birding

So cute, but so very loud.

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Curious if anyone has seen this before.

Taken in Langley, B.C.

EOS 1100D, Tamron 150-600

A9II + Tamron 150-500 @ 500 + heavy crop

My shop is across the street from this park so I end up hearing this one and the family quite often. The last time I saw him was at the farmer’s market. He was sitting over a vendor’s table feeding a pigeon to one of its young.

Netherlands, July

Getting very up close and personal revealed all kinds of fine detail I was personally unaware of. For example, look at that texture/pattern around the bird's eye.

Yes, they beat the red-winged blackbirds this time.

Seen yesterday in Boulder, CO, USA.

Not sure if it's the same mourning Dove as last time but I'm only a little creeped out so it's fine, it's totally fine. This is fine.

Taken in Delta, B.C.

EOS 1100D, Canon 75-300

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A9ii + Tamron 150-500 @ 500mm. No crop this time. I was seated on my porch about 10 feet from the feeder. I truly have no idea how people who take birding more seriously do it.

Netherlands, July

Rüstjer Forst, Germany, June

R7 + Sigma 150-600mm C

I shall call him Patches. Sadly, it's a name he will likely outgrow soon if he hasn't already.

A9II + Tamron 150-500 + heavy crop (the bird was ~50 feet away)

Taken at Brydon Lagoon, Langley, B.C.

EOS 1100D, Tamron 150-600

A9II w/ Tamron 150-500 @ 500mm + crop

I'm not sure what made me so interesting

I think this is a (probably young) Cetti's Warbler, which is a first time photo for me. They are certainly found in that area (Reading, UK), and Merlin Bird Photo ID points to it for the following photo taken at the same time and place:

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Canon R6 + RF800mm

They are really well hidden and silent, didn't even realize for two days after i came back from my holidays. I already knew this pigeon couple from before my holidays (was gone for two months), they are like the regulars in my garden.

This is the father sitting on the eggs. BTW I had made this mess deliberately to keep pigeons from trying to breed there, it seemed to work while i was at home i guess. Hope when the little ones hatch they won't fall into any gaps there.

I tried to call the local bird help, if maybe they would swap the eggs for fake ones, but i could not reach anybody, they have too much to do this time of the year and i reckon pigeons breeding on a balcony ain't no emergency either.

Netherlands, July

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The male has a bright red crown, female in added pictures below.

Common Buzzard, Reading, UK Canon R6 + RF800mm

There were a couple swooping at him for about five minutes before they finally drove him off.

I love Blue Jays so much. I haven't come across any jay nests myself, but I saw this and had to share!

Photos from Three Rivers Avian Center [Facebook]

>Baby blue jays are very fluffy around the neck (we call it the mink stole!) but the neck between the head and shoulders at this age is devoid of all feathers. They will grow tho. In the meantime, the voice box works just fine!

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I didn't actually intend to capture this robin in motion from tree trunk to branch, but this lucky accident amuses me.

Reading, UK Canon R6 + RF800mm

Two Galapagos hawks fight over a baby sea turtle

Silhouette

Carrion crow (Corvus corone) Olympus E-M1 II, Panasonic 100-300 II

240mm (and slightly cropped for framing), f/7.1, 1/1250s, ISO 1000

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Netherlands, Juli

1. parent with newest child
2. ~2 month old juvenile
3. other parent maybe also with chick under the wings

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