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[Click]

Lovely picture, Stuart.

 

[OlAf]

OLAF1128 by -OlAf-, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Awesome. Great shot, OlAf

.... And welcome to CR.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Hoping for confirmation that this is an American Tree sparrow. Late March Edmonton, Alberta area. Migrating? Chipping Sparrow seems similar.

Jack

 

[Click]

I really like this picture. Well done, Jack.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click, but you didn't answer the question. Here's another angle.

Jack

 

[sedwards]

Tricolored Heron
5D3_6093 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[sedwards]

Thanks Click, but you didn't answer the question. Here's another angle.

Jack

If iI am not mistaken the chipping sparrow should have a dark line between the eye and beak .

 

[Click]

Thanks Click, but you didn't answer the question. Here's another angle.

Jack

Sorry Jack. Yes, it's an American Tree Sparrow.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Tree_Sparrow/id

 

[Click]

Tricolored Heron

Great shot, Stuart.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Sedwards, nice shot.

Found a better reference and you are right and further, the lower beak is yellow so it's not Chipping. Thanks.
Guess I don't have a very good eye because I often miss the obvious differences.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click - good bird reference that I've finally added to the whatever you call it bar at the top of my screen.

Jack

 

[Alangeli]

 

[Cog]

 

[FEBS]

Nicely done Cog !

 

[Cog]

Nicely done Cog !

Thank you! Just wanted to add one more to the forum:

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Cog. I especially like the first one.

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, Alangeli. Nicely done.

 

[Mr Bean]

Gang Gang, female.
Towards the end of a rather hot day (it got to 41.5c just north of Melbourne, Australia), this Gang Gang found a branch that was shaded and faced a strong breeze. Wings out and panting, she endured the heat. On occasion, flying down to a water bowl for a drink, before heading back to this branch.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lovely shots everyone.

My nephew who lives in Australia gave me a book - think the title is Where Song Began. Only a couple chapters in but it describes the uniqueness of Australian birds, how they tend to be more screamers than singers, how some are very aggressive and so forth. Even magpies that attack school kids! Must be amazing to be shooting there!

Jack