El estornino común o estornino europeo (Sturnus vulgaris), también conocido simplemente como estornino en Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, es un ave paseriforme de tamaño mediano de la familia de los estorninos Sturnidae. Mide unos 20 cm de largo y tiene un plumaje negro brillante con un brillo metálico, moteado de blanco en algunas épocas del año. Las patas son rosadas y el pico es negro en invierno y amarillo en verano; Los juveniles tienen un plumaje más marrón que los adultos. Es un pájaro ruidoso, especialmente en dormideros comunales y otras situaciones sociales, con un canto poco musical pero variado. Su capacidad para imitar se ha observado en la literatura, incluido el Mabinogion y las obras de Plinio el Viejo y William Shakespeare.

O falcão-de-coleira é um falcão campestre com ampla distribuição nas Américas, em ecossistemas abertos, os quais favorece.

Zonotrichia albicollis

One from this summer.

Isle lake Alberta.

Cattle egret is taking off in an inspiring pose. Taken at Wakodahatchee wetlands in Florida

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♫Three little birds

Pitch by my doorstep

Singing sweet songs

Of melodies pure and true

Saying

This is my message to you-ou-ou...♪

♥

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Belding's savannah sparrow, taken in Bolsa Chica Reserve

There is something about birds singing on barbed wire that always appeals to me, especially now.

Mr. Pileated taking off from the suet feeder.

HWW.

This was certainly the highlight of 2018 seeing and photographing Pine Grosbeaks which are rarely present in our area. If I am not mistaking, this one would be a Juvenile male, do not hesitate to correct me. After missing them early morning, I searched for them the entire morning without success. It is not until noon that I heard them way up high in a pine tree (very happy I listened to their call on the internet the night before). I waited a long while until they came down to this tree. Beautiful male (4), 1 or 2 female and this Juvenile male were feeding as sloppy as they can be. This is one of many shots I got from this flock... more to come.

Great tit / Mésange charbonnière / Koolmees / Kohlmeise / Cinciallegra / Carbonero común / Sýkora koňadra

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Let's not forget about the birds on these cold winter days.

photo from Pixabay.

Digital paint Cs6.

An unexpected highlight of my weekend trips to the cotswolds

Wilson's Snipe, backroads of Oregon.

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Beautiful Goldfinch in our garden

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Québec Canada

For some reason the EXIF is not correct. The exposure should be for 1/2500 sec. with a .67 bias.

Thanks for looking, etc.:)

füstös cankó / Tringa erythropus

If only the sun had been shining !

If only the weather forecast could get it right !

Photo taken May 13, 2022

Pine Warbler

This is the Hermit Thrush that has been with us for a couple of weeks in the backyard. He has really made himself at home, but I will really miss him when fly's up north.

Estorninos al anochecer