A few small backyard birds

I opened the door but didn't go outside and they didn't fly away.

Female Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)



White-throated...
 

Light snow turning to rain

The weather forecast for this afternoon stated that we would have light snow turning to rain later. They failed miserably with the definition of light...
 

River Rubble...



Abstract-ish?
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Osprey taking off

A couple of years ago I posted some pics of an osprey 'couple.' We're back in the same area this year and Nick and Nora are still on that nest. Pics...
 

A pyramids view



This is a vertical orientation pano compiled from ten donor images.

OM-1 Mark 1, 12-100 Pro @44mm f/5 ISO 400 (overlooked -...
 

The Sphinx

It's quite a sight close up and the scale compared to the onlookers is impressive in the shot, but the Sphinx is truly dwarfed by the nearby great pyramids...
 

Black kite, I think, over the Nile at Luxor

Apologies for the very poor quality, but this was a tiny spec on the frame using my 75-300 @300mm, taken from our hotel balcony. I think it's a black...
 

Mistletoe

The local Mistletoe flowers as a red flower and around here seems to be mainly hosted on Casuarina trees. There are about 90 species of endemic mistletoe,...
 

Wasp

!st of February and we have the first wasps in the garden.Here in uk it is a bit early for them.A sign of global warming.Pic taken with 60mm macro and...
 

My Trail birds....



Not just any Robin, but one I normally feed at the trail. It is looking forlorn because I did not bring any food for it. I now feel guilty...
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The Grand Egyptian Museum at night

We were fortunate that they had opened the huge new museum at Giza fully only a few weeks before our trip. We spent two days there and could have spent...
 

Cockatoos and Corella

On a walk by the Canning River there were a variety of birds. Here are a few.

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. Here is a male on a branch feeding...
 

Carrion crow inbound

From today (OM-1 with the 150-400mm at 1/2500 and f5.6)
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Northern Cardinal - Male

The Northern Cardinal is the State Bird of North Carolina and is quite common.

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Little Egret

The weather has been too cold for my liking recently, so I have only been out with my camera once so far this year. This Little Egret flying against a...

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Careful now...............Dean Forest Railway on Saturday. Lumix GH6.

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