WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2019

Gray Catbird
Range: Southern Canada, Eastern, and Central U.S.
Voice: Distinctive mewing like a cat.

 

This Osprey has perched at the top a tree with the wind blowing so hard it was hanging on for dear life itself.

 

I stil can't get used to seeing birds that are rare or timid at home so common and tame here.
Ibis, Masked Lapwings in play areas, car parks and gardens, even Stone Curlew in the parks, these two were resting.

 

Common Grackle.
Range: Canada, U.S. east of the Rockies.

 

Apologies for a couple of 'back of camera' pic via phone but I can't upload anything till I get back.
@shiney I have at last seen some fruit bats/flying foxes. This one was flapping it's wings to cool down and the sunlight came through.


Kookaburas in Sydney.


Rainbow Bee Eater, Darwin.

 

Arctic Terns



To the right of the new lighthouse is the cottage where Grace Darling lived.



"Fancy a Tern on top luv?"

"O.K., whatever Terns you on"

 

Great Black-backed Gull


Eider Duck



Shags





Kittiwakes



Guillemots

 

Puffins

 

Little Stinker.

 

Lapwing

 

Phone pic of a pair of Kookaburras in Kings Park in Perth. They thought we might have food worth stealing but were unlucky.

 

Lapwing



Grey Heron

One of those turned up at my local reserve, about 4 miles away, a couple of weeks ago. I had taken Mrs Scrungee for a quiet midweek visit when it's normally just myself and perhaps just one other around, but it had been seen earlier that day, posted online and loads of local birders were descending on the place, so we left and didn't return until the sightings discontinued.

 

Save the bees!

 

Lets hope what is in that feeder is not red food coloring.