I think this is a female Redhead leading her little group of ducklings across the reservoir, and one managed to convince her that its little flippers were just so tired and they couldn't possibly swim any further and could she just carry them a little ways?
I went for a walk in downtown #leipzig hoping to spot a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus, 🇩🇪 Wanderfalke, 🇵🇱 sokół wędrowny) and it didn't let me down.
I've been attempting to identify these ducks that I've been photographing swimming around a small lake. Merlin and Google search are all over the place. My field guides are at home. If anybody knows what species these are please chime in. My first thought is they are mallards, but that's a WAG.
Hmmm ... if you know what a WAG is you've probably served in the military. 😂
"Alright Mr Jackson, I'm ready for my close-up." A different take on 'a bird's eye view,' and a more typical portrait shot, of the Common Whitethroat. Taken on different days in early May but in the same area at Brandon Marsh near Coventry, these pics may feature the same individual, who was kind enough to give me a couple of brief photo opportunities.
A masked bandit (OK, a juvenile Nuthatch) about to pull off the Great Sunflower Seed Robbery. Pic taken at the end of May, from a private hide in Mid Wales.
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I was walking along a trail with dense trees & brush on both sides when I started to hear the calls of birds; very loud birds! If not for the sounds, I might not have spotted this pair of Chachalacas. I must say, he looks like he's leaning away from her loud vocals!
Image captured in southern Texas.