Wild Birds of Europe

Short eared owl

Photo from Weja's gallery.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19440009

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19439942
Caught a Black-headed gull bug hunting again. He really had to stretch himself here!

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Nice capture, Levina - nice!

pcs wrote in post #19440175

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19439942
Caught a Black-headed gull bug hunting again. He really had to stretch himself here!

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Good catch!(from both of you)

Thanks, guys. Appreciate your comments.
The gull’s head is slightly fuzzy though. I was shooting him from my window and literally from around the wall and I managed exactly this one shot. So not the best, but I thought cute enough to share.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19440038
Starlings.
They love to frolic in the birdbath until they've emptied it!
EOS R7

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19440051
Starlings - Watching their backs.

EOS R7

There’s something about bathing birds… I love these shots, Ray.

BirdsofBC wrote in post #19440045
annoying Starling behaviour #11

LOL

PS: why aren’t there any thumbnails in the quotes?

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19440284
PS: why aren’t there any thumbnails in the quotes?

I do not know, but maybe because it is a multi-quote?

pcs wrote in post #19440176
Every time I'm in the garden I feel watched...

pcs wrote in post #19440177
I wonder why...

This made me laugh.
And great pics too!

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19440285
I do not know, but maybe because it is a multi-quote?

Good guess, Charles. Not sure about that though. I multi-quoted Patricks two posts and the thumbnails were present. I deleted those because I wanted to emphasise the funny text.

What I did do with the thumbnails-less quotes was insert them with the QUOTES tools in the toolbox whereas with Patrick I just did a simple, straightforward Multi Quote, pushing the buttons. That could be it.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19440290

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19440285
I do not know, but maybe because it is a multi-quote?

Good guess, Charles. Not sure about that though. I multi-quoted Patricks two posts and the thumbnails were present. I deleted those because I wanted to emphasise the funny text.

What I did do with the thumbnails-less quotes was insert them with the QUOTES tools in the toolbox whereas with Patrick I just did a simple, straightforward Multi Quote, pushing the buttons. That could be it.

I just used a multi-quote both from the same user and those did show the images.....

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19440284
There’s something about bathing birds…

I agree with you, Levina - just how nice it can be watching them splashing around without a care in the world.

Ray.Petri wrote in post #19440292
I agree with you, Levina - just how nice it can be watching them splashing around without a care in the world.

Indeed. And they seem to really enjoy it.

Not often I can get quite close to a perched Red Kite without them getting spooked, this one held its ground until casting me a sideways glance and clearing off over the treetops.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19439942
Caught a Black-headed gull bug hunting again. He really had to stretch himself here!

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Gull Dance It’s almost like he’s looking at you and posing. Well captured, Levina.

Inspeqtor wrote in post #19440285
I do not know, but maybe because it is a multi-quote?

How do you do a multi quote?

Finsnapper wrote in post #19440487
How do you do a multi quote?

Use the MQ (between like and reply) on every post you want to use, than use post to thread.

Pantry42 wrote in post #19440470
Not often I can get quite close to a perched Red Kite without them getting spooked, this one held its ground until casting me a sideways glance and clearing off over the treetops.

Nice catch! I hope some day to get as close to one but until now I only got to admire them from (too far) a distance.

Finsnapper wrote in post #19440486
Gull Dance It’s almost like he’s looking at you and posing. Well captured, Levina.

I like it when they go after bugs as they go vertical! Nice that you call it “dance”. It does look like it, doesn’t it!
Thank you, Finola. Always a pleasure to see you here.

pcs wrote in post #19440491
Use the MQ (between like and reply) on every post you want to use, than use post to thread.

Ah, thank you, Levina.