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ed keeble said:

I meant to post a link to this wonderful (to my eyes) photo the other day- came across it when arseing around doing a Buff-breast pic and it provided a timely reminder that there are some things even an extreme sketching birohead wouldn't get away with...

http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/Photos/ShorebirdsWaders/BBSA3.jpg

Apologies if it is out of order to link to a photo in this forum, but I thought you folk might enjoy it.

Also apologies if Buzzard12 is about to post a cracking series of stretching wader studies..

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buzzard12 said:

Couldnt resist rising to the bait, heres one for you ED!

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ed keeble said:

I'm touched Alan. I did once see a Buff-breast doing exactly that stretchy wing thing early one morning (minus the slippers) - but that was a displaying bird on the Eye Field at Cley in May 1982.

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ed keeble said:

I'm touched Alan. I did once see a Buff-breast doing exactly that stretchy wing thing early one morning (minus the slippers) - but that was a displaying bird on the Eye Field at Cley in May 1982.

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Andrew Ellis said:

We should have a weird looking positions birds get into thread love
to see what people came back with!:-O


Great cartoon Alan.

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Dave B said:

Here's my current favourite. Not a particularly weird position, but a great example of life imitating art!

Dave

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Woody said:

Sometimes you just wouldn't be believed without the photographic evidence, and, even then, I'm a retoucher! But this is genuine.

This young kingfisher caught a stickleback and whacked it against the log. The spines of the fish got stuck into the wood and the bird couldn't work out where his prize had gone. He carried on fishing, unsuccessfully, then he caught sight of the fish as it flapped to try to free itself. The kingfisher plucked the fish from the log and tried to get it head first for swallowing. The juggling went wrong and he dropped the stickleback into the water, I clearly saw the fish swim off. The stickleback was stuck into the log for about 10-15 minutes.

Now that's a story that the stickleback will be getting a free lunch from for the rest of his natural!

Woody

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Andrew Ellis said:

Woody Thats great:-O more please everyone

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nickderry said:

Great photos Dave, the first one (red necked stint??) was a puzzle, until I realised that it's got its toes closed up looking like its tarsus.

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timwootton said:

Here's another beauty from the gallery. I think this rail and dave's stint are related to the Stone Curlew (Thick-knees) - these are clearly the knock-knees.
http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/158723/limit/recent

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