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Sunday, 23 September 2018

Birds of Europe - seen in our French garden or overhead.

As always, I hope that my identification is correct, please let me know if there should be any mistakes.
I am not adding details today as these are all pretty common birds and easy to look up if necessary.

Great tit (Parus major), female.
French name - Mésange charbonnière

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)...

French name - Hirondelle


As above.

Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), male.
French name - Pinson des arbres.

European greenfinch, (Chloris chloris), male...
French name - Verdier d'Europe.

As above, female.

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), Mrs giving Mr an earful!!
French name - Moineau domestique.

as above and making up again. 💗😉

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).
French Name - Mésange bleue

 Greenfinch and sparrow having an altercation.

Common or Eurasian Cranes (Grus Grus) flying South.
French name - Grue Cendrée.


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17 comments:

  1. They each have their own character.

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    1. Very much so and they all eat different things!! Keep well, cheers Diane

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  2. It's always such a pleasure to see your bird captures Diane, I would loooove to be able to take shots like this 🐦🐤

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    1. No skill from my part just the camera!!!! Take care Diane

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  3. Great feeder bird pictures....especially nice captures of the sparrow argument and make up, and the altercation between species. The chaffinch with that elephant garden sculpture is cute.

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    1. Thanks Sallie, not always easy to get action shots butI love them when I can. Take care Diane

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  4. These shots are amazing Diane, I love them all. It is hard choice to choose a favorite.

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    1. I agree no particular favourites here, but all ones I particularly like. Cheers Diane

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  5. Great pictures. Love the 'tiff' the birds had and then made up. Cute.

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    1. Haha, photos telling a story, I also loved it. Thanks for the comment, enjoy your week. Diane

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  6. Nice series! Particularly funny the altercation shots...

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    1. I love something a bit different and these were certaily that.😉Enjoy the weekend Diane

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  7. Your pictures are amazing. I know you said they are common birds, but not to me. I am in lower Middle Tennessee, USA and they are new to me. I enjoyed them.
    Thanks for sharing on Wild Bird Wednesday.
    Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

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    1. I know the problem as the 'common birds' in the USA are unkown to me. They are though much easier to look up than some of the African birds I have been writing about. Enjoy your weekend Diane

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    2. Yesterday the weather turned a tiny bit cooler and the hummingbirds must have felt the change. They have flown south except for about three. Others that are further north will be traveling through, and we will see a few each day until the middle of October. They were enjoyable for a while.
      Jeannie

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  8. Well I could certainly relate to those Diane. What a shame that you do not see Song Thrush, but if it's an consolation they are fairly scarce in gardens over here. For instance I've not seen one in our semi-ruaral garden in about three years. Have a good weekend.

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    1. Yes I am sure most of our European birds are ones that you would relate to. We need another trip th Africa 😊 I understand that thrush is a delicacy in France though I admit to never having seen it on the menu thankgoodness!!
      The weekend just vanished, have a great week Diane

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