Migration is all ready stared.

7DWF Wednesdays "Close up"

Two male Tree Swallows in a territorial debate.

Lago privato , Firenze , +1,10 EV

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Happy New Year, Flickr Friends !!!

(Nikon 300/2.8 + TC 1.7, 1/1250 @ f6.3, ISO 640)

Alba personale, lago privato, entroterra toscano !!!

alcuni amici mi hanno scritto

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Building reflection makes this look like 2 photos edited together, but if fact just one shot.

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

Zonotrichia albicollis

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P1310088 - Grey-headed Starling - Size 20 cm

# 287 - 02 July '18 - 18:35 (13:05 GMT)

At - Barnighad - Uttarakhand - Western Himalayas - ~1000m (3280 ft) Altitude.

Chestnut-tailed Starling or Grey-headed Myna (Sturnia malabarica) is a member of the starling family of perching birds. It is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia.

The species name is after the distribution of a former subspecies in the Malabar region. This resident population has a white head and is often treated as a full species, the Malabar starling (Sturnia blythii).

DO YOU KNOW - Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture is the highest flying bird ever recorded. Flying at an altitude of 37000 ft.

Happy birding 🐦

Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus). Hornbills are noisy, conspicuous birds easily distinguished by their bold black and white feather patterns, accented by long, colorful bills and patches of bare skin around the eyes or throat. Their first two neck vertebrae are fused to support their large bill. Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.

Conservation status: Least Concern

Robin for lunch, so sad to see but that's nature for you.

Cormorant Everglades Florida, USA.

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This American wigeon drake was coming in for a landing among his compatriots at Commonwealth Lake.

Egret, Atascadero Lake California

Thanks so much for the visit!

Whitethroat male

A rework of an image from some time ago.

Still very busy but I will try to catch up with your images this afternoon/evening. Normal service will resume on Wednesday.

female northern cardinal, Laguna Seca Ranch, near Edinburg, TX. Sony A6500 and FE 70-300G. This series of bird photos is from Brian Loflin's South Texas Bird Photography Workshop.