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[jimmy_racoon]

American Goldfinch (male)
Minnesota wetlands
summer's end by James Stewart, on Flickr

 

[fotoi]

 

[Miranda]

Belted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

 

[wxjef]

Didn't really anticipate snagging any bird photos this afternoon as I went out with something else to try involving landscapes but kind of got rained out for that so tossed the siggy on and managed to locate a red tailed hawk that probably didn't expect to have a long lens pointed towards it...

Judging from that look, guess I'm lucky the hawk went a different direction than towards me

Bummer about the branch clutter but I guess I'll take it as it was a nice experience to watch

 

[peter2516]

Peter, what kind of bird is that?

I added the ID, Thanks

 

[Trout Bum]

 

[K9Kirk]

A snowy egret hunting on North Beach at Ft. De Soto.

 

[Sogs]

Black-Bellied Plover

Black Bellied Plover by fivebugles, on Flickr

 

[Sogs]

Eastern Willet

Eastern Willet by fivebugles, on Flickr

 

[Pippan]

The caped crusader, leaping from lily-pad to lily-pad ... Comb-crested Jacana, Irediparra gallinacea, Corroboree Billabong, northern Australia, September 2024.

 

[Miranda]

The caped crusader, leaping from lily-pad to lily-pad ... Comb-crested Jacana, Irediparra gallinacea, Corroboree Billabong, northern Australia, September 2024.View attachment 100572

Love this

 

[Miranda]

Lunch time.
Great Blue Heron by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

 

[Miranda]

Merlin
Merlin by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

 

[Pippan]

Lunch time.
Great Blue Heron by Jose Raposo, on Flickr

Great photo. Is this common, a heron eating a mammal? I've only ever seen such birds (here in Australia) eating fish and crustaceans.

 

[Miranda]

Great photo. Is this common, a heron eating a mammal? I've only ever seen such birds (here in Australia) eating fish and crustaceans.

They are opportunists and will eat just about anything they can catch. This particular heron has a habit of hunting in a small urban farm which has a very large population of voles.

 

[K9Kirk]

The caped crusader, leaping from lily-pad to lily-pad ... Comb-crested Jacana, Irediparra gallinacea, Corroboree Billabong, northern Australia, September 2024.View attachment 100572

Super nice action capture, Pippan.

 

[fotoi]

Canada goose

 

[Tom in Arizona]

White-winged Dove...

 

[peter2516]

Just chillin' on a hot afternoon in the desert...

View attachment 100178

Beautiful. I love that water feature its pretty cool.

 

[peter2516]

Golden-browed Chlorophonia. Costa Rica