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Less showy than her male counterpart, the female Black Redstart is a charming, subtly beautiful little bird. Very often choosing to inhabit urban areas, her choice of nest site will sometimes bring them into close proximity to people.
During a photography shoot in Hungary, we were lucky enough to have a pair nesting in an old barn, next to the villa where we were staying. The barn was being renovated & despite constant interruptions from the building works, the birds seemed undaunted, flying in over the builders heads to feed their young.
June 2017.
Isn't she just the cutest - female House Sparrow. In terms of numbers, it seems the boys way outnumber the girls in my back yard, and they all way outnumber the smattering of finches I get.
My Sibley guide describes the female as having a "plain drab crown" with a "dingy gray-brown" chest. "Plain", "drab" and "dingy"?? How dare they!
Early spring, 2024: mating season for aquatic newts on my NC property. This male is swimming beneath the female to both display himself and put his nose in the appropriate spot to assess readiness.
A few moments later, the male grabbed the female from behind. They curled into a spinning ball as he wrestled her to the bottom and then deposited his sperm package on a leaf for his partner to uptake through an opening called a cloaca, leading to her sex organ.
Though not a very romantic union, the birthing process is surprisingly tender. The female lays 2 or 3 eggs per day, gently nestling them in floating plant roots for protection. Hatchlings remain there until ready to venture forth.
Went out again for another birding session with good mate and fellow flickr tog Joe Micallef to Hunter Wetlands.
We spotted quite a few of these Female Golden Whistlers yesterday; they are far less colorful than their male partners - but we only saw the females! :-(
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Some might have noticed my recent absence from flickr - just trying to spend less time on the computer at present!!
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A female Rufous Hummingbird has her beak all in on our Black & Blue Salvia. She is sipping nectar for her afternoon snack. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
A female Painted Bunting, sometimes called a "Greenie" taking a bath. Usually when she takes a bath, other birds get inspired.
Snail Kites are one of our most beautiful hawks in my opinion. They have long delicate talons that usually grasp snails with elegant grace. They often transfer the snail from talons to bill while in flight and use their bills to extract the snail from its shell with relative ease. The females, as shown in this image, are brown and lighter in color. Both have red eyes but the males are brighter, especially during breeding season. This young lady is shown as she has just plucked a snail from the surface of the water. (Rostrhamas sociabilis) (Sony a1, 200-600mm @430mm, f/6.3, 1/2500 second, ISO 640)
Las hembras, en general, son difíciles de ver, a ésta la pudimos fotografiar porque necesitaba evacuar. Es un momento crítico para ellos y a nosotros nos facilita captarla. Imagen conseguida en los Charcos del Rio Grande. Quesa (Valencia) España
The females, in general, are difficult to see, we could photograph this one because I needed to evacuate. It is a critical moment for them and it makes it easier for us to capture it. Image obtained in the Charcos del Rio Grande. Quesa (Valencia) Spain
This female red-winged blackbird landed on a bush near the trail, right next to where I was standing. She then picked at the growth on this bush, and let me take pictures of her visit. How kind of her!
The female of this species certainly dosn’t shout look at me like her male counterpart and for that reason very few photos of this large duck seem to be uploaded to the pages of Flickr. This particular example was photographed on a rather blustery wet day on a recent visit to the RSPB nature reserve at Old Moor.
This female Blackbird and her partner had a very difficult breading season. I first spotted her taking nesting material into a shrub last year, neither she or her partner allowed me to photograph them as they were just to quick flying in or out!
As the weeks passed it was obvious that they had young with both the male and female bringing insects and worms to the nest, then within a few days of the young fledging the nest was predated by magpies.
Within 48hrs this determined blackbird was building a new nest in a thick coniferous tree near to the house it only took her three or four days before she was finished and sitting again the male was always around, after a couple of weeks they had some more young with both parents being very attentive then one morning on the lawn I found a load of black feathers including three tail feathers I feared he had been taken by a sparrow hawk or one of the local cats. It later turned out that it was him that had been attacked but good news he survived but was looking very much the worse for wear he carried on his duties with out hesitation and finally they had four fledglings. Over the coming days I would see both parents with either one or more of the fledglings this went on for a few weeks before they disappeared.
Sadly this year blackbirds have just not visited the garden to much of a degree, although I don’t miss the persistent alarm call that they give out.
Lucky to find her sunning herself on a post. The males I saw were not sitting still and beyond my tracking skills
In a snowstorm posing around our pond. Never posted from the archives.
Canon 1DX, F4, 1/1000, ISO 200
The UK's smallest bird of prey, this compact, dashing falcon has a relatively long, square-cut tail and rather broad-based pointed wings, shorter than those of other falcons. Its wingbeat tends to be rapid with occasional glides, wings held close to the body. Its small size enables it to hover and hang in the breeze as it pursues its prey. In winter the UK population increases as most of the Icelandic breeding birds migrate to our warmer climate. Although recovering from a population crash in the late 20th century it is still on the Amber List.
John Flower and I had another day at the Imperial Bird of Prey Academy, Barleylands Farm Billericay Essex.
We spent the day with Professional Wildlife Photographer Robin Lowry who gave us a fantastic time with some excellent photography tips.