Birds..........................

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[JBR]

These gView attachment 370902uys were on the tree in my yard a few years ago.

Yes, we have those coming into our place. Pileateds. Most often one at a time, but vary occasionally two.

 

[chic]

Not funny, just pretty. A peacock and doves.

 

[timoc]

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"On the count of 3, Fred.... I'll meet you in the middle.... one, two, three, BRRRRRRRRR."

 

[RadishRose]

I'm just fascinated by these......

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The Shoe-Billed Stork. Somehow, I never really paid attention to them before.

 

[Katherine]

 

[Katherine]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Meanderer]

A Kazakh eagle hunter in Mongolia.

 

[Eupher]

I've always been amazed at the intelligence of corvids (crows, magpies, ravens, and similar birds). I've witnessed this "death ritual" when I lived in Utah some years ago.

 

[RadishRose]

I've always been amazed at the intelligence of corvids (crows, magpies, ravens, and similar birds). I've witnessed this "death ritual" when I lived in Utah some years ago.

The poor things! Looks like they're trying to wake up their friend. How sad.

 

[Eupher]

The poor things! Looks like they're trying to wake up their friend. How sad.

I would bet that the magpie that's being vocal is the dead magpie's mate. They mate for life.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

 

[Katherine]

 

[Eupher]

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Looks like a sun conure. Cute little parrots!

 

[Eupher]

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Nothing more majestic than an adult bald eagle.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Nothing more majestic than an adult bald eagle.

I agree. I love taking photos of bald eagles. There’s so many where we live. They make it easy to take a good photo.

 

[JBR]

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We see them only occasionally here. Ospreys much more often. Ten years or so back, a bald eagle nested above a river channel, within a four-minute walk from our place. It displaced the resident blue heron for a couple years, then it moved on.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We see them only occasionally here. Ospreys much more often. Ten years or so back, a bald eagle nested above a river channel, within a four-minute walk from our place. It displaced the resident blue heron for a couple years, then it moved on.

We had a mating pair about 8 kilometres down the road and one year fed them fish remains. It was very exciting. That’s how we got some of the photos we have. We could even see their nest. Not really well though.

Ospreys are great hunters. They can dislocate their toes to get a better grip. We saw a lot of them in Ontario but we don’t see many here in this province.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Warrigal]

I've always been amazed at the intelligence of corvids (crows, magpies, ravens, and similar birds). I've witnessed this "death ritual" when I lived in Utah some years ago.

Heartbreaking, isn't it?

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Katherine]