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[shire_guy]

Does it sound like a cat?

They seem to have a couple of different calls, but one of them sounds a lot like a cat's meow.
Normally these guys are very silent moving through tree branches. Also their colouring blends very well into their surrounds.

 

[danfaz]

"...seven different species!" - good catch and good photos!

Thank you! It was an all day event!

 

[Noreaster]

They seem to have a couple of different calls, but one of them sounds a lot like a cat's meow.
Normally these guys are very silent moving through tree branches. Also their colouring blends very well into their surrounds.

So how did they get the name?
Do they taste like cat?

 

[AlanF]

European Goldfinch feeding on teasel (R5ii RF 200-800mm).

 

[Click]

Lovely shot, Alan.

 

[danfaz]

European Goldfinch feeding on teasel (R5ii RF 200-800mm).

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That's a lovely photo!

 

[ISv]

For me the surprise today came from the insects... Birds were the commons.
Female and male White-rumped Shama and female Northern Cardinal.

 

[SteelLynx]

Looking at all these beautiful shots I feel I still have a lot to learn and practise. Some of my shots in Kenya last year. Well... no. 2024

 

[danfaz]

Looking at all these beautiful shots I feel I still have a lot to learn and practise. Some of my shots in Kenya last year. Well... no. 2024

Lots of good stuff there!

 

[Click]

Looking at all these beautiful shots I feel I still have a lot to learn and practise. Some of my shots in Kenya last year. Well... no. 2024

Very nice series. Welcome to CR. Keep posting.

 

[Click]

For me the surprise today came from the insects... Birds were the commons.
Female and male White-rumped Shama and female Northern Cardinal.

I really like your shots., ISv.

 

[danfaz]

Hi guys,
I really hesitated to post this one, as the Barn Owl was surrounded by so many branches, but this was all he/she would allow me.

 

[ISv]

Hi guys,
I really hesitated to post this one, as the Barn Owl was surrounded by so many branches, but this was all he/she would allow me.

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Very nice photo! It's difficult to find the usually nocturnal owls perched like some other birds (I have never seen one..., well, may be few times the Little Owl)! With the day-flying owls (like the Burrowing Owl) it's different.
We have on Hawaii the very similar Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - I still have no photo of that one, despite it's the only European Barn Owl. Your photo is of the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata). There are 10 different "Barn Owls" in the world and totally 25 from the genus Tyto (as of 2013). Some of them hard to separate from each other.

 

[danfaz]

Very nice photo! It's difficult to find the usually nocturnal owls perched like some other birds (I have never seen one..., well, may be few times the Little Owl)! With the day-flying owls (like the Burrowing Owl) it's different.
We have on Hawaii the very similar Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - I still have no photo of that one, despite it's the only European Barn Owl. Your photo is of the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata). There are 10 different "Barn Owls" in the world and totally 25 from the genus Tyto (as of 2013). Some of them hard to separate from each other.

Thank you! This was only the 2nd time I've seen one in a few years. I didn't know that about the Barn Owls, good education!

 

[Nemorino]

LTT at work
R5m2 + RF 200-800 + 1.4TC
@ 1/4000s, f/13, ISO 12 600, 990mm



@ 1/4000s, f/11, ISO 8000, 798mm

 

[Click]

Lovely series, Nemorino.

 

[AlanF]

Skylark (R5ii 1120mm).

 

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Hi guys,
I really hesitated to post this one, as the Barn Owl was surrounded by so many branches, but this was all he/she would allow me.

I love the atmosphere that comes across in your photo.. Nicely done, danfaz.

 

[Noreaster]

Common and hooded mergansers

 

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Beautiful series, Noreaster. A real couple on the second one, the female is easily identifiable.