Northern Pygmy-owl / Glaucidium gnoma
Adding later, 16 December 2021, at 10:45 pm. Temperature is -20C (windchill -33C). Windy and snow today. In fact we are now under a Blowing Snow Advisory. Wind and frigid temperatures do not ...
Avian
DSC7264 Blackcap….
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (M) The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey ...
DSC8195 Blackcap…
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (M) The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey ...
Northern Pygmy-owl – the size of your fist : )
A few more odds and ends from my archives. I am adding the description that I wrote under a different image taken on the same outing. I am only posting three images this morning, as I now ...
DSC8088 Blackcap..
Blackcap - Sylvia Atrcapilla (M) The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler. It has mainly olive-grey ...
Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Holme dunes, Norfolk, 14/4/24 The Wryneck (a member of the woodpecker family) was once a widespread breeding bird in England, but is no longer a breeding species, though still occurs regularly ...
Screaming Eagle
I watched this eagle fly in, screaming while in flight and he continued even after landing in his fortress of branches. I like the stance of power and ferocious expression. Posted by greg ...
DSC3065 Greenfinch…
Greenfinch - Chloris chloris The European greenfinch, or just greenfinch (Chloris chloris), is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespread throughout ...
Silent, but stoic
Winston Churchill said, "When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber". Churchill was saying when leaders, those in power (the eagle) are quiet, the masses, the ordinary ...
DSC8986 Wheatear…
Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but ...