Birds (as in :eagle::penguin::dove::duck::swan::owl::flamingo::peacock::parrot::chicken: etc)

AcceptanceIII · 2021-02-14T19:42:36.299Z

Pole eagle!
Love them

rich-t · 2021-02-14T19:42:55.779Z

The colour of that sky is incredible

parm · 2021-02-14T20:03:05.316Z

It was absolutely perfect weather, and the buzzard was flying super-low over the house. I lightened the shadows so you could see more detail on the underside of the wings but very little processing beyond that - the sky really was that intensely blue.

Unlucky · 2021-02-14T22:05:50.733Z

Massive pigeon sat on the tree across the way whilst it was blowing a hoolie was pretty funny

kram · 2021-02-15T13:52:30.987Z

Found where the goldfinches like to hang out in the park.

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Been finding it really mindful wandering around looking for birds etc. to take photos of. Listening out and looking for things instead of being lost in my thoughts and not paying attention to my surroundings.

shes_so_high · 2021-02-15T15:41:29.870Z

Heard a bird noise I didn’t recognise so looked out of the window and saw a bird I’ve never seen before! It was larger than all of the others I’ve seen, brownish but with a bright red crest. It flew away before I could grab my phone to take a photo. There was a flash of yellow or green as he flew away.

shes_so_high · 2021-02-15T15:46:01.086Z

It might have been a European green woodpecker! Is that likely? It looked like this:

en.wikipedia.org

European green woodpecker

Gecinus viridis The European green woodpecker is a large green woodpecker with a bright red crown and a black moustache. Males have a red centre to the moustache stripe which is absent in females. It is resident across much of Europe and the western Palearctic but in Spain and Portugal it is replaced by the similar Iberian green woodpecker (Picus sharpei). The European green woodpecker spends much of its time feeding on ants on the ground and does not often 'drum' on trees like other woodpeck...

froglet · 2021-02-15T16:17:46.754Z

The only time I’ve seen one of these, it was after hearing an unusual bird call, so it sounds plausible to me. It sounds distinctive and vaguely laugh-like. Maybe find a recording of its call and see if it was what you heard?

colinfilth · 2021-02-15T16:20:29.661Z

Yeah it’s a very distinctive and very audible call.

colinfilth · 2021-02-15T16:21:16.572Z

Birds (as in

etc, not the user @birds) Social

Actually saw a woodpecker up close in the park today. Was about to get a photo but that irritant dog of mine ran up and scared it off. Been loving the absolute orchestra of birdsong that seems to have erupted over the past week. https://voca.ro/13OQj4eK5fFa

shes_so_high · 2021-02-15T16:22:05.762Z

Yes! This was the noise! Great idea, thank you. I wasn’t sure if the call I heard was the same bird or unrelated.

shes_so_high · 2021-02-15T16:25:07.413Z

This is such a great photo!

kram · 2021-02-15T16:38:55.522Z

Cheers! Been enjoying trying to improve my camera skills

paidinfull · 2021-02-15T17:18:26.116Z

When I first moved to this area I kept thinking I was hearing and seeing an implausibly large number of green woodpeckers. Turns out there are ring-necked parakeets near me, which are also green and have a similar-sounding call.

froglet · 2021-02-15T17:55:54.737Z

They’re another one where you hear them before you see them. I think the first time I saw them I heard a racket and thought the cat must be having a disagreement with some birds in the garden. Went out for a look and the culprits were flying around way above the house, not in the garden at all. They were so loud I thought they were just outside.

Pale-eyedBadger · 2021-02-17T15:47:54.146Z

Over the last month I’m averaging a Bald Eagle sighting once a week. It must be the weather!

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robstation01 · 2021-02-17T16:42:51.179Z

Not sure whereabouts you are, but I fondly remember a hotel room near Fredonia in NY, looking out onto lake Erie. 8 bald eagles on the pier, amazing sight. First ever bald Eagle sighting.

I told the people at SUNY Fredonia (who I was visiting) about it, and a chap pointed me in the direction of a Snowy owl in a park nearby. Saw that too, first and only Snowy Owl!

Pale-eyedBadger · 2021-02-17T18:36:33.401Z

Eight! that’s amazing. I am based in the middle of Ohio and the photo was taken at Alum Creek State Park.

Top 3 Bald Eagle sightings.

The first time. I was driving down a highway and crossing an overpass when an Eagle flew across my path, maybe a metre above the car.

It was the first run myself and Mrs PeB had undertaken on our local trail after moving to our house. We turned a corner and a massive bird swooped down above our heads, again really close! Turns out we were right next to where a pair of eagles have nested for many a year. You can watch the nest from the trail.

Last summer. Kayaking down a river and an eagle flew over us twice. Awesome!

rich-t · 2021-02-18T14:33:02.059Z

Got this fancy lad in the local nature reserve

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Tried a binocular shot, but it’s not the best

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Also got a goldfinch out of the walk

paidinfull · 2021-02-18T16:23:41.222Z

I was in the Catskills October before last. Stopped by a lake and saw a Bald Eagle, a Great Blue Heron and a Belted Kingfisher in the space of 5 minutes. First time I’d done any birding in America. Was a good start.