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I was able to get out again on Sunday to enjoy this young Ruff up close. This time the sun was shining and it made all the difference. She was feeding well and stayed within ~10 metres range. This young bird is the first opportunity I've had to see Ruff up close and it's been a delight |=)| The...

...thought I'd drop in a shot of this young male Redstart before I engulf my gallery with numerous Ruff (or is that rough?) pictures from this week. No great shakes compositionally but it's the only opportunity I've had to photograph (or really see) this species and it has fond memories attached...

Having declared no new photographs, I had a really 'lucky' morning yesterday with this juvenile Reeve. She just happened to fly in to the lagoon where I was standing and proceeded to feed for about an hour just within photographic range. The light wasn't great but you can't have everything (of...

Off to find some birds....back later with comments |=)| Crop; 300mm (+extra teleconverter activated) [870mm equivalent]; ISO800; 1/1000th shutter; F/6.3; +0.3 ev

After Alok's recent posting of Stints, I was thrilled to learn that a juvenile Little Stint had dropped in at the local reservoir this morning. It was raining and blowing a gale but worth it to see this tiny (just 13cm long), colourful little bird for the first time. Shots were distant and...

A very young juvenile still dependant of parents, feeding around a tiny local field.

Around Bast e Gez Dam Lake, Kookherd

A young Shelduck,1 of 3 that occupy a shallow pool in a crop field.

This was the third juvenile Blackcap of the family. S/he was experimenting with short flights and sitting in the sunshine |=)|

Young bird was together with its mother on a roadside eating roadkill

Photographed this morning not far from Belfast.

I mentioned that I was working on an editorial story about these red-tails. It's a long story and a longer editorial. Since birdforum is (anonymously) mentioned, I've decided to run the relevant bits as a series. Here's part 1: On my outward-bound hike Sunday morning, I passed a pair of large...

At first when I saw this kildeer chick I thought I was seeing a Wilson's plover, but that stubby, fluffy little tail is a giveaway.

Here's another of the juvie birds perched on the lower dam fence at Lafayette Reservoir, waiting to be fed. I also captured the moment of food transfer with this little one, but - sadly - it was in even poorer focus than this shot. Still, even somewhat blurred, the water background is lovely...

Here's another from the lower (water-side) dam fence. This one's a baby Western bluebird. Possibly a bit bleached out - overexposed in the bright sun. Or maybe it's just unevenly fledged. The right wing seemed darker and brighter blue than the left (don't recall whether that shows in this shot).

Caught him taking a bath in our water trough

Not related to the previous Wren (as far as I know), I came across a group of 4 juveniles, down low in the tangle of hedges/scrub. They were making that tiny high pitched 'peep' that can so easily be missed. Unfortunately, they were far too good at ducking down behind branches etc and this is...

I have a very rowdy bunch of Starlings vissting my garden daily. They are great fun to watch it's like having a load of teenagers running riot in the garden with one or two parents trying to maintain order in vain.

One more from my long hike on Wednesday. I got several good shots of this juvie scrub jay, but sadly the shot of the moment when a parent jay came along and fet him/her, on top of a post a bit further away from me, was not sharp.

I didn't expect the gulls to deposit their pilfered lunch right next to where I was eating my own lunch, but here they were. It was a cacophonous meal.

An adult Western gull takes off with someone's pilfered lunch sack with some juveniles in pursuit.

An excited juvenile Western gull near Embarcadero Center in San Francisco

This may not be my best perched bird pic. That honor, so far, may go to the Anna's hummer "giving me the evil eye" that I posted back on October 30. But I don't want to bother Ian with moving that one or bore everybody else by bumping it up. This one I didn't post earlier because three...

Shows the beautiful intricate design of the birds wings

Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus) Thirteen subspecies have been described placed into two groups; the Rubinus group and the Galapagos Group. Unfortunately 11 subspecies goes with the Rubinus group and only two with the Galapagos group not simplifying things by much. Four...