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Rarely do crows perch on this resting spot made of wood in the children's playground. It usually just attracts seagulls, but once in a while a crow is not bothered by these wooden ones.
A closer look at Golden Eye Ducks as seen from my walk along the shoreline. of Burrard Inlet in West Vancouver, BC.
He flew away so quickly into a heavy leaved tree, so this is the only shot I got. Not sure what bird this one is either.
NB: I arrived back in Vancouver very late evening after over 10 hours of travel, so have not yet had a chance to upload new photos. I will be back tomorrow with some. I wish all my Flickr Friends and Team Mates a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!
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This was an old crow that I saw whilst visiting Marwell Zoo a couple of years ago. I really like how old and wise it looked, as well as the shape and textures of its feathers after it had ruffled them.
The crows never stop chasing the bald eagles here and even the seagulls often participate. Today was particularly nice and sunny outside and for some reason the chase by crows of these beautiful Bald Eagles continued on to the roof tops again.
Another shot of this same Black Bird which I wonder if he was a Red Winged one or a Juvenile, or maybe a Red Winged Blackbird in still his Fall colourings.
Checking out Blackbirds, I think this may be what was called a 'Tri Coloured Blackbird'
The great tailed Grackle bird kept poking around under the rocks, but I have no idea what he was looking for. Maybe he was trying to catch some fish? Gnats and insects maybe.
This male red winged Blackbird was sitting on a reed and seemed to be calling out to his mate. The nests where in the marsh which is on the way to our Mall near the playing fields in West Vancouver, BC. He got an answer back too, see photo below in comment box.
I was happy to finally get better photos of this male bird and also happy to get a female shot.
This seagull was standing on some rocks, silhouetted against the water which reflected the setting sunset. He just looked at me as if to ask me what I wanted.
Looking out from my balcony in between a couple of buildings I saw these 2 large birds flexing their wings. When I viewed the photo I realized that they were a pair of Cormorants. Walking down to the sea walk I saw them again.
Yesterday I was looking at another user's awesome owl photos and it has been months since I've seen/heard any owls.
So... I said to myself "it would be so awesome if I could just go outside and photograph an owl". I kid you not, around 3 am I hear a few deep owl hoots right across the street! I was so excited I could barely hold the camera straight.
After a few quik photos, out of the corner of my eye, I see a shadow fly across the sky and land right in front of the owl I'm taking photos of :-D The owls hooted a few times at each other and then flew off.
I was just watching the owls do their thing and only when they few off, did it occurr to me that I should've at least tried to photograph them flying off wings spread and all.
Oh well :-)
I haven't seen many of these large birds flying here on the East Coast but managed to catch a shot of this one as he flew over Lake St. Louis in Pointe-Claire, QC.
Here he was, tweeting away and patiently waiting and letting me take his photo.
NB: Identified as a White Crowned Sparrow.
The usual attack by Crows to bombard one of the Eagles, or in some cases, both Eagles. It is a daily occurrence, and often seagulls join in with this attack.
I photographed these two nesting storks at the Knepp Estate, West Sussex, UK. It was great to be able to get so close to them, and I was happy with how this shot came out.
This photo is now displayed on the Wikipedia page for the Knepp Wildland! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knepp_Wildland
“In a voice so loud and rollicking that it eclipses the songs of all other birds in the neighborhood, the Carolina wren announces its presence in woodland tangle or door yard shrubbery. WHEAT-EATER, WHEAT-EATER, WHEAT-EATER, WHEAT! He clamours, and without a break switches suddenly to GIDDYYAP! or TEA-PARTY or IT’S-RAINING all in the same cadence and pitch. And he sings practically all day long, the whole year round, no matter what the weather!” - Book of North American Birds, edited by James Cassidy [Readers’Digest Association, Inc.] #carolinawren #carolinawrens #carolinawrensofinstagram #sonyrx10m4 #sonyrx10m4photography #dancingwizardphotography
Sighted what I think is an Annas Hummingbird as it was hovering above the blooming blackberry shrubs near the railway tracks, not far from my building. Annas Hummingbird has now been officially named as BC's National Bird after many votes.
I was only able to get this one shot showing his colours, as he flew off very quickly. I guess I surprised him and he me as it was totally unexpected to see a hummingbird by these shrubs.
Saw this Northern Flicker bird fly up to the top of our neighbouring building and there he sat below the moon. He took off before I could get another and clearer shot of him. He looks so tiny so high up!
A spotted Towhee was trying to eat as many of the left over berries on this tree as he could. They were fast disappearing.
A pair of Eagles flying back from their hunting excursion over the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver area of BC. They often hunt in the woods of Stanley Park or in any part of the waters of Burrard Inlet, then fly back to their nesting areas.
Bald Eagle sitting above the nest in the Evergreen tree not far from our place. I think it is the Female of our local pair and she is keeping an 'eagle eye' on the nest, seen at bottom of photo on the left side, below the eagle. Must be that young ones are in there, but it is too high and too deep for us to see if there are any eaglets. I did see one of the eagles bringing a fish back to the nest some days before.
I think this may have been a Dark Eyed Junco, as I have another shot similar to this one. I was just lucky to catch the photo as he picked up a worm.
This was taken at the Atlanta Zoo and one of my favorite shots. The exhibits at this zoo are lower than the paths so you are looking down. I think the angle adds drama to this interesting looking bird!
Female Red Winged Blackbird singing her heart out to her mate while perched on a nearby tree branch. The tree was right by the marsh where the nests are of these lovely birds. I guess she responded to his call by singing.
I finally got those shots that I wanted from my favourite birds. They do not like visitors near their nests, so getting both the male and the female was a bonus.
Caught him sitting on this bamboo stick supporting some flowers in a local garden. He was singing and chattering away as usual. These white capped sparrow really have a lovely song.
As I passed by this small tree on the sea path I saw this crow on a branch staring down at me. That one partially opened blue eye stared sharply at me. I don't think he liked me taking his photo. I did not know until I uploaded this photo that crows had such blue eyes!
NB: Please see comments below with links from Eileen for explanation regarding the eyes.
Caught this group of birds flying high overhead above the trees. They were too far away and very high up, but I believe they were crows flying home to roost towards evening.
Crows flying home to roost over the bridge in very early afternoon, due to darkness caused by fog. We continue to have fog almost daily, more than anyone can remember here! All the birds hide in their nests in trees very early. Taken from my balcony, with very little editing, just enough so photo can be viewed more clearly.
One of our local Bald Eagles was sitting on the roof across from us, being bomb dived by both crows and gulls. He snapped at them occasionally, then flew off to other areas.