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Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
On this day two years ago I visited the Werribee River Park north and then south. This Fantail was flitting around with a number of others near the Diversion Weir.
Great blue heron perched on a high vantage point over the lake. Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A Northern Shrike perched high on a sunny spot ever watching carefully for unsuspecting prey.
If you didn't know what a Northern Shrike was, you may think it is a cute, medium-sized song bird. The Northern Shrike is in fact a small, fierce hunter cloaked in grey, black and white plumage.
Shrikes hunt voles, small songbirds and large insects. They hunt from perches, descending upon prey and then use their strongly hooked bill to sever the spinal cord between the neck and head.
Shrikes are know to keep a cache of food, impaling birds, voles and insects o branches, barbed wire or thorns. This unique way of storing food is why Northern Shrikes are also called by some "butcher birds".
This Prairie Warbler found a nice perch from which to view his surroundings. The song of this beautiful bird is perhaps the most distinct out of all the warblers. A rising buzzy buzz, almost metallic sounding. Please view large for best experience.
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“Common” chaffinch....a name wich I think is not doing him any justice.
He is so colourful and brightens up the garden. And they never travel alone so you got love them in groups :-)
Perched on a rotting stump a White-throated Sparrow awaits his turn at some seeds I had placed on the ground.
Aalscholver - Great or Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), caught a large fish (European Perch - Perca fluviatilis).
Always I have seen this fast flying raptor on the hunt. You have to pan extremely fast to get a decent flight shot (kudos to those who have gotten one). Only once before I got a shot when it was high up on a tree enjoying lunch but this time -wala- there it was!
A male Madagascar fody (foudia madagascariensis) perched on a relatively bare part of a branch otherwise covered in lichen. Photographed on Ile Aux Aigrettes, in Mauritius.