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motacilla alba

  1. The mating dance of a Wagtail, Video, sound on

    The mating dance of a Wagtail, Video, sound on

    The mating dance of a Wagtail
  2. Juvenile white wagtail

    Juvenile white wagtail

  3. Juvenile pied wagtail

    Juvenile pied wagtail

  4. 8 frames later

    8 frames later

    after drying out in the wind
  5. Fresh from the bath

    Fresh from the bath

    well ... from the puddle, at any rate.
  6. SF - I'm hunting here. What's your excuse?

    SF - I'm hunting here. What's your excuse?

    When you make it up to the top of the stairs and emerge from the woods above third (or first, depending on where you count from) waterfall, there's a big open fan of lawn below the lake and dam. That's where I stopped to ... ehm, I could say to photograph this White Wagtail, but in all honesty...
  7. White wagtail

    White wagtail

  8. White wagtail foraging on the beach

    White wagtail foraging on the beach

  9. Another baby bather

    Another baby bather

    At the other end of the pool.
  10. White wagtail on a tree branch

    White wagtail on a tree branch

  11. White wagtail

    White wagtail

  12. SF - only because

    SF - only because

    this "pose" reminds me of Freddie Frinton's posture in "Dinner for One".
  13. 3) SF: Other parents envy them.

    3) SF: Other parents envy them.

    This adult looks exhausted dealing with his not-so-little one's tantrum. I can just about hear him or her muttering that it's about time this fat kiddo learned to find its own food. And in fact, when I went back to this creek a week later, the juvenile White Wags were all fending pretty much for...
  14. 2) ... the parents can finally have some "me" time

    2) ... the parents can finally have some "me" time

    ... which this White Waggie was clearly enjoying.
  15. 1) When they're almost grown

    1) When they're almost grown

    and becoming independent, or at least able to feed themselves some of the time ...
  16. White wagtail

    White wagtail

    Just chillin'
  17. Pied Wagtail

    Pied Wagtail

    Juvenile
  18. White wagtail bathing

    White wagtail bathing

  19. white wagtail

    white wagtail

  20. White wagtail

    White wagtail

    Nesting in a box on the stabbur wall.
  21. Pied Wagtail juvenile

    Pied Wagtail juvenile

    Pied Wagtail juvenile, shot taken at distance and cropped.
  22. White Wagtail

    White Wagtail

    Mother and her chick in Global immigration bird day , 8th, May, 2021 Motacilla alba alba Linnaeus, 1758
  23. Babies to feed

    Babies to feed

    White wagtail collecting food
  24. Tiptoe through the tulips

    Tiptoe through the tulips

    OK, so they're not tulips. They're scilla buds. But I couldn't help humming the tune as I watched this Waggie tiptoeing through.
  25. White wagtail on ice

    White wagtail on ice

    Yes, ice in May ;-)
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