Birders' Nest

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Will be away for a bit; I leave you with a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl:

(Costa Rica)

One of your relations, no less!

A Baglafecht Weaver:

(Kenya)

What colours!

And a Common Goldeneye

(Sweden)

But not common by nature. Look at the water, and the way it contrasts with the duck. Extraordinary.

Thank you for these.

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Looked out of the window this morning and there was Mr Pheasantosaur at the end of the garden. Grabbed camera, got a shot (but it doesn't bear close inspection, I'm afraid - too much shake and blur). And then, alas, he fluttered back into the field. It always feels special if he comes into the garden and stays.

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But guess what? A few hours later Mr Pheasantosaurus came back and wandered around the garden, and I was able to get some better shots.

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And one more. Isn't he a handsome fellow? (Head a bit blurry in this one.)

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All quiet on the bird-watcher's front at present, except in our garden which is a hive of activity. A couple of photos attached just to keep everything ticking along. The goldfinch is from the garden yesterday, and the female stonechat from the Roeburndale hills, always, always, staying one careful flight ahead of my attempts to get a closer, crisper shot.