Wild Birds of Europe

avondale87 wrote in post #19437236
Patrick that's more like ours.
Maybe we have the Dutch variety, not the inferior one's from across the channel (I'm sure Ray will understand understand )

Agree they are beautiful birds as is yours here. Lovely photo.

That wine certainly gives excellent results in the processing

Only at the weekend!

avondale87 wrote in post #19437236
Patrick that's more like ours.
Maybe we have the Dutch variety, not the inferior one's from across the channel (I'm sure Ray will understand understand )

Agree they are beautiful birds as is yours here. Lovely photo.

That wine certainly gives excellent results in the processing

Enough of that Richard! - You are trying to wind Raymond up again, are you not? We are at perfect peace with our avian species from across the channel. Birds were not part of our brexit deal. Hey! Hang on - not sure about the frozen supermarket chickens, though!

avondale87 wrote in post #19437202
Ray I've noticed your darlings, er starlings, are much spottier than ours.
Is your photo typical?

Richard, the starlings get their spotty coat from their autumn moult, the spots wear away over winter so by spring they can look quite different. This is a spring one complete with yellow bill and pink feet

sidknee wrote in post #19437285
Richard, the starlings get their spotty coat from their autumn moult, the spots wear away over winter so by spring they can look quite different. This is a spring one complete with yellow bill and pink feet

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Thank you for the explanation Sid - We live and learn.

sidknee wrote in post #19437285
Richard, the starlings get their spotty coat from their autumn moult, the spots wear away over winter so by spring they can look quite different. This is a spring one complete with yellow bill and pink feet

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Thanks Sid. I didn't know that. I'll take more notice of ours.

Ray I'd never wind you up. Just trying to suggest a simple explanation

avondale87 wrote in post #19437373
Ray I'd never wind you up. Just trying to suggest a simple explanation

Yeh! You can tell that to the marines

Zwarte ruiter(spotted redshank). To far(huge crop) and overcast/bad light but never seen one before or seen(I think) posted in this tread.

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Yeah, okay, bad light, but these are nice! And a very nice find indeed.

By the way, Patrick, not sure if I already said it, but that bird ID app you mentioned works wonders! I shot a Western marsh harrier (Bruine kiekendief) as well as a Meadow pipit (Graspieper), twice, this year! The ID's were 100% sure. So thanks for the tip. Very helpful.

sidknee wrote in post #19437800

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European goldfinches

Four of them?! Wow.

sidknee wrote in post #19437800

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European goldfinches

Lovely scene and composition.

How long did you have to wait and many shots did you have to take to get the one where they were all looking at the camera?

Cheers

Dennis

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19437647
Yeah, okay, bad light, but these are nice! And a very nice find indeed.

By the way, Patrick, not sure if I already said it, but that bird ID app you mentioned works wonders! I shot a Western marsh harrier (Bruine kiekendief) as well as a Meadow pipit (Graspieper), twice, this year! The ID's were 100% sure. So thanks for the tip. Very helpful.

Graag gedaan!

sidknee wrote in post #19437800

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European goldfinches

Yours are better trained, mine would't look at me

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sidknee wrote in post #19437800

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European goldfinches

awesome capture Sid. As others said about the view they present to the camera is very well done.

I'm curious. I assume the palest one is juvenile.
The extreme left - is that moulting? Or a developing junior.
I haven't seen changes in ours during the year, but have seen a couple of juveniles that lobbed up last year and were pale with none of their adult colours.

The common huismus(house sparrow).

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