First one was just watching the everyday folk walking by from the middle rung of the fence by the lake
The second is showing the way at the start of the circular walk
Willy wagtails can be nasty little buggers! This one had no qualms about karate kicking the much large Australian hobby and eventually drove it off #birds#birdphotography#nature
White Wagtail relaxing on a field in Enger, Germany. I always think of them as birds who like being near water — so I am always surprised anew whenever I see them running around on fields (which happens more frequently than I'd have imagined).
A close up of a beautiful male #mallard duck along the grassy banks of the River Dee in #Aberdeen.
Believe it not, this image was taken at ISO6400 as the the sun had not broken through the clouds at 5.55am.
I’m extremely impressed with the capabilities of the Panasonic #LumixG9 when paired with #Topaz denoise. It’s certainly expanding the ability to shoot at different times of day even when the weather is not optimal!
This is a somewhat reclusive , generally rather small and compact bird. This is S.Central Florida, and there's active courting & nesting happening.
I've never seen this feather display before, a little spring time courtship in the air, as this one stops looking for fish & starts seriously preening at the call...
I am always pretty conscious of whether I am disturbing birds or not - so I really don't like it when the bird is watching ME. This Australian Hobby Falcon certainly had a good look (maybe there was a dragonfly on my head?) but went back to scanning the area, flew off and came back to the same perch so I don't THINK I was bothering it. #birds#birdphotography#nature
Was excited when I found this under-construction coot nest a few days ago – it was in a spot where I could observe it fairly closely without disturbing the birds (she took a brief judgy look at me, then continued doing her thing).
Sadly, we've had a lot of rain these last few days, and the nest was gone yesterday, swept away. (Others too, I'm sure. Bad year for coots.)
Another bonus for taking a slightly later than normal walk this evening was a pair of Green Woodpeckers talking to each other in a tree. Here is one of them
The local cemetery is full of large old trees, so there's lots of woodpecker and rot holes for starlings to nest in. The first of this year's chicks are now leaving their nests, it seems – still a bit wobbly on their legs, but flying well enough, and not too cautious yet (luckily for photographers and predators alike, I suppose).