** SEPTEMBER - POST YOUR BIRD PHOTO,S

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      ** MALE   HAIRY WOODPECKER  **

This was done for ALL the bird lovers in this forum. My way of saying THANK YOU for the great pictures and telling us all, what they are.

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  **   ALF  **CHECKS THE  -- AFRICAN BIRD BOOK -  HE SAYS YOU NAMED ALL THE BIRDS - GREAT JOB -   AM GLAD  THOSE OF US THAT POST PHOTOS  MADE YOU HAPPY

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     ** STELLERS  JAY  **  -  at  feeder giving me the eye

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                        ** BROWN CREEPER  **

                    (CERTHIA  AMERICANA )

   this tiny bird  starts at the base of a tree and climbs to the top

 probing the cracks in the bark for insects -  then once it reaches

the top of the tree is flies to the bottom of same tree or another one and does the same thing all over a gain-   a real challange to photo them as they never sit still -

Im enjoying early fall raptor watching,my season total so far is 306 birds of prey,including 26 Osprey! Last fall(most leave by the end of September) I saw 92.  Here is a picture of one of todays.

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      *  RAVEN ** scolding somthing in bush

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   **  GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE  **

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   THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME-  THESE BIRDS  SUMMER IN THE HIGH ARCTIC AND THEN MIGRATE TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA  ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA -

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  ** JUNCO **

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      ** NORTHERN FLICKER *  on roof    1/2 second later

   it flew  along with one  *JUNCO *

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    THEY CAN REALLY FLY FAST  !!!!!!

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                               **   RED CROSSBILLS  **( LOXIA  CURVIROSTRA )

   GRANDAUGHTER IS ALMOST  ( 2)   SHE COMES OVER WANT  ME TO WATCH HER SWING - SO I GO TO HER TRAILER AND  WATCH HER SWING-  THEN I NOTICE A FLOCK OF  RED CROSSBILLS  LAND ON BIRDBATH AND I GO CLICK CLICK CLICK -  ALLWAYS CARRY YOUR CAMERA  EVEN IF IT TO WATCH A GRANDCHILD SWING  LOL   ( TRUE STORY)

  ** red tail hawk  **    2 year old points to sky and says bird  - look up just as it passed over house-  first redtail of the year for me

Great pics and birds Barry. From the species of birds you posted I have seen one and I saw it on saturday, the white-fronted geese.

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             ** CHIPPING SPARROW  **

 i saw  a shadow  of a bird looked up and a raven  went over me while i sat on the deck -  i  turned on camera  -clicked image stabiliser - did a quick focus  and clicked of  (3) in   2 seconds-this is what i got !!

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 **  COOPER,S  HAWK  LOOKING AT ME  THEN SPOTS   -JUNCOS - *

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THEN IT  DIVES  FOR A  FLOCK OF JUNCOS   

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HE MAKES THEM ALL SCATTER FOR COVER BUT   MISSED  THEM ALL

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      (  true story )

 i was sitting on the deck watching 8 ravens  when a large shadow went over me 20ft up  i looked and it was a *GREAT BLUE HERON * it went over  the garage then circled and landed in a tree about  140ft away it was eyeing our  swimming pool - maby thought thier was fish in it -

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 the * HERON * landed in a  hemlock tree and stood thier for about 15 minutes i called the grizz out to see it  it was looking around at the ravens flying overhead and the swimming pool which is 30x15 ft

finnally it flew off - we are  4km as the heron flies from the ocean

or any other type water - made my morning ( true story)

                   ***  A - TRUE STORY OF   2  -  RAVENS   ***

WAIT FOR  OUR RESIDENT RAVENS TO ARRIVE -

THEY BOTH COME IN CIRCLE AND ONE LANDS IN  A TREE

THE OTHER ON THE GROUND   AS THEY EYE UP AN APPLE

I TOOSSED ON THE GROUND SOME 100 FT AWAY

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   THEY ARE VERY CAUTIOUS OF THE  FOOD AND TAKE FLIGHT

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  THEY GET IN A BIT OF A SQUABLE WITH EACH OTHER 

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 THEY BREAK OFF CHASING EACH OTHER AND  MAKE

MANY PASSES OVER THE DECK  AND YARD   CALLING

BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER 

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   ONE DIVE BOMBS ME WHILE I SIT ON DECK  SQUAKING

 LOUDY AT  ME

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 THEY SPEED OFF  UP AND AWAY  -

    THET NEXT  MORNING  UNDER GREY WHITE SKY

THEY RETURN TO TAUNT ME SOME MORE 

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  HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE PICS AND THE ( TRUE STORY )

Barry, these last two ravens pics are just so beautiful. A bird in full flight, superb composition and I know it's not easy with a moving object like that. But for me, that's the most beautiful pose to see a bird in

This is a juvenile Coopers Hawk. Its taken up residence in the park where I do my raptor watch. Staff came and told me it was there,and rode me over and back in their "gator". It was very co-operative.

Red kite (Milvus milvus), seen today in Falsterbo, Sweden

      ALL THE BIRDS POSTED  JUST - GREAT  I HAVE NEVER SEEN A   *KITE *  (VERY GOOD PIC )

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  THIS YEARS  **  BLUE GROUSE  **  4-5  months old   it  was under my truck so i went through the garage  to back of truck  it was  feeding  on the tips of a * fern plant (weed)    it made clucking sounds like a  domestic chicken -  i watched it for  15 minutes befor it  wandered off back into the bush (  true story)

All these pics are great!!!! I enjoyed looking at them all. Keep posting them.

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 flap flap   click -  a raven flew by  so i took a pic

Hummingbird at my Aunt's house in Smyrna, TN

Thanks everyone, great pics 

Katja, how lovely! You will come to love Flasterbo and I am

Katja I saved your pic of the red kite ...it is great for ID ...much better than that at my book!!! Now time to catch the Black kite too !!!

Black kites are very rare sightings here.