One of my absolute favourites. A rare sight round here, the outstanding Rainbow Bee Eater Merops Ornatus
Also, my first bird photo of 2023.
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Went to drop some stuff off at the local charity shop and found an old tamron 100-300mm with a canon fit, perfect for my canon 60D. I was thinking about getting a telephoto for nature pics.
First day I snapped this American robin
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Where I used to work we had moorhens or coots that would come running over when I opened up each morning. Real little characters. Where I am now we have a couple of birds of prey knocking around, but they disappear as soon as we appear! Like the roe deer that live there too
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Hi everybody,
here is some pics taken yesterday
Mésange bleue - Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Rouge-gorge - Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Mésange charbonnière - Great tit (Parus major)
Sittelle torchepot - Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
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Twin Peaks atmosphère…
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That last picture is really nice!
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Cliche maybe, but here’s a shot of mine I’ve always liked. Bird photography is on the short list of things I would love to get back into if I had the time and money.
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Beautiful photo !
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The week of Easter we had a racing pigeon stop in our yard and shack up with us. I thought it was weird how he was hanging out with my chickens so I put some seed and scratch grains on the ground for him and he promptly ate about 1/4 of his body weight and went into a food coma. 
I put him in some shelter and he slept and recuperated for 4 days, and then flew off on Easter Sunday. Oddly symbolic, that. It turns out he returned to us that Tuesday and then came and went daily for another week. I haven’t seen our little buddy now for a full week and I kind of miss him. Hopefully he’ll return one day.
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