Pictures of Wildlife.

Mr Ed,

Fantastic quality photographs.

Steve,
Excellent result with the identification.

Regards
Tom

 

Stormbird; We have a Reeezulltt!!!

Following some nifty footwork behind the scenes here, " Information Received " and all that ..... The brilliant people over at Surfbirds Forum cracked it wide open for us. (Special credit to their Pierre - Andre and Yoav)

I am delighted to be able to reliably advise ye that ye can now add male and female Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata) to ye 'World List'.

Best of all? Fact that they are both carrying insects says that they were feeding a brood (Managed to sort That bit out for myself). Male is the 'Black' bird.

Howzaat!!!!!




Zaat is very impressive indeed !
Shot those pics just for fun during an idle period. To ignorant me it was more of a technical/precision exercise to try to get a sharp image of the little fellows with insects in their beaks. Never occured to me than anybody would be really interested, let alone able to identify them!

Please pass on my thanks to your friends.

Realising now how ignorant I really am...

Yours
S

 

More of the Robin taken today.

 

Craig, Robins in the garden its June 1 tommorrow is it a sign of the summer to come or not!

 

Craig, Robins in the garden its June 1 tommorrow is it a sign of the summer to come or not!

I hope so, we haven't had Wimbledon yet!

 

We have a number of Mallards that regularly visit our back yard for some bird seed and just to relax. My wife snapped this picture of Dave and Mildred after Dave decided to go for a swim in the kiddie pool.

 

i saw 12 parakeets in the field over the back of me today. I live near richmond park where there are thousands of the blighters, they are really cool, didnt get a very good pic though

 

Red Shouldered Hawk



One of these beauties has been hunting in my back yard for over two weeks now. We only get an occasional glimpse as he arrives and departs like a ghost. He moves silently from fence to fence and all hell breaks loose when he nabs a victim as the other birds attack him. Fascinating!! I'll try and get my own pictures this summer as he continues to keep the Starling population under control.

 

Colonel Frog decided to inspect our efforts on Dig for Victory today. As a professional, I admire the camouflage !

 

Hey SB is that not a toad in camo

 

Local slang for toad is frog, or "frosk" to be specific. Please explain the difference/s.

 

We have thrushes nesting in the honeysuckle this year and it looks as if they're raising three successfully. I shall be glad when they've flown so that I can start using the car-port again.

Photo's a bit vague as I didn't want to get too close.



It would seem that all my efforts teaching the kids to water-bomb cats has paid off as they haven't been around much lately.

 

Local slang for toad is frog, or "frosk" to be specific. Please explain the difference/s.

Hello SB
im not an expert but have a look here
looks like toads have shorter rear legs and are warty.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Frog and a Toad

http://its.susd.org/k6/1st/frogvstoad.jpg

 

We have thrushes nesting in the honeysuckle this year and it looks as if they're raising three successfully. I shall be glad when they've flown so that I can start using the car-port again.

Photo's a bit vague as I didn't want to get too close.

It would seem that all my efforts teaching the kids to water-bomb cats has paid off as they haven't been around much lately.

Nice.
Pleased to see a Thrush visit the last 2 years. However making the bird table pigeon proof has caused a problem getting them to feed. Don't put stuff on the ground as the rats (and fat pigeons) get it. Big problem around here is magpies which attack the blackbird's nests every year.

 

Colonel Frog decided to inspect our efforts on Dig for Victory today. As a professional, I admire the camouflage !

View attachment 29345

impressive, he is just about to break the 'paving stone line'

 

Hello SB
im not an expert but have a look here
looks like toads have shorter rear legs and are warty.
How to Tell the Difference Between a Frog and a Toad

http://its.susd.org/k6/1st/frogvstoad.jpg

Thank you for this interesting zoology lesson. I realise the inspecting officer must belong to Toad Battalion.

Will for the future keep to the frogs within my competence :

 

Taken this afternoon.

 

Excellent photos there mate.