The Birds In The Garden And Everywhere Else Thread

[Darran]

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[Darran]

https://swanseabaynews.com/2023/10/10/injured-bird-of-prey-found-in-carmarthenshire-identified-as-oldest-ringed-red-kite-to-survive-in-the-wild/?fbclid=IwAR1NmaovdgOUJF098fqyyPRHcDMHrSsqjsSeV7LwTjkscN_Bn2JmKFu1wNA_aem_AVv3z_m3dGlTOnNq_okG_2qP8vGadLlV1XiQThUD_cMK5FwW_pCbc0Rl2Sde856xsnw

 

[Darran]

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[Muteswan]

My son just sent me this photo of a heron which landed on the path outside the window.

 

[Darran]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/golden-eagle-casually-flies-suburban-28119331

 

[K23]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/golden-eagle-casually-flies-suburban-28119331

Amazing! Being out in the wilds here, we've had biggish things like a Grey Heron or 2 and several Common Buzzards land in our garden over the years but nothing quite like a Golden Eagle! I think our cat would hide under a bed somewhere.

 

[Muteswan]

Took this many years ago, obviously not a wild one, but watching it fly was amazing.

 

[Darran]

Interbreeding in Port Talbot.

 

[Darran]

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[K23]

Meant to post this recent pic but forgot. A few weeks ago at the tail end of November, I went to Portugal just for the day, and while I was sitting on a bench having a sandwich, in the nearby reeds I spotted this little chap which goes by the wonderful name of a Squacco Heron and has matching green beak and legs.

 

[Darran]

Current view.

 

[Muteswan]

Is that you flying a kite?

 

[Darran]

Is that you flying a kite?

Yeah a red one.

 

[Muteswan]

Yeah a red one.

I’ve got one exactly like that only bigger.

 

[Darran]

A German Parrot.