A picture of a Cormorant I took drying its wings (lemmy.world)
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Egyptian Goose, San Diego Creek, Orange County, California (lemmy.world)
Received “error on server” on first attempt to post, will not let me edit original post so if at first you don’t succeed…
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Black-headed Ibis in Sydney (lemmy.world)
Chestnut-sided warbler getting breakfast (mander.xyz)
I prefer to get action shots when possible, and sometimes, the birds deliver....
New Lifer — Crested Tit (North-Western Germany, July 2023) (lemmy.world)
I always take a walk around the area my office is in during my lunch break. There is a cemetery not far away that borders a forest and I always go there to watch birds. Today, however, I barely managed to see any birds and was about to head back to the office. Suddenly I heard a call that was unfamiliar to me so I used...
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Great Egret, Upper Newport Bay, Orange County, California (lemmy.world)
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Kestrel flying overhead (North-Western Germany, July 2023) (lemmy.world)
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Mallard in the road. (lemmy.world)
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Olive-backed Sunbird (male) (lemmy.world)
The female was posted a couple days back. Males have a more distinctive colouring for easy identification, and the chest has a very reflective colour under direct sunlight.
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Red-tailed Hawk, Orange County, California (lemmy.world)
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Big Gulp! (lemmy.world)
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My red bird of happiness (lemmy.world)
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Cliff Swallows; These little guys look like muppets to me [OC]
Muppet...
Red-bellied woodpecker, Wisconsin (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6cf47617-62d1-4370-a940-55a124864a0a.jpeg...
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Ruby-crowned kinglet, Wisconsin (lemmy.world)
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Kookaburra taking flight. Western Australia (lemmy.world)
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Double-crested Cormorant (lemmy.world)
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from about a month back, baby black-necked stilt! (more pics in post body) Houston, TX (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6ca2e583-4764-4cc7-b1f6-44625317e8e6.jpegthe way shorebirds sit always makes me laugh...
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Ring-billed trash hawks, Wisconsin (lemmy.world)
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Female Cardinal? (lemmy.world)
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Channel Billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Boondall Wetlands Australia, November 2023 (pixelfed.au)
Image description: A large channel billed cuckoo, high in a tree on an overcast day. The bird is staring straight down its beaks at the photographer, giving it a menacing appearance....
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White-faced Ibis, San Diego Creek, Orange County, California (lemmy.world)
Flock of Ibis’ on a sandbar preening and drying in the mid-day sun. Light was right to capture a little of their iridescence.
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Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae), Labrador Qld Australia, July 2006 (pixelfed.au)
A silver gull on the wing very close to the photographer...
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Kite & Carrion (lemmy.world)
Red Kite in Prospect Park, Reading, UK with something disgusting to eat (well, to my eyes)....
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