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Southeast US
Sorry for the hazy picture, I take them through my windows 😅
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Not really a special bird here in the Netherlands, but I liked the picture :)
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It was still too cold to hunt this morning when I spotted it. It did have an eye on a bird feeder in case a dove got too careless.
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The birds in the park were also in a fractious mood (windy days seem the worst for that).
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A Red Kite in Prospect Park, Reading, UK today was swooping in low having spotted something on the ground - I was pleased to catch this as it made off - no lazy glide here!
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800m, 1/1250s
Oh, and a gift for the caption writers amongst you:
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I bought a bird feeder last year, and hung it up in my front yard. All told I had practically no takers, and despite being marketed as "squirrel proof," which by and large it was, the stupid thing wasn't watertight in the slightest so every time it so much as misted the seed would get wet and the whole thing would jam up.
I was doggedly attempting to unjam it the other day for the umpteenth and it just broke. Well, good riddance. I just marched right off to Printables and download this, and ran off two of them. Which is probably what I should have done in the first place.
It's only been three days and I've already run through five one liter bottle fills of seed, which I feel I should point out exactly the same stuff I put in the old feeder that the birds wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. Already I'm looking at upgrading at least one of the 1L bottles to a 2L so I don't have to trudge out there in the snow quite so often.
Anyway, the point of this diatribe is to say to expect a lot of through-the-window shots of birds to be forthcoming because suddenly we're the most popular spot on the block. Several of these turned out a bit crap in the focus department because the glass in my double pane windows is, shall we say, not optically rigorous. This was also in between snow squalls yesterday afternoon so the lighting isn't the best.
Nevertheless I captured this grackle amongst a horde of cowbirds, and as you can see he was quite perturbed about not having a seat at the table so here he is glaring pointedly from the top of the shepherd's hook. Full size here.
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As previously mentioned, I put out a pair of 3D printed bird feeders the other day.
...They have become extremely popular with the local ravenous hordes of rabbling squawkers. Apparently there's a new routine: Every morning just before sunrise, and every afternoon a little before sunset, a flock of approximately eleventy bazillion cowbirds descends on our front yard and completely cleans me out of seed. I've only had these feeders up for three days and this has already happened six times.
Here's one separated from the rabble. He's sitting on the lower prong of my shepherd's hook, which is a popular staging spot for anyone preparing to dive in and insert themselves into the slightest gap that presents itself at the trough. Full size here.
There's no way to miss it when the gang turns up. Feeding time gets extremely boisterous:
These are just the ones who managed to horn in on the feeder itself. Five or maybe six of the little buggers can fit on each feeder's platform...
...And another couple of hundred swam around on the ground right below ensuring that nothing getting flung off of the feeder goes to waste. The rest festoon the telephone wires overhead and glower disapprovingly, waiting for their turn.
Then any random thing in the neighborhood makes a noise and the entire flock blasts off.
(I've found that some clients don't render videos that are inserted in a post directly. If you can't see the one above, you can try viewing it separately here. Random fun fact: That seventeen second clip is two hundred and thirty megabytes as it comes straight out of my camera. Ffmpeg helpfully squashes it down via h265 into 2.35 megabytes which is frankly remarkable.)
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Midwest USA
Olympus E-M1 + Oly 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II
@ 300mm, f/8, 1/1000s, ISO-400
The chickadees always bring a smile to my face. They have to be among the most friendly and curious of all birds.
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Southwestern USA, January 2026
These guys have a nice orange tuft on their backside which you see a little here
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Midwest USA
Olympus E-M1 + Oly 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II
@ 300mm, f/7.1, 1/125s, ISO-160
I followed this female pileated around for about 20 minutes trudging through the snow. She let me get right up on her and was more than gracious enough to let me photo her.
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Good variety of birds in Prospect Park today, but no stand out photos, so have a collection instead.
Blue Tit/Nuthatch; Song Thrush; Red Kite; Dewdrop catching the sun; Starling; Buzzard; a charm of Goldfinches; Long Tailed Tit and some crows with, I think, a walnut shell
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm
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It was both cold and misty in Prospect Park today, and this fluffed up robin seemed to be feeling it too ... that appears to be frost on its tail!
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm
And a sharper picture, but to me a little less interesting, of another robin a little further on.
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I thought this was the same woodpecker as the last one. It is not.
It's a red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, sticking out its tongue.
Full size here.
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The heron I see every day at the same spot in my frequent searches for an elusive kingfisher. Nothing special about this picture, but I like how the back plumage stands out.
Source:
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Trying out different ways to crosspost to Pixelfed and Lemmy, nothing really works as I hoped until now…
I hope you enjoy some simple shots of a robin in various poses :) I like how cloudy days let the colors pop
Source: https://pixelfed.social/p/LucaPero/914475114515075522
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January 2026 in Germany
Technical Details:
Lumix G85 + Lumix 100-400 F/4-6.3 II @236 mm
- Shutter: 1/2000
- Aperture: f/7.1
- ISO: 3200
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This is not a snow goose
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
Olympus OM-1, Olympus 12-40
40mm, f/2.8, 1/1250s, ISO 3200
#bird #birds #darktable #geese #goose #photo #photography #UrbanWildlife #wildlife @birding
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January 2026 in Germany
Technical Details:
Lumix G85 + Lumix 100-400 F/4-6.3 II @400mm
- Shutter: 1/640
- Aperture: f/6.3
- ISO: 6400
A new lifer for me. Didn‘t expect it so close to the city center near a small Creek.
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Cormorant on the River Thames (Cormorants in SE England are prone to this whitened head.
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800mm
Oh, and .... Dive!
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