02/07/2021 A few sightings away from home.

Not often we go anywhere now (thanks to COVID) but this was a day out that ended up in a disastrous trip home.  An accident on the highway with two trucks, one that burst into flames, and we were stuck in a traffic jam. It was well over 3 hours in temperatures of 40 C (104F) before the police sorted things out and moved the traffic down the emergency lane to an off-ramp.  A 1½  hour trip took us over 5 hours.   Never the less we did get to see a few birds before all this happened!

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)...

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Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

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Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)...

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See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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27/06/2021 Still trying to catch up!!

We did not have many cherries this year, but what we did have, many were knocked to the ground in the high winds.  The birds thought they had a special treat! 

Young blackbird (Turdus merula)...

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Great spotted woodpecker, male (Dendrocopos major)...

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Travelling a bit further afield to La Rochefoucauld and the Tardore river, we saw this Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea).

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These geese were also having fun in the Tardoire...

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See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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21/06/2021 Trying to catch up!!!!!

House sparrows (Passer domesticus), hungry youngsters...

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Meanwhile, a young blackbird (Turdus merula) is experimenting with a very small bath which is/was a soapstone carved ashtray...

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The blackbirds have been behaving like naughty children this year.  They got into the greenhouse and dug out all my seedlings looking for worms!!!

See also my Photodairy with lots of flowers and insects.

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24/05/2021 A few French locals and some from South Africa

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) taking a bath...

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European greenfinch (Chloris chloris) ...

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Common blackbird female (Turdus merula) taking a bath...

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As above... "I put my right wing in, my right wing out"

As above...  "my left wing in, and my left wing out"

As above...  "Do the Hokey Cokey"

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As above, "that's what it's all about".

With thanks to Christelle the following photos are from South Africa.

Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)...

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Green Wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) previously known as a Red-billed Hoopoe feeding the young.

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See also my Photodiary with lots of insects

Joining up with

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I'd Rather B Birdin'

and
My Corner of the World