Africa Wild

not so nice, not enough sun ... but for Lisbeth too

Time for my alter ego to fly South I think.....



See you all soon 8)

Here are some really colourful birds not found here (pics taken at Montec@sino Bird Gardens).

Green Macaw – South America



Blue & Yellow Macaw – South America



Nicobar Pigeon – South-east Asia



Hartlaub’s Turaco - North Africa



Toco Toucan – South America

A few more....

Wood Duck - North America



Guira Cuckoo – South America



Blue-bellied Roller – Western and Central Africa



Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo – Australia



Galah or Rose-breasted Cockatoo – Australia



Senegal Parrot – West Africa

Managed an hour or so in reasonable light between the rain to get some birding in this morning. Same happened last Saturday. Some pics from both outings ......

Wigeon.


Lapwing.


Pintail.


Grey Heron.


Goosander pair.


Little Egret.


Nuthatch.


Siskin.


Long-tailed Tit.

Eurasian Oyster Catcher - Denmark



An "Ugly Duckling" with parent - Denmark

I've been seeing this pair settling in across the way a few days now, and it's looking good that they may nest. There are usually Herring Gulls here, but this is the first time Lesser Black-backed Gulls have set up in the town, though there are good numbers of them breeding on the headlands nearby.





For an added bit of wildlife type trivia, anyone care to guess at what the names of the chimney pot caps are known as?]

Just stumbled across this thread and simply had to share this sighting of a bird which is not common here but escaped from several zoos and bird parks and now meanwhile has colonized themselves in the Northern part of Europe - The Mandarin Duck :thumbs_up:

We were very glad to find them and there were about 10 males "fighting" for the female in the second picture.





It was around zero degrees outside but they did not bother the cold :thumbs_up:

This was taken back in June at my weekend lake retreat. We first saw the pair of the great crested grebe building a nest right next to the boardwalk
at the start of Mai. A month later the family had grown.