For the birds

[boeckli]

1 hour ago, Docker123 said:

sooty oyster catcher down by the shore of Port Phillip Bay

 

 

Were you out exercising?? 😉

[Docker123]

50 minutes ago, boeckli said:

 

Were you out exercising?? 😉

But of course.

 

Iam a very good boy and never do anything naughty. 🤥

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Out in the yard to photograph this Cardinal and we saw a couple of Kites fly over

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by scubacruiserx2

[Docker123]

Some more photos from the Jawbone Reserve wetlands

 

some studies of Australian black duck

 

 

[boeckli]

Found this on today's exercise walk. Apparently a regular visitor and usually two of them. Will go back in coming days and check it (them) out.

 

 

[Docker123]

booklist, well spotted

 

tawny frogmouths have great camouflage and difficult to find.

 

[Docker123]

On 4/20/2020 at 6:01 AM, Docker123 said:

booklist, well spotted

 

tawny frogmouths have great camouflage and difficult to find.

 

 

boeckli. Sorry i did not realise what the autocorrect had done to your name.

Edited April 22, 2020 by Docker123

[Docker123]

Late Wednesday afternoon walk to the Jawbone Reserve, Some sun, but mostly hidden behind the louds.

 

Great Egret (spots on the second one are many seagulls flying around)

 

 

 

Great Crested Grebe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A Swan with it's cygnets near Salisbury England .

 

 

[Host Bonjour]

On 4/22/2020 at 3:43 AM, Docker123 said:

 

 

Are these some particular feathers on the duck's head? From this angle it looks like he or she has on a toupé (nothing wrong with that!) or simply just has hair like the Ernie muppet. I love it. We don't get many fancy ducks in my part of the world. I don't think they ever figured out how the Harlequin duck arrived in Central Park!

 

Beautiful photos everyone 🙂 Thank you. 

[2552phxcrzr]

Say’s Phoebe

 

 

[Docker123]

A couple of masked lapwings on the edge of Port Phillip bay, Williamstown

 

 

[fred111]

Falkland Island

[Docker123]

Beautiful sunny, but brisk morning. Who ever heard of 4C at get up time?

 

Gull on the cleaning sink at the fishing club, looking for scraps. Not interested in being disturbed.

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A flyover in the port of Saint Petersburg , Russia .

 

[dileep]

 

[mskaufman]

Any idea what I have here

[zackiedawg]

On 8/9/2020 at 9:50 PM, mskaufman said:

Any idea what I have here

 

Hard to ID for sure and without knowing where you were when you shot them, but they look like doves - I'd say likely mourning doves if you were in the U.S.  Mourning doves have pretty long tails compared to some other doves.

 

Here's some of my recent backyard action - I've been seeing and shooting much more of the backyard lately!

 

Blue jay:

 

Downy woodpecker:

 

Mourning dove on the bird bath:

 

Ibis wandering around my lawn:

 

Common grackle:

 

Juvenile blue jay:

 

Juvenile European starling:

 

Northern cardinal:

 

Adult European starling:

 

Juvenile red-bellied woodpecker:

 

 

[Docker123]

Thank you for the lovely photos z.  A couple of them brought back memories.

 

When I went to the US for grad school, I was always taken by the cardinal. Such a beautiful little bird. Brought joy.

 

The other was the starling, a bird of hate.  I grew up in Western Australia and starlings were a feared invasive species because of the damage they did to fruit and other crops. They were mostly absent because of the big desert separating WA from South Australia.

 

To keep it that way, shooters were hired at the border to dispose of any that thought they could fly west. Still a policy of elimination.

 

1999: Shooters await arrival of starlings in WA

https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s44232.htm
 

With Covid, the WA borders are closed and I can’t even go across from Victoria to visit family. I am not likely to be shot at, however.

 

[Docker123]

I ave finally been able to go for a walk and carry my camera. It has been many months.

 

So, just a couple of pics of welcome swallow chicks waiting for a feed.  The parents flew in and out so Fast, I was not able to get them.

 

 

 

[Docker123]

A male superb fairy wren singing away to woo a lady. She does not seem too impressed.

 

 

[Docker123]

Pacific blackduck yoga

 

 

 

 

 

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Golden Eagle ... when he took off easily an 8 foot wingspan. 

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

A little something from to  ...

 

Sony RX10 Bridge Camera ...

[Docker123]

Silvereye