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Stopped for some birding on the way home from my wife's brother Pete's celebration of life events the day before. These were taken about a half a mile from where her brother used to live.

Silver Gull : Chroicocephalus novaehollandia New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia (including away from sea) distance from camera: 33 metres speed: ~40 km/h

A puddle of my own … White-faced Heron : Egretta novaehollandiae Kedron Brook Wetlands, Brisbane, QLD, AU Camera–Subject : 14 m I've read that "small aquatic animals" are this heron's preferred prey: if you move, you're a snack! And, if you don't move, there's a set of long toes waiting to...

This, plus many more Great Tits were at a local nature reserve in Barling, Essex (UK). D500 used with my Sigma 150-600mm attached at 600mm s 1/1250 f6.3 auto-iso 2800

Looking NNE to Alaska… Reef Point, Moreton Bay South Pacific, Australia I walked the tidal flats and spied not a single shorebird. 'Tis the season to be off to faraway places. Safe journeying to all of the little fellas on their long, long migration across the Pacific.

Australian Gull-billed Tern… Australian Gull-billed Tern (non-breeding plumage) Brisbane, Australia

There comes a time each year… Common Bronzewing : Phaps chalcoptera Near Pemberton, Western Australia

Brazil - Pantanal - Cocoi heron - Ardea cocoi - Héron cocoi

Brazil - Atlantic Forest - Yellow-fronted woodpecker - Melanerpes flavifrons - Pic à front jaune

It is well known that cormorants love fish. Above all, they take all the time necessary for the prey to be well oriented before swallowing it. Seen from the outside it looks like a game. Not sure the fish think the same... The red color in the beak is the fish’s blood.

Description below the pictures. Second picture : One notices a spur on the wing, remains of the claws inherited from the theropod dinosaurs, which serve them to defend and attack in case of need. The kamichi necklace has a small head, clearly disproportionate to the whole body. It consists of...

Bird-on-a-stick… Shoot first, ask questions later. Genetically-modified Rose-ringed Parakeet : Psittacula krameri South East Queensland, Australia camera—subject 12m // subject—background 15m Sometimes I'm easily fooled: like yesterday afternoon when a pale blue parrot flitted through my...

Pacific Golden-Plover (non-breeding plumage) : Pluvialis fulva 
Moreton Bay, Queensland [Tide fully out in lower photo.] Conservation Status : Least Concern Also spending the boreal winter in Moreton Bay (links within BCG): Far Eastern Curlew Bar-tailed Godwit

The red colour in the beak is the fish’s blood (not accented) More photos at www.philippedestine.com

White-faced Heron : Egretta novaehollandiae Richmond River, New South Wales, AU Conservation Status : Least Concern

Black & Ruddy Turnstone photographed yesterday . :)

Male chaffinch mid flight.

This morning I saw 4 or 5 of those drinking from a patch of flowers. :)

Saw this beautiful bird (perched pretty high) during my evening walk today. :)