White-throated sparrow

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Yup , this was meant to be a bird to get a shot for SSC this week , and what do I get - a squirrel !! There have been a number of birds about so far this week from Blue Tits to Pigeons on the table , the seed feeder and the fat snax feeder and to be honest , a random capture may well do for my SSC shot even if I clipped the end of it's tail off .

However , the squirrel seems to be tucking in well and come the end of the summer it will be all over the curly - whirly tree after the hazelnuts .

Garrulus glandarius belongs to the Corvidae family and is widespread in Europe, North Africa and vast regions of Asia. His favorite food are oak acrons and beechnuts, but his diet varies according to the season. He is a very clever bird able to imitate the call of other birds, like buzzards, herons, or tawny owls.

I just happen to look up and saw this bird. What I liked about it was the reflection. Each time that it would peck at something, it looked like it was pecking itself.

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Have a great weekend!!

posing nicely for me at lyme on some old coiled rope.

Robin - Rotkehlchen

natalie oswald and joel barber

tacoma mural project

tacoma, washington

Also called Green Violetear - Ecuador

Ashy Prinia

Thanks so much for the visit!

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Whilst out taking bird images earlier this week, I spotted this Silvereye enjoying some fresh fruits of this plant - irresistable for bird and photographer!!

Hope you like it!!

Thanks for any comments, views or favorites for this or any of my other images - always greatly appreciated!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful day and weekend!!

Birds in our garden.

I made a little video too, here is the link.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBiMNO7xprs

These plants seem to love October and Fall and are putting on a show everywhere we go.

Sony ILCE-6500, Sony E 70-350mm F4.5-6.3 G OSS

Many thanks to everyone for your visits, comments and faves!

Very much appreciated!

Great Egret, Alligator Breeding Marsh and Wading Bird Rookery, Gatorland, Orlando, Florida

A Red-tailed Hawk posing in front of a willow tree on a limb.

Song Sparrow in b & w...I have always tried to stay away from close-up or portrait photography and rather take my time and compose my shots with the surrounding, foreground (which I use constantly) and background, when I like what I see. Unfortunately, the opportunity doesn't come so often and most of the time a portrait is better. I am also more and more inclined to black and white wildlife photography, I find that I see more details that way.... after all it is how birds see the world in black and white... that's interesting! Here is a Song Sparrow I turned into black and white.

I wouldn't normally put up two images but just had to include some birds as they are one of the things that bring me great joy in the neighbourhood.

One of the benefits of living on the edge of suburbia is the bird suprises, especially the raptors as there are still large ares of grassland to hunt. I have only included a few here but they are either the characters of the neighbourhood or the big surprises.

Last week I walked out my front door to find an Australian Hobby on the antenna across the road. A first for me and I was such a birdie nerdie, I couldn't stop the excited chatter. No-one quite understood my delirium.

I have seen Emus on about five occasions, probably escapees from emu farms and my pièce de résistance was the Lathams Snipe.

Bob Marley: Three Little Birds

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoabDBD1N2Q

My son Roman found this Humming-bird Moth today, in the memorial garden that we planted for my parents. I've never seen one of these in person before, so I got pretty excited. Photographed in Maryland.

A single image, shot hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.

Happy Feathered Fence Friday.

Really liked the bokeh here with the Canon 7DMII and the long lens combo.

Bird Cakes

10:52 Bird's eye view

(Bird did not like my salad)

I came across this field full of snow geese and noticed that they were in rows !!!! Very orderly, I must say !! Actually, they had landed in the stubble of a harvested corn field and it is easier for them to navigate by staying in the corn rows !! Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

OLYMPUS EM-1 Mark II

A stand out Strelitzia bloom.

I thought this is a Raven ?

Actually i'm more thinking Jackdaw?

If anybody has any input it would be gratefully appreciated

Sylvia Judson Shaw, Bird Girl

The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala) is a bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae, and is endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia. This miner is a grey bird, with a black head, orange-yellow beak and feet, a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye, and white tips on the tail feathers.