Birds Show Birds

[Knikki]

I am no wild life photgrapher and these were just a luck stumble across as we were out for a walk round the coast the other week.

Oyster Catchers

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DSCF1480 by K 91

 

[lucien]

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[mike3996]

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[lucien]

what species of woody is that?

 

[rrybicki]

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[Bobitybob]

Insect for lunch ...

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[Lawrence A.]

A few from 2019 that I stumbled across this evening

 

[AlwaysOnAuto]

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[Acraftman]

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[Iron]

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[Iron]

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[Irene McC]

(Another) orange breasted sunbird on a protea bush

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[lucien]

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are those (albino) females aka leucism

 

[lucien]

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[lucien]

It's a European Starling, Invasive species

 

[John King]

It's a European Starling, Invasive species

Here too.

 

[lucien]

universal pests. My friend calls them rats with wings

 

[CatsAreGods]

universal pests. My friend calls them rats with wings

I thought those were pigeons?

 

[CatsAreGods]

Just another of my wild flock

 

[John King]

I thought those were pigeons?

Pigeons are benign compared with starlings.

Starlings actively compete with (particularly) small native birds here, and will even harass large, aggressive native birds like magpies, and magpie family groups of up to 50 birds. Starlings are really bad news for native birds here.