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october
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Vibrant
I couldn't believe how vibrant this Blue Tit appears to be. Don't know if it was the effect of the light that day or what. Maybe he'd just completed his post breeding moult. Any other ideas? Today I saw my first fledgling! A House Sparrow, really wasn't expecting one so soon. Parents had...- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie blue tit cyanistes caeruleus mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Fussy
Seems a while since I showed you a Long-tailed Tit from Mause. It must have been round about this time that they went off the plain fat balls, as I was trying to see if they'd eat them with the seeded ones interspersed. You can see the result of that experiment!!- delia todd
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- 2024 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie long-tailed tit mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Shy
Can you spot him? There's a Treecreeper just about to go behind some foliage half-way up the tree. A pretty distant shot this. I was lucky enough to spot a bit of movement and clicked in the hope of! Had a nightmare day LOL hospital this morning. Then went to get a new mobile as my old one...- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie certhia familiaris eurasian treecreeper mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Watchful
Back in town we visited the lower Craighall feeders. Here's Mr Chaffinch keeping an eye out for when he might be able to get a look in at the feeders!- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie common chaffinch craighall fringilla coelebs nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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No longer rare
This is the largest group of Canada Geese I've seen in this area (this is only a fraction of them. I don't know where they've all come from!!! Sadly they were at the far side of the loch so I can't really risk cropping the picture any more than that.- delia todd
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- 2024 angus branta canadensis canada goose loch of lintrathen nikon coolpix p900 october scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Better late than never!
Just as we were preparing to leave, Ferdie (our friendly pheasant) decides to put in an appearance.- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie common pheasant mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire phasianus colchicus scotland
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The culprit
And as if by magic, I produce a picture of one of the Great Spotted Woodpeckers "waisting" the fat block. Sorry, never got a sighting of the back of the head, so don't know the sex of this one.- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie dendrocopus major great spotted woodpecker mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Who's been at this!!!?
This Blue Tit seems to be quite affronted that someone had been trying to give the fat block a "waist". I could have told him it was the Woodpeckers LOL- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie common blue tit cyanistes caeruleus mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Incoming
An early October visit to Lintrathen to try and catch up with the movement of any winter visitors. Suddenly, the squeaky chatter of geese could be heard and there was a bunch of Pink-footed Goose coming in to land on the loch- delia todd
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- 2024 angus anser brachyrhynchus loch of lintrathen nikon coolpix p900 october pink-footed goose pink-footed goose flight scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Hoping
Robins are always a joy to see I think. Trouble is they always seem to arrive when I'm busy trying to have my lunch, so getting the camera up isn't as straightforward as it could be. So sometimes I miss the shot and they don't always come back before I have to leave. Got it right this day! He...- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie erithacus rubeculaa european robin mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire scotland
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Grey in grey with a touch of green
Then we found ourselves at a favourite spot (get your tongues around this LOL) Llanfihangel Gobian. We carried our seats down to the river and sat there for some time observing what was going on. First on the list was a very unco-operative Grey Heron down river, who just spent his time...- delia todd
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- 2024 abergavenny ardea cinerea grey heron llanfihangel gobian monmouthshire october wales
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Pretty view
Typical of Andy, he got me onto a very narrow road (they sure know how to grow them down there!!!) As luck would have it, we met nothing and he asked me to pull in at a gate. I tucked the car in as well as I could and we got out to peer over the gate. Where the white line is (which I didn't...- delia todd
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- 2024 abergavenny goytre wharf monmouthshire nikon coolpix p900 october
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- Category: Landscapes
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Tutu
A Great Spotted Woodpecker flopped onto the back side of a tree and started to move round... when suddenly he took off. I just couldn't delete that picture, it just looked so artistic. Saturday fun- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Hmmm ... turns his back on a apple!
For some reason I thought today was Wednesday! Where that came from I don't know LOL. That would be why there's no SF picture this week - sorry. Today I've a Dunnock for you. It always makes my day to see one around and this one appeared on the shed roof in the garden. TTTW- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dunnock nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire prunella modularis scotland tttw
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Sometimes it's just not fair
It was pouring with rain when we got to the Mause Feeders. There were some birds around stuffing their faces. We struggled on filling the feeders right to the top, getting wetter and wetter, thinking of hot coffee in the car. Eventually we were done. Sat in the car, window open, camera ready...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie mause mause feeding station october perthshire scotland
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- Category: Landscapes
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The favourites with friends
Everybody loves Long-tailed Tits, so I can't resist photographing them when I catch them at the feeders. Just in case you're not sure, there's 4 and a bit of them, along with a Coal Tit and a Great Tit. Strangely we've not had them back at the Mause feeders up the hill this winter yet, even...- delia todd
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- 2023 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie coal tit craighall great tit long-tailed tit nikon coolpix p900 october parus major periparus ater perthshire scotland
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Balance beam
This Common Pheasant seems to be getting quite brave now - I've not seen him on the top rail before, the lower one once, but he usually reaches up to it to grab any spilt seed. Really not sure how he manages to keep his balance up there LOL. Back home now, hopefully the end of hospital visits...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie common pheasant mause october perthshire phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Cock Fighting
One of our Sunday day's out we decided on Balintore Glen. A little over half way along, we'd stopped to watch a load of Red Kite flying around, when suddenly Ken spotted these two cock Pheasants. The were putting up quite a fight!! Got a great view of one of them and what it looks like under...- delia todd
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- 2023 angus balintore common pheasant nikon coolpix p900 october phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
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Who's a pretty boy then?
These male Common Pheasant really are so attractive when seen in their proper habitat, aren't they. This is a regular visitor to the Mause feeders, having a great time picking up what has fallen either by our clumsy hands or the habits of the birds who constantly drop seeds LOL.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie common pheasant mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire phasianus colchicus scotland
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Weaverville, North Carolina USA - Warbler
The one and only photo. Seen last month in Weaverville, NC, USA. Wet weather, near a lake.- Fandango739
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- north carolina october warbler
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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N. Carolina USA - small longshots
Seen in late October, Weaverville, N. Carolina. 1 - 3, same bird 4, Pine Warbler? 5 - 6, same bird (possible red-breasted nuthatch?) 7, warbler.... Many thanks for any help!- Fandango739
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- north carolina october weaverville
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Here today, gone tomorrow, that's me!
A glance out the window and I noticed a different looking Chaffinch in the crowd!- Scozmos
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- alyth bird birds brambling feeders fringilla montifringilla garden october perth & kinross scotland
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... and away
We sat looking at the eagle for a little longer then he took off. This was our final sighting of this particular Wedge-tailed Eagle. Then we headed deeper into the mountains on a pretty rough road.- delia todd
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- 2019 angorachina australia flight flinders ranges nikon coolpix p900 birdwatching mode october south australia wedge-tailed eagle
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Best view
The Wedge-tailed Eagle eventually crossed the road in front of us then settled in a tree. I've a funny feeling that Peter may have taken this picture, as he was on the right side of the car and I may have spooked him while getting out. But he still gave me the best view of an eagle I've ever had!!!- delia todd
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- 2019 angorachina aquila audax australia flinders ranges nikon coolpix p900 october south australia wedge-tailed eagle
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Keeping up
Some miles later, we turned off onto a dirt road to Angorachina. Almost immediately a Wedge-tailed Eagle joined us, flying alongside the car for quite a while. He really gave me a great photo opportunity, as due to the road surface we had to drive very slowly, partly due to the bumps, but also...- delia todd
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- 2019 angorachina flight flinders ranges nikon coolpix p900 october south australia wedge-tailed eagle
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands