Let's see your bird pictures!

[troy]

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Notice anything strange?

One the left is an adult chipping sparrow, and he/she is seen here feeding its "child," who is actually a changeling. It"s a cowbird. Mother cowbird secretly left an egg in the chipping sparrow's nest, the egg hatched, and the changeling pushed all of its nest mates out, leaving its new mom and dad to raise their gigantic baby as an only child. Parasitism in action!

Don

Very interesting thanks for sharing.

 

[Black Adder]

Home cooking!

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None of my business, really, @NoScrubs, but, uummmm..... that's not a shared plate, is it?

Don

 

[Leo501]

Canada Goose at a small local reservoir

 

[NoScrubs]

None of my business, really, @NoScrubs, but, uummmm..... that's not a shared plate, is it?

Don

Sharing for 15 years, and she likes to do kisses too.

 

[Parkergreen]

I took these a few years back after buying my first camera. I believe the first is some type of swallow and the second a muscovy duck.

 

[Black Adder]

I took these a few years back after buying my first camera. I believe the first is some type of swallow and the second a muscovy duck.

Right on both counts! The first is a barn swallow.

Don

 

[DrStrange]

Indigo Bunting

Tree Swallow

Scarlet Tanager

Red Tail Hawk

Sharp Shinned Hawk

White Throated Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Canada Goose, goose necking

Song Sparrow

 

[awa54]

https://flic.kr/p/2j4D1DD

 

[Gauthier]

Egyptian goose, seen on Saturday in Schwäbisch Hall,

Germany

 

[troy]

Great Egret

 

[Gauthier]

At Rottenburg, Germany, a week ago

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Best I got chasing around this guy yesterday

 

[troy]

Best I got chasing around this guy yesterday

I've chased several woodpeckers around this summer. Haven't managed to get a shot yet though.

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

I've chased several woodpeckers around this summer. Haven't managed to get a shot yet though.

I think to get this 1, I had about 40 or 50 blurred and tree branch shots to sift through

 

[Wogus]

I don't have too many bird photos but here's one I found I like a lot...

 

[DrStrange]

Exotics

This Cape Shelduck lived at Belmont Lake for a couple of years

Oyster Catcher

Blue Goose

If you ever feel Quetzal poop hit the top of your head,
this is what you might see if you look up

 

[DrStrange]

This Welsummer c0ck hit me with his spur hard enough
to make my leg bleed under my jeans.

I don't think he had a name. One of his contemporaries was an Emerald Spalding
named Benny. Recent software upgrades have made my Kindle Fire
increasingly difficult to use especially as regards attaching photos.
I'll try to get Benny into another post.

 

[DrStrange]

I took these a few years back after buying my first camera. I believe the first is some type of swallow and the second a muscovy duck.
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In the USA, the barn swallow is the one with the swallow tail.

 

[Wogus]

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Egyptian Vulture
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[troy]

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Egyptian Vulture
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Beautiful bird, very well captured!