What's Buzzing or Flying near you today......2016

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    Today I heard ,for the first time in my life, a CUCKOO!! :hapfeet: :thud:
     
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      That is early @"M" my friend they don't usually arrive until April,but it is a lovely sound:smile:

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        No I am not looking at the camera:lunapic 130165696578242 5:

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          We have lots of them here....., but I agree with Woo its a bit early for them at the moment...:) So you are very lucky to have heard one :)... With all this rain we have been having... maybe they are all coming together to go on Noah's Ark :heehee:
           
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            I know!! :thumbsup:
            Mind you, we have had particularly mild weather and even some flowers have been fooled by it. Don't know :scratch: I have no explanation :dunno: just saying what I heard :)
             
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              Hi @"M" Oh my apologies I didn;t mean to infer that you didn't hear a cuckoo my dear friend :redface:,that's the trouble with the written word ,I should have rephrased my post ;)
               
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                "M" that was me outside saying "Cuckoo" you can get Cuckoo whistles so you may have a Jiffy some where with a whistle :):heehee:
                We have a Black Bird that sit on the top of a phone pole and he wolf whistles (he didn't get it from me) but it can be a big problem when people walk by, and if i'm outside i get the blame :scratch::sad::mad::sad:
                 
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                  Neither did I ..... sorry :sad:.... I know what you mean though... I agree nothing seems to know what's going on at the moment with such changes in the weather :snorky:
                   
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                    White Throated Kingfisher @shiney :dbgrtmb: lovely shot but what we can't see is the brilliant blue back.
                     
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                      Thanks @strongylodon , I was quite pleased with the result. I took it from approx. 80ft away and had to use the digital zoom as well as optical. I watched it for a few minutes afterwards but it just sat there without moving so I didn't see its back.
                       
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                      That's really sharp for digital zoom.:dbgrtmb:
                      I am struggling to get anything as clear as that using just the optical zoom with mine so far!:wallbanging:
                       
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                      Fabulous photo Sheal :love30:
                       
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                        @strongylodon I think the lighting was just right for the camera.

                        I didn't have a great deal of success with these photographs as we were way up in the clouds at about 8,000ft. I tried different exposures but the camera wouldn't focus on the right spot - I keep it on automatic.

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                          A nice surpise this morning, we have a bat flying around the house :yahoo::)
                           
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                            @shiney, it is a Rufous Sibia if you really want to know!:smile::dbgrtmb:
                             
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