Opened the barn to get the mower out this morning, and I come back to find this pair hovering around the entrance and trying to barge their way in. Much as I love swallows and can appreciate that they're suffering from widespread habitat loss due to the knocking down of old buildings and replacement by unfriendly urban structures, they already have a nest (small, but effective) in the woodshed, so they can jolly well stay there. I mean, I know there's a housing crisis in Ireland, but come on! Even the birds are at it. 😏
#Swallows
#kerry
#ireland
#nestbuilding
#birdsofmastodon
#birdsofthefediverse

White-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae, grabs a tasty crab.

#nature #heron #bird #whitefacedheron #auswildlife #birdsofaustralia #birdsofthefediverse

Latin Music Mix for Birds | Feel Good Music for Your Bird Room | Parrot Town Comfort Bird TV #NowPlaying #LatinMusic #birdsofthefediverse
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Now you see me, now you don't.
I have tried in the past to get pictures of one of the black woodpeckers that live near us, and they are often heard, but quite difficult to get close to without scaring them off. Fortunately, this one obliged our trail cam while we were away. Even then, you have to look pretty hard to spot it in the second picture, before it took off, and the first picture shows it from the back, flying away, so is a bit too blurry.
At least the red crown is visible in part.
#auvergne
#livradoisforez
#massifcentral
#France
#birdsofmastodon
#birdsofthefediverse
#blackWoodpecker

#duck #mallard #bird #birding #birdwatching #photography #birdphotography #birdsofeurope #birdsopixelfed #birdsofthefediverse #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #wildlifephotography

An Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, with a freshly-caught comically grub (a Helena gum moth larva, Opodiphthera helena).

#nature #bird #magpie #australianmagpie #auswildlife #birdsofaustralia #birdsofthefediverse

#FotoVorschlag „Bewegungsunschärfe“

Hier musste ich einfach den kleinen putzigen Sandregenpfeifer zeigen. Das Foto ist vom 12. Juni 2024, aufgenommen in Dänemark bei Hvide Sande.

#photography #BirdsOfTheFediverse #birdwatching #birdphotography #birding

Swan.
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#darktableedit #birdsofpixelfed #nikon #birdsofthefediverse #nature #swan #birds #bergheimerft

#2026unbeschwertundputzig

Hab den Hashtag gerade bei @[email protected] entdeckt und mich total gefreut, weil ich auch gerade etwas Ablenkung und Flausch gebrauchen kann! Deshalb mache ich einfach mal mit, weil viel hilft viel!

Junger Turmfalke…
🇬🇧 Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

#falke #turmfalke #kestrel #falcotinnunculus #birdwatching #birdphotography #BirdsOfTheFediverse

A Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae.

#nature #bird #kookaburra #laughingkookaburra #auswildlife #birdsofauustralia #birdsofthefediverse