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Phoenicurus ochruros / Mrka crvenrepka / Black redstart (male)
Motacilla alba / Bijela pastirica / White wagtail
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Razor sharp., unforgiving., but necessary for survival., those talons are 'Lethal weapons'
If you landed from another planet this one picture would tell you everything you needed to know about a bird of prey
And if you landed from another planet and were only six inches tall., then it may be a case of 'ET to go home!
Short-eared owls are back!
Of all the 'incoming' during autumn these guys are the one's we most look forward to welcoming back
The exotic name for them is Asio flammeus
It's Latin of course, the word flammeus meaning fiery or flaming
But perhaps I'd prefer the name Asio Funus!
Because you'll never have more fun with a camera than when these beauties are flying about
Coccothraustes coccothraustes / Batokljun / Hawfinch
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If there were only two swans in the country., people would travel length of the country to see them...
Then having seen them they would then proclaim them the most fabulous thing they had ever seen
In fact they probably are the most fabulous things you or I have ever seen., it's just that we've seen so many of them that fact somehow gets diluted
Same when we photograph them., the usual response.,...'oh its a couple of swans'., move on
The challenge for photographers is to somehow present something that makes people stop and look twice., to take in the fact what that are looking at is staggeringly beautiful
This slow shutter panned shot producing those ghostly wings is an attempt to do just that
Almost a cartoonish quality about this shot
This Great White Egret was being chased by an exasperated Heron., who having had the lagoon all to himself for most of the summer., was suddenly overrun by large white versions of himself
The Heron in the end gave up., and the Egrets continued posing for photographs., whilst doing a bit of fishing of course
This Barn owl was out doing his routine hunting and struck this rather unusual 'pose'
It was later when we looked through our shots that we saw the Dragonfly directly in his 'line of sight'
He 'passed' on the opportunity preferring to look for something a bit more substantial
After all., a Dragonfly would hardly constitute a snack!
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Big bird., so big eggs of course!
We were told the nest was originally built and occupied by Geese., but they got evicted
When your this big you can more or less do what you want., so why bother building a nest of your own?
Anyway a proud mother here checking everything was 'in order'., and what a spectacular sight she makes!
Phalacrocorax carbo / Vranac / Great Cormorant
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A couple days ago, I posted a photo of a female snowy owl preening. She stayed on the post for over well over an hour relaxing, scanning for prey, preening, and having a quick nap (and revealing its white, feathery eyelids). Then the owl flew away. This is the best frame from the short sequence before it disappeared out of my view. I was photographing from inside my vehicle, so fairly limited in tracking it as it flew down low to the ground, out over a field, and eventually perching on a willow that was well out of camera range.
I took a few images while the snowy was on the post, but the real enjoyment was in watching and learning, and enjoying her beauty.
The small tortoiseshell is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Adults feed on nectar and may hibernate over winter.
good to go
Though it looks like this osprey is coming in for a landing, it's a young bird just figuring out how to use his/her wings. There was no need to travel far into the back woods to find this nest as it is on top of a light pole in the middle of a Trader Joe's parking lot! It's sibling had already figure out the secrets of flight and made its way to a nearby light pole.
Nashua, New Hampshire.