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This flock of young ewes had been grazing in Witcombe Valley over the year. I was out walking one day in October, when I watched the sheep being rounded up for a health check. The shepherd had two dogs, one young and over enthusiastic, the other more experienced, she released the younger one towards the end of the gathering and there was quite a lot of shouting to get him to curb his enthusiasm for the job!
The Golden plover is smaller than its relative, the Grey plover. In summer, adults have a black throat, chest and belly, surrounded by a band of white and topped with a distinctive, spotted gold-and-black back and cap.
In winter, they lose their black and turn more buff in colour, with a pale throat, chest and belly. In mixed flocks, Golden Plovers can be distinguished from Lapwings by their sharp, pointed wings (Lapwings have bluntly rounded wings). Summer visitor from France & Iberia (though possibly some remain year-round in Ireland) & winter visitor from Iceland. Most in Ireland between October & February
A golden eagle flew around and scrambled a few thousand Sandhill Cranes. Sangre de Cristo mountains as the backdrop.
As the shorebirds migrate to their summer breeding grounds in Alaska, one fascinating component of their behavior is that they stick together, fly together, and eat together. The flock allows protection from predators as the great numbers of birds can confuse predators. For us, the observers, it's almost musical and or magical to see this behavior. I thought this spatial separateness continued on the ground after they landed for eating but to my surprise I found and posted a photo where two birds collided when one ran into another as they frantically ran around to find food.
Taken 11 May 2020 at Homer, Alaska.
Its been a cloudy afternoon, grey sky and then rain. The starlings went to roost early and the rain made visibility poor but the waiting paid off the sky took up a beautiful colour and the horizon sprung into life.
just goes to show, be patient and never give up, you don't know what's coming next. Tomorrow Salmon Jumping and maybe an Otter, or maybe Not?
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Flocking to the sea
The sun is shining
The Water's clear
Down by the sea
I lost control with you,
And living, living,
And I, living, by the sea
Living free
I'd love to stay here
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A red winged blackbird flock doing a flyby. They were feeding in a cornfield that was cut in the Fall. I have another shot that shows every other bird with a kernel of corn in his beak.
In the Time of the Virus, I am reviewing my earliest Flickr uploads [2008 forward] hoping some are worth a second look.
Waited for the temperature to go higher than -10 degrees C. When it did I went to Saddington Park (near Port Credit) to take this photo of birds (not sure if these are crows). The birds were producing noise/calls.
Flock of sheep (about 150 animals) in the Immerloopark (park, lake and morass) in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Schaapskudde in het najaar in het Immerloopark in Arnhem
Het gras in een van de grotere Arnhemse stadsparken "Het Immerloopark" (park, meertje, moeras) wordt dagelijks op een natuurlijke wijze kort gehouden door een kudde van circa 150 Australische schapen.