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[AlanF]

Don't get me going about robins. Yours is a big American turdus. Bigger maybe, smarter never. Here are two Asian relatives, an Indian Robin and an Oriental Magpie Robin.

 

[AlanF]

The European Robin also is a gourmet, having Michelin 3 star meals, unlike your your worm-burger eating American thug.

 

[Jack Douglas]

My robin friends are vegetarians. 8)

Jack

 

[Click]

Again, last fall. Evening Grosbeak 70-200 2.8 II @ 200 from my observatory.

Jack

I really like this picture. Well done, Jack

 

[Click]

Re: Female Gambel's Quail on Saguaro skeleton

Canon 5D MK III, Canon 500L IS f/4 II, Canon 2X TC III
Gitzo 1325 tripod with Wimberley 101 gimbal head
f/8 (wide open) @ 1/250 second
ISO 125, +1 EC
Near Amado, AZ
This was from a blind/hide.

Beautiful shot, Freddie. Nicely done.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click. I'm always wondering why there seems to be more females of every species or is it just me?

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Thanks Click. I'm always wondering why there seems to be more females of every species or is it just me?

Jack

It's just you. Pheromones?

 

[Al Chemist]

I took some pictures of these "black swans" on a lake in China on a trip a couple of years ago. Does anyone know the name of these guys? Thanks

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, Al Chemist.

 

[Al Chemist]

Thank you Click!

 

[AlanF]

I took some pictures of these "black swans" on a lake in China on a trip a couple of years ago. Does anyone know the name of these guys? Thanks

Yin and Yang?

 

[Al Chemist]

LOL Alan! Not quite what I was looking for but, I like it.

 

[dolina]

Olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) by alabang, on Flickr

The olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis), also known as the yellow-bellied sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia.
Common names for this bird include "tamsi"[1] in the Philippines and "kelicap" in Malaysia.
The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backed_sunbird

Location: http://mambukalresort.negros-occ.gov.ph/

 

[sedwards]

I am still finding stuff in my pics from florida.
female leucistic boat-tailed grackle. i know the head isnt sharp but she landed on a railing right in front of me and i didnt have time to think.
5D3_6527 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[Cog]

A curlew on a pier. The sky was overcast, unfortunately.

 

[Maximilian]

The olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)...

Lovely shot, dolina!

Good sharpness and great composition with all that blurred out leafs and blooms surrounding the sunbird.

 

[Click]

A curlew on a pier. The sky was overcast, unfortunately.

Lovely. Nicely done, Cog.

 

[AlanF]

The olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis), also known as the yellow-bellied sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia.
Common names for this bird include "tamsi"[1] in the Philippines and "kelicap" in Malaysia.
The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Their flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering, but usually perch to feed most of the time.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backed_sunbird

Location: http://mambukalresort.negros-occ.gov.ph/

Here is a purple-rumped sunbird, taken on a recent trip to Mysore.

 

[Cog]

House crow, an Asian kind of crow, on a bough. It was kind enough to let me take a few pictures.
Canon 7D mII + ef 100-400 II

 

[Click]

House crow, an Asian kind of crow, on a bough. It was kind enough to let me take a few pictures.

Very nice series, Cog.