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UK'S smallest bird was so lucky having a drink looked up and there he was busy working.Goldcrests are relatively common in Scotland with something like 750,000 individuals nesting here, and up to three million covering the country as far north as Shetland in winter. They’re hyperactive little birds that always seem to be on the move, flitting through woodland, feeding on small insects and seeds. You may have even seen them in your garden or local park.Goldcrests are tiny. They are England’s smallest bird, and are regarded as the smallest in the whole of Europe too. They only weigh, at most, about 6.5g which is the equivalent of holding a single 10 pence piece in your palm! But for such a minute species, goldcrests can be remarkably resilient and are one of the lightest birds in the world to migrate across the sea – moving from northern Europe to the UK in winter
I went back to check on the nesting eagles...no sign of the eaglets but saw tip of a white head so knew one or more parents were there. As I took photos of the head tip, the adult started to fly....camera in right place at right time, wind blowing the leaves aside so I could get some good shots, a thrill.
I'll have to go back when the young are starting to fledge...maybe I'll get lucky again.
...interesting observation; the neighbors are so accustomed to them they don't pay any attention.
Enjoy the weekend, flickr friends....thanks for your visit...Pat...xo...
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Some family health problems going on...
From a bird feeder in the backyard. There are 4 little blue eggs and so far 2 or 3 hatchlings! Roanoke Virginia. Photo taken with remote controlled shutter, while hiding behind a window so the bird is not disturbed while feeding the hatchlings.
One of the holy grails for me in Costa Rica was to see Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in the wild. These beautiful birds mate for life and are almost always seen in pairs. Here a pair are nesting in a tree cavity; if you look closely you can see the female at the bottom of the photo. Osa Peninsula.
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Anhinga's are one of my favorite birds. Their behavior always entertains. From the way they fish, feed their young, land and greet their mate when arriving at the nest. Here's one taken under good light bringing some nesting material home from a nearby tree.
Mom is so proud of her nesting family as they grow more and more each day. This one young chick is trying hard to find room enough to stretch his or her wings in such a confined nest.
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul....Darrell.
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worth clicking on to see the spiderweb Mrs Bushtit is using to construct her nest!
The Black-legged kittiwake, to give it its proper name, (Rissa tridactyla),Breed on cliffs in the summer months and spend the rest of their time at sea on the Atlantic.
Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
I know where he is going, I have an image of Pelican Island (well that is what I call it) but there is an island that is just a couple hundred yards off shore where I am finding there are tons of pelican nests. He must be going to settle in for the night. I have a photo of Pelican Island, but its not a very good one. Maybe I will post in a few days.
This little Anna's Hummingbird was gathering nesting material in between these reeds. I think I took hundreds of shots before I got this position.
The Eurasian Coots have been very busy for weeks now, building their rather impressive nests.
Not an easy feat, as they build them off shore, in the shallows.
I didn't have my camera with me, but I wanted to capture this lovely scene.
So I've just zoomed in a bit with the phone. Its not great? I think the more modern phones would do better? But not bad for an old phone camera.
Mate 20 pro- Leica lens.
90mm -(full frame equivalent) ISO 64- f2.5- 1/180s.
My daughters and I went down along Middle River to visit a little with my sister. Though it was raining when we went to go down, the forecast was for it not too last long.
So took along the new Sony hoping the rain would end and then there might be some seagulls or ducks about to try this new camera and lens with some birds in flight.
Well ... glad that I did. Though the lighting was poor with no sun and clouds filling the sky, behold the eagles that nest down in Wilson Point were gathering some nesting materials. This one came about close enough to start taking some photos, about 1/4 filling the frame.
This is about a 2/3 cropped image (reduced 1/3) from the original, still providing 4,000 pixels in the vertical ... hence this is still more image than I would have had with no cropping of the old 7DM2. Amazing to think about.
The results were not bad here giving the poor light and my first time handling this camera and lens in BIF mode.
View large and zoom in several times ... you can still do that even with this being cropped already to about 2/3 of the original.
I was glad to see that this swan had returned to the same nesting area.This was a long zoom so quality is not the best.