That’s pretty cool Tony. They’ve pretty much colonised London so they’ll spread out eventually. Climate change will help with that as well. Didn’t know they’d got that far north yet though.
I haven’t seen as many by the bird feeder this year like last yearLove turtle doves but they are very rare here now. I’ve not seen one for about three years They purr like cats, only much louder…..
...with a Cockney accent?..........................and probably in England too!
Dave
The Asiatic cousins are an abundance here. Funny thing, the cats leave them alone. So nice to see the couples just toddling around and sometimes they forget how close they get to us if we kept still.Love turtle doves but they are very rare here now. I’ve not seen one for about three years They purr like cats, only much louder…..
Richard,...with a Cockney accent?
That’s pretty cool Tony. They’ve pretty much colonised London so they’ll spread out eventually. Climate change will help with that as well. Didn’t know they’d got that far north yet though.
I had reduced the size of the photo so it has pixelised making the camo blend in. They're half the size of regular pigeonsand much slender. Lovely pair with no care about the surrounding cat country.Good lookers….Camo works better on the right hand one though
Are they cattle egrets, rather than great whites Dan? Seems the right habitat for them….great whites are usually seen in wetlands. Hard to tell when they are hunched up like that, but if they are then Cattle egrets are quite a lot rarer…..
Great whites are much the same size as Herons, and have very long legs and necks just like them. They also compete for pretty much the same habitat, wetlands, living on small fish and eels etc. Little egrets are slightly smaller, and live in similar areas. Cattle egrets are pretty big as well, but, as the name suggests, live in fields hunting in the churned up mud. They are more easily distinguishable in the breeding season because the Brest feathers are coloured.I'll look into it. They're pretty big, almost Heron sized if that helps. The cattle are up in the yard so they're wasting their time out there.....
Very nice shots Ron. Particularly like the colourful crowI'd forgot about this interesting thread. Thanks for the reminder Dan!
I took these from our camper window a week or so ago.
We always take a bird feeder with us. Load it up and wait to see what comes along.....
Unmistakable.
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"What are you looking at!"
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She flew up into a tree....
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...only to have this obnoxious creature barge her off her perch.
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Cheers.
Ron
Thanks Tim. Having seen them flying ( I may have posted pics on here a while back) I'm pretty sure they are Great Whites. They fly like Herons and are, technically speaking, flipping huge !Great whites are much the same size as Herons, and have very long legs and necks just like them. They also compete for pretty much the same habitat, wetlands, living on small fish and eels etc. Little egrets are slightly smaller, and live in similar areas. Cattle egrets are pretty big as well, but, as the name suggests, live in fields hunting in the churned up mud. They are more easily distinguishable in the breeding season because the Brest feathers are coloured.
What a beautiful pic thanks for sharingSix Great White Egrets yesterday. The two Muscovys our ours, and shouldn't be in the field. Yes, I'm talking to you two....
Tim. Thanks for sharing some great looking pics.Great whites are much the same size as Herons, and have very long legs and necks just like them. They also compete for pretty much the same habitat, wetlands, living on small fish and eels etc. Little egrets are slightly smaller, and live in similar areas. Cattle egrets are pretty big as well, but, as the name suggests, live in fields hunting in the churned up mud. They are more easily distinguishable in the breeding season because the Brest feathers are coloured.
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Cattle egret….
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Great white and Little egrets…
Cattle egrets are rarer, but now breed in the UK. Go back thirty years or so and they were all rare birds….
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