Birds of a feather

[drron]

A golden weaver building a nest in Cameroon.
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[VPS]

Your lovely flamingo pictures reminded me of mine at Galapagos - and all those other ones.

On Santa Cruz island we went for a guided walk and were promised flamingos on an inland lagoon. Here is the flock:

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Yes, just one, single, solitary flamingo. I think it was the 'emergency' one, so, if tourists arrive and there's no birds, they hit a button and this one pops up from the water. Actually, it did perform a bit

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Elsewhere on Santa Cruz, more coughies:

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An egret, I think

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I do love those blue footed coughies. This thread is so nice - no C word and nobody snarking at each other

 

[tgh]

This thread is so nice - no C word and nobody snarking at each other

Indeed VPS.. the list seems to have lost it's way a bit and threads like this remind us that the world and it's creatures is a beautiful place

 

[drron]

More birds of Botswana.
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From the top in that last pic is a stork,ibis and fish eagle.
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[tgh]

Stopping for a loo break on our way back to Deloraine we had some entertainment

 

[tgh]

By way of explanation.. the baboon was socially well adjusted and spent his (or her) time trying to rip the two way aerial out of the bonnet.. while everyone gathered around taking pics.
We went to Lake Nukuru to see a pink ? blue? white ? black? Rhino .. gee I dunno.. it was along time ago...
We were actually not permitted to go where we went and a very officious local ranger cut us off in mid drive.
The conversation between Tristan Voorspuy and the very sure and officious local ranger was hugely entertaining.
White bwana meets the educated African..riveting stuff
Tristan won his way and we continued on.. but he confessed somewhat ruefully that he would have some homework to do

 

[tgh]

… and living in mortal fear of the dreaded hat for drifting ot...…more birds

 

[VPS]

… and living in mortal fear of the dreaded hat for drifting ot...View attachment 237892…more birds

I promise not to report you

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Stopping for a loo break on our way back to Deloraine we had some View attachment 237870entertainment

That doesnt look like Tasmania !!! Deloraine ? so I googled it - Kenya

 

[TheRealTMA]

Excellent Blog for Brisbane inner city reserve.

Birds of Banks Street Reserve

BIRDS OF BANKS STREET RESERVE - Brisbane - Australia

birdsofbanksstreetreserve.blogspot.com

 

[VPS]

That doesnt look like Tasmania !!! Deloraine ? so I googled it - Kenya

I did the same

Excellent Blog for Brisbane inner city reserve.

Birds of Banks Street Reserve

BIRDS OF BANKS STREET RESERVE - Brisbane - Australia

birdsofbanksstreetreserve.blogspot.com

That is fantastic - someone has put a lot of work into that - well done them

 

[VPS]

Today's flamingos are from the Camargue in Southern France (hint the black things aren't birds but the black bulls but what the heck) It did get a little damp there for a while

 

[drron]

More from Botswana.A kingfisher.
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A heron and a kill.
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A Hammer hawk.
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And lots of nests.
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Vultures.
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[RB]

Sri Lanka 2012

 

[drron]

More Botswanan birds.
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[drron]

Continuing Botswana birds.
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And that brings to an end our Botswanan birds.

 

[SuePa]

I have loads of penguin photos, but I always forget they are birds!

Snares crested penguins





King penguins at Macquarie Island


More kings

 

[samh004]

There's a wildlife refuge nearby to my current residence. Signs everywhere saying not to feed the wildlife, but whenever a car pulls up there's always a gaggle of geese that waddle over to meet you... so I think there's a lot of rule breakers. While there over the weekend I got this lovely snap of an Australian Pelican, cropped to remove distractions. Taken on a Canon EOS R6 w/ RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM lens at the full 500mm, f/7.1, 320 ISO, 1/1250s. It was a bright day.

I originally uploaded, but the compression on AFF didn't do the photo justice, hence why I have chosen Flickr instead.

https://flic.kr/p/2ktTr5f

 

[samh004]

I also managed to get some photos of what I believe is an Eastern Great Egret, but I (the lens) wasn't in panning mode at the time so they haven't come out anywhere near as sharp as I'd ordinarily be happy posting. Including them here as thumbnails.

 

[RooFlyer]

I have loads of penguin photos, but I always forget they are birds!

Great post, and on Penguin Appreciation Day, too!