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Superb Fairy Wren ~ female

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they don't like the invaders - Magpies and went to ground for a while

Richard

Archibald wrote in post #18930883
Now what am I going to do? I thought I had an answer...

It's like time. Ask someone what time it is and you will know what time it is. But ask two people what time it is, and you won't know what time it is.

Everyone over here says 'Chuff'. Never heard 'Chow', except from the birds themselves.

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sidknee wrote in post #18930995
Nice bird Jack, you been on holiday again?

Yup. Picos de Europa!

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Jack Dawe wrote in post #18931756
Everyone over here says 'Chuff'. Never heard 'Chow', except from the birds themselves.

OK, I'm going with chuff - which is what Wiktionary says too.

https://en.wiktionary.​org/wiki/chough

Maybe we could start a revolution and write it as "chuff".

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Rock wren on a cloudy morning...

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Mike

Great Blue Heron...

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“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.” - Carly Simon

sidknee wrote in post #18931003
We have red-billed chough relatively local to me but yellow-billed are southern European/Asian birds. I've never got any decent shots of chough so I'm going to have to remedy that sometime soon!

Alpine Choughs will come to food and can be quite tame at mountain-top stations. I snapped mine at the top cable car station at Fuente Dé in Cantabria - which is also perhaps the most reliable site in Europe to see Wallcreeper in summer (so long as you know the right cliff to search). I don't know where you can get near Red-billed Choughs though.

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BlueTraveler wrote in post #18931763
Rock wren on a cloudy morning...

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Excellent shot!! Well Done

There is another thread your photo would also fit in if you were not aware of it

Post your Birds "Hunting, Stalking, Eating" shots here....

Charles
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fotoi wrote in post #18931242
Beautiful!

Thanks, fotoi!

Melissa

Gadwall.

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Alpine Accentor. It was confiding enough, but it resolutely refused to pose properly!

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Lame-Duck wrote in post #18931464
Really nice shot, Shalu. The color on this bird is quite pretty. Great blurred background.

What a super nice reflection shot of this skimmer, Shalu! Beautifully done.

Thank you very much, Mike!

Black skimmer juveniles.

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Melissa6 wrote in post #18931777
Gadwall.

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Wow, that's close. Great detail.

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