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[AlanF]

And a Barnswallow attacking a hovering Kestrel.

 

[AlanF]

Animated gifs show the fun better.

 

[ISv]

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Kestrel doesn't look intimidated

 

[ISv]

Today it was all about the Chestnut Munia!
First photo full adult, second very young bird (bill is black, more brownish feathers), third, two photos, also young but the bill already not black; showing some black spots on the head and by far more red feathers. This one was posing best today
The last one is an old photo of more matured bird - very confusing for not well prepared visitor-birders plumage (but all Chestnut Munias go in that step, with high variability!). That is ~the last step before the adult plumage.

 

[Hector1970]

Stonechat

 

[Helmi2010]

A few photos taken with a Canon or an Olympus.
The first two and the last one are a few years old; the other photos were taken recently.


Alcedo atthis by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

Haubentaucher by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr


Graureiher by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

Erfolgreiche Jagd by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

Familienausflug by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

Wasseramsel by Helmut Gloor, auf Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, Helmut.

 

[ISv]

More of the same (from today)...

 

[Click]

Well done, ISv.

 

[josephandrews222]

Juvenile American Robin and Male House Finch





R5MkII and 200-800 @ 800

 

[GMCPhotographics]

Here's few more owls from the Scottish Owl Sanctury




R6III ef 400mm f2.8 LIS II.

 

[Click]

I really like your photos. Well done, GMCPhotographics.

 

[ISv]

The goal today was to find some Oahu Amakihi (hiking a trail where they are present!) - didn't see any (but heard at list twice). Instead here is what the Red-billed Leiothrix is feeding their very young fledglings: First a male with kind of fruit, little bit later the female came with an insect. Just 3-5 minutes after they disappeared they came again, again the male first with a moth and female with larvae (caterpillars?). The last one is from yesterday, just a Common Waxbill.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, ISv.

 

[7DmkI]

A GBH posing and a Virginia Rail

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, 7DmkI. I particularly like the bird’s pose on the first one.

 

[josephandrews222]

Our house wrens have finished with this season's first round of offspring production and are working on tidying things up for round two.

Googling 'do house wrens spit out nesting material' leads (in part) to this:

"Yes, House Wrens actively remove nesting material, but they do it to clean and maintain the nest rather than spitting it out. Adult wrens regularly carry old twigs, soiled materials, and fecal sacs in their beaks and drop them well away from the nest to maintain sanitation and prevent attracting predators."

R5MkII and 200-800
5 images and 1 gif

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...as shown in the second image, the bird rotates its head as it ejects nesting material from its beak (look carefully at image #2).

The gif of all 19 images (lapsed time 0.66 seconds):