The Mantis Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, sugna said: The mallards were at it on the Almond, too. The drakes are not generous lovers. We saw an interesting encounter between the 4 goldeneyes (2 pairs) and the drake merganser: it almost looked as thought the merganser was going to abandon his mate to join up with the goldeneyes, as the mergansers swam upstream past them. I like to think they were fooled by the drake goldeneyes' colour scheme. Too early in the morning to come up with a witty caption... Edited March 7, 2021 by The Mantis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 2 hours ago, The Mantis said: Too early in the morning to come up with a witty caption... "Rake of a Drake in Ducks Amuck Pond Porn" - The RSPB newsletter "Rare Shag spotted on Lothian pond" - Spotters Weekly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 3 hours ago, The Mantis said: Too early in the morning to come up with a witty caption... Fancy a quackie? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 8 hours ago, Enigma said: Fancy a quackie? Have to confess to borrowing this for Facebook 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Finches at musselburgh today. And also what may be a "siskin". Can anyone confirm?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Yep, 4th picture down is a male sisken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 48 minutes ago, philpy said: Finches at musselburgh today. And also what may be a "siskin". Can anyone confirm?? 3rd one's a Treecreeper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Just now, The Mantis said: 3rd one's a Treecreeper. I know. I momentarily forgot I'd put the pic up . Nearly had the pic of the day at musselburgh - kestrel on a post, clear as day. Set up to the take the photo, all of a sudden Two crows appear and get a bit close to the kestrel, which in turn gets a bit annoyed and chases them off and doesn't come back. Opportunity missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Just noticed this thread, so given that I've recently got a new camera, and I'm starting to get interested in watching the birds in the garden, I thought I should post some pics of what I've seen. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Yellowhammer is an excellent bird to get in your garden 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Wile E Coyote said: Yellowhammer is an excellent bird to get in your garden We're lucky and get quite a few of them, sometimes I've seen at least 8 or 9 feeding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) This fat b*****d is still eating most of the food I put out. Decided I might as well train him Edited March 11, 2021 by Ziggy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Found this wee Moorhen climbing trees the other day. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Offside Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Sacred kingfisher. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Saw this sparrowhawk yesterday in the garden, eating a starling for lunch. Edited March 12, 2021 by Soapy FFC 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Cormorant last week 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 We get a lot of rainbow lorikeets in our area and they can be noisy wee buggers. This was the other morning in a tree near our back door. You won’t see much of them in this but hopefully you’ll here them. They’re even noisier when they fly off together. IMG_1048.MOV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Offside Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Saw a bit of the long staying Ringnecked Duck in the west end yesterday...it's a vagrant from North America, but it's settling in nicely enough that it seems to have found itself a GI bride in the shape of a female Tufted Duck. No idea what a hybrid between the two species would look like, but let's hope they don't inherit their old man's bizarre-shaped heid... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Golden eagle at work yesterday 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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