In the Garden

Lanius isabellinus

Beeston Regis Common

20200702, A1A8982, Anneke Hooijer

These seagulls were mobbing a crow above our garden...

A Roseate Spoonbill slows down as it approaches a snag to land on.

Canon EOS 7D, EF300 4L IS USM, F8, 1/2500, ISO 400.

Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius

Thank you all for visits, faves and comments!

Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve, Upper Gwynedd, PA

Five Bridges Rd., The Grand Trunk Trail, Brimfield, MA

I knew these Bitterns nest in the area, but I was still surprised to hear, for the first time, this bird’s unusual call this morning.

Venice Jetty

Staffordville Reservoir, Staffordville, Connecticut

Tolland County, Connecticut

Recorded & identified on iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations/67249477

Surveying the wetlands at first light.

Enjoy the remainder of your Sunday afternoon dear friends. I'm getting ready for the Daytona 500!! Just can't help myself, LOL!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBUzzBm4cg

Fresh fish delivery service.

Coming at you.

Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) male. Tucson, Arizona, USA.

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Zwolle, the Netherlands

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Frankfield Loch

Backyard visitor - such a beautiful singer!!

Our backyard in Holland, Massachusetts

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I caught this Roseate Spoonbill during a landing after a short flight.

Canon EOS 7D2, EF400 5.6L USM, Canon 1.4X Converter II, Focal Length 560 mm, F/8, 1/1600, ISO 400.

Também conhecido como caracará, carancho, caracaraí (Ilha do Marajó), gavião-de-queimada e gavião-calçudo. O carcará não é taxonomicamente uma águia, e sim um parente distante dos falcões. É tanto visto sozinho como em bandos numerosos em redor de mamíferos e carcaças. Ocorre em campos abertos, cerrados, borda de matas e inclusive centros urbanos de grandes cidades. (Wikiaves)

There were around 15 Nanday Parakeets on the Norfolk Pine in my backyard. They were very noisy and chasing each other around. I caught this pair as it flew from one side of the tree to the other.

Canon EOS 40D, EF400 5.6L USM, F/5.6, 1/1250. ISO 400

Enjoying the elderberries in the backyard.

Green Cay was loaded with Roseate Spoonbills this morning. I counted 12 in one group and 7 in another. I caught this one as it approached to land with the sun behind the bird.

7D2, EF300 4L IS USM, F8, 1/1000, ISO 1250