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[jprusa]

Male and female Red-Cheeked Cordon Bleu

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Beautiful birds Alan, great shot.

 

[AaronT]

You are more efficient than me Jack. I am catching up with the photos I took in Tanzania. There are thousands to go through and identify. Here are some beeeaters.
Blue-cheeked beeeater, crimson-chested beeeater, and a little beeeater, the latter two by the missus. View attachment 184306View attachment 184307View attachment 184308

Nice photos Alan, and Jack. I love the bright colours, and the variety of birds. I have a few local birds. The Baltimore Oriole just showed up yesterday. I have to get some oranges out for it. And then there are Fred and Ethel, our Mallards. Also, we have a scruffy looking Female Red Bellied Woodpecker. And to finish things off, a Carolina Chickadee.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Aaron.

 

[dpc]

Winter robins on a dull day

 

[dpc]

Mallard couple

 

[dpc]

1. Gulls on rocky outcrop by the Pacific
2. A flock of rock doves (aka the common pigeon)

 

[AaronT]

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Nice photos dpc. I see you have your own Fred and Ethel Mallard.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, dpc.

 

[jprusa]

Painted Bunting, always look forward to seeing these colorful birds arrive.

 

[Click]

Beautiful bird. Lovely shot. Well done, jprusa.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Painted Bunting, always look forward to seeing these colorful birds arrive.

I think that beats my Costa Rica colours! Beautiful!

Jack

 

[jprusa]

I think that beats my Costa Rica colours! Beautiful!

Jack

Jack you not only had beautiful birds but the backgrounds were so nice! Already looking at places to go in CR. Thank!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Jack you not only had beautiful birds but the backgrounds were so nice! Already looking at places to go in CR. Thank!

The cool thing is that none of it is "mine". It's there for any nature lover who is willing to make the effort. For sure San Gerard de Dota is a special place for birds. There is also this issue of time of year relative to what you're likely to see and I guess that tends to favour Feb - May, at least in the locations I visited. Not sure if I'll ever get back but I'd love to.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, Jack. I especially like the second one.

 

[AlanF]

Painted Bunting, always look forward to seeing these colorful birds arrive.

My iPad doesn’t display these these images that are posted as thumbnails.

 

[jprusa]

My iPad doesn’t display these these images that are posted as thumbnails.

My iPad works ok?

 

[AlanF]

A longtailed tit was feeding the most phenomenal brood this morning.

 

[Click]

Nice series, Alan.

 

[AlanF]

My iPad works ok?

Looked at it now on my laptop. Problem is that the attachments download very slowly or stop after about 10--20% downloaded. They are pretty bids, which I saw for the first time in Florida at the Audubon this year. Your one has really been well and truly ringed!

 

[jprusa]

Looked at it now on my laptop. Problem is that the attachments download very slowly or stop after about 10--20% downloaded. They are pretty bids, which I saw for the first time in Florida at the Audubon this year. Your one has really been well and truly ringed!

In 1841 John James Audubon reported that “thousands” of the colorful birds were caught every spring and shipped from New Orleans to Europe, where they fetched more than 100 times the price when sold as cage birds. They are still illegally trapped and sold in large numbers in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and to a lesser extent in Florida. Both eastern and western populations show declines in numbers, according to data.