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Sep 25, 2016 11:39 |  #46

Great set Mike.


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Sep 25, 2016 11:56 |  #47

coots' territorial fight

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Sep 25, 2016 17:42 |  #48

Black-necked Stilts Courtship Finale

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Young Reddish Egret at Play

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Sep 25, 2016 19:57 |  #49

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Picture #1 is really nice!


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Sep 26, 2016 05:07 |  #50

sogs wrote in post #18140372 (external link)
Picture #1 is really nice!

Agree, exceptional.


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Sep 26, 2016 07:52 |  #51

A pair of Avocets in synchronised nest building in the UK earlier in the year...

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Sep 26, 2016 08:31 |  #52

Plus one.

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Sep 30, 2016 13:38 |  #55

a pair of blue tailed bee eaters, roughly 23cm in length from head to tail.

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a pari of blue throated bee eaters, light was bad for this. Had better light for a solo shot here ---->https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=18075293

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a pair of white fronted bee eaters.
"Female white-fronted bee-eaters leaving their nesting burrows must avoid pursuit by unmated males who may force them to the ground and rape them" - Wikipedia

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I know i know...I am quite a sucker for bee eaters :)

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Sep 30, 2016 13:59 |  #56

Nighthound wrote in post #18140236 (external link)
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priceless #1 :)


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Sep 30, 2016 14:19 |  #58

sogs wrote in post #18140372 (external link)
Picture #1 is really nice!


Will in Tejas wrote in post #18140682 (external link)
Agree, exceptional.


renaissance_myth wrote in post #18144717 (external link)
priceless #1 :)

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Sep 30, 2016 19:30 |  #59

I appreciate all the contributors to this thread. Y'all are posting some great shots. Keep them coming.


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Sep 30, 2016 19:54 |  #60

renaissance_myth wrote in post #18144697 (external link)
a pair of blue tailed bee eaters, roughly 23cm in length from head to tail.

QUOTED IMAGE


a pari of blue throated bee eaters, light was bad for this. Had better light for a solo shot here ---->https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?​p=18075293


QUOTED IMAGE


a pair of white fronted bee eaters.
"Female white-fronted bee-eaters leaving their nesting burrows must avoid pursuit by unmated males who may force them to the ground and rape them" - Wikipedia

QUOTED IMAGE

I know i know...I am quite a sucker for bee eaters :)

The blue throated ones don't have bees!


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