to the breeding season. They did me a favour though, I don't think I'd have got this shot if they'd have left it alone. If anyone is up Suffolk way, Lackford is a great place for birding.17 -
Brilliant shot as ever Stig0
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Spring is finally here and birds are getting quite active. A lot of the activity is pretty aggressive. I thought these two Moorhens were going to drown each other before the smaller one finally swam away, but it took a long time.
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Not a lot to go on I'm afraid but can you name the bird that left this on our patio door. Wing tip to wing tip is approx 60cm.
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Kevin?5
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My first thought was that it looks a but crow like, but crows have a bigger wing span than that. I wonder if it could be a Magpie, they are part of the Corvid family and their wingspan is 56-61cm.
Even if you track it down though, I don't think you'll be able claim.0 -
Didn’t think to take a picture for CL but had the perfect print of an Owl on our lounge window a few weeks ago.0
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We were wondering if it was an owl because of the large head. It has been there for some time but all I saw was a football shape. I only saw the wings yesterday because of the sun's position and I happened to be standing in the right place.0
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Hex said:We were wondering if it was an owl because of the large head. It has been there for some time but all I saw was a football shape. I only saw the wings yesterday because of the sun's position and I happened to be standing in the right place.2
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Read a good tip in identifying Rooks from Carrion Crows based on the fact that Rooks are convivial whereas Crows are unsociable.
There is an old country adage that goes, "If you see a rook, it's a crow. If you see crows, they're rooks".1 -
I can never remember the difference between albino and leucitic birds, so I looked it up on the BTO website. Apparently, the best indicator is whether they have red eyes or not. Hmmm, doesn't really work for Pochards, does it?
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Been using the MerlinID app a lot recently, it's great just to be able to identify birds via their song2
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Lovely shot! I’d go luecistic rather than albino because there is still some colouration present and albinism is rarer, particularly for an adult.1
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Kingfisher versus Pike. Only one winner.11 -
Three shots of the same Heron. 1. Treading us to a close up view. 2. Wiping its beak on its perch after catching a fish. 3. Trying its Hand at surfing.6 -
Possibly the rarest bird I've ever seen, a leucistic Red Kite. Apparently there are only ten in the world.
For comparison, this is their usual colouring.9 -
Stig said:
Kingfisher versus Pike. Only one winner.2 -
KettsJohn said:Stig said:
Possibly the rarest bird I've ever seen, a leucistic Red Kite. Apparently there are only ten in the world.
For comparison, this is their usual colouring.1 -
That Merlin app is great fun, stayed at a villa on a wooded hillside in Spain, recorded a Nightjar, Sardinian warbler, Serin, Spotless Starling and a Blue rock thrush.4
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