For the birds

[mskaufman]

Redondo Beach CA

 

[boeckli]

Seven at one blow - Akaroa, New Zealand

 

[Dan_K]

Here is a friend I met at the park on Sunday. 

[Docker123]

Young ones in summer

 

Black swan cygnet growing out its down

 

 

Purple swamp hen chick

 

 

Dusty moorhen and chick.

 

 

[mskaufman]

Posing

[scubacruiserx2]

I saw a shadow as this one swooped overhead and landed on a branch to spot some lunch .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We had some noisy neighbors yesterday afternoon .

 

 

 

And one not so noisy 

 

[zackiedawg]

Haven't shared a few here in a while - only on the weekly photo thread which doesn't necessarily have as many wildlife enthusiasts following - since this is 'for the birds', I figured I'd toss in some of the varied selection down here in South Florida with the new camera & lens combo: A6600 and FE200-600mm:

 

Great blue heron with an awfully big lunch:

 

The rarely seen (around here) Wilson's snipe:

 

A cooper's hawk with the remains of his meal:

 

Loggerhead shrike with his lunch - a smaller bird, and a smaller lunch:

 

A green heron in nice late warm sunlight, showing off his fine feathers and colors:

 

An ibis flying overhead in late sunset light, with his own shadow reflected on his wings:

 

A red-shouldered hawk flying down low through the trees and bushes to sneak-attack:

[FlyingFlip]

Great bird IDs, Zackiedawg.  I was looking through your photos doing my own IDs (before reading your captions), and you clearly know your birds.  Particular kudos on the juvenile Cooper's hawk ID.  That's tricky, since so many of the juvenile raptors look identical.

 

We had a clutch of four Cooper's hatch across the street from us ... and spend much of the summer hanging out at the bird bath in our backyard.  But that's not an easy call without a great deal of familiarity.

Edited February 5, 2020 by FlyingFlip

[geochic]

Some birds sitting on a rock in the Straight of Juan de Fuca.

 

[grush240]

Gulls doing what they do and Parrots being noisy

[Docker123]

My local wetlands hosts lots of royal spoonbills.

Last week I saw this yellow billed spoonbill for the first time here,  now it is gone

 

[zackiedawg]

We only get one type of spoonbill here in Florida.  Fortunately, they're one of the loveliest in the world, the roseate spoonbill.  Here are a few last week:

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We saw this Osprey in the neighbor's tree today

 

 

[Docker123]

I have not seen these very often, but the machine gun shutter got a workout this afternoon.

 

Pink eared ducks

 

 

 

 

[Docker123]

and a male superb fairy wren

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We went outside to shoot these air plants about 60' up in a pine tree and we got a 2 kite , high altitude flyover .

 

 

Edited March 7, 2020 by scubacruiserx2

[boeckli]

Another feathered visitor on my balcony this morning

 

 

 

[Docker123]

Out on my Sunday morning walk around the end of Point Gellibrand, after an inspection of sailing ship James Craig.  Looked up at some floodlights and noticed this black shouldered kestrel. It looked at me, then was off.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 8, 2020 by Docker123

[Docker123]

12 hours ago, Docker123 said:

Out on my Sunday morning walk around the end of Point Gellibrand, after an inspection of sailing ship James Craig.  Looked up at some floodlights and noticed this black shouldered kestrel. It looked at me, then was off.

 

 

 

 

To correct, it is a black shouldered kite. Not a kestrel.

 

[Crew News]

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica canal egret.

 

Edited March 8, 2020 by Crew News

[scubacruiserx2]

We went out to the front to get an Amazon delivery and saw this Wood Stork across the street .

 

 

[Docker123]

Went for a late Saturday walk in the wetlands, big boy lens.

Spotted this critter, never seen one before.

 

An freckled duck, endangered species.

 

 

[Docker123]

A beautiful Monday morning here is Williamstown (Melbourne, Oz). A bit cool, no wind, clear blue skies.

 

A black shouldered kite was out looking for a meal along the shore.

 

 

 

 

[Docker123]

sooty oyster catcher down by the shore of Port Phillip Bay