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Tom Grey | profile | all galleries >> Birds - Trips >> Birds -- United Kingdom, July 2013 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Birds -- United Kingdom, July 2013

My wife and I took a vacation in England, mostly London, July 1-18, 2013, seeing a lot of theater and many old churches. I also brought a camera and lens for incidental bird photography, and put them to use on several mornings in the churchyard of St. John's, Hampstead; on Hampstead Heath; and along the Avon in Stratford (thanks to Richard Morris for a memorable early morning bird walk.) Below are a selection from my pictures.

One of the pictures below shows a surprising interaction between a fledgling and an adult Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula.) A more extensive sequence showing a similar interaction is at https://pbase.com/tgrey/eurasian_blackbird_pelletpass .
Goldcrest, male
Goldcrest, male		 Goldcrest, juvenile
Goldcrest, juvenile		 Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker		 Common Reed Bunting, male
Common Reed Bunting, male
Eurasian Wren, singing male
Eurasian Wren, singing male		 Goldfinch
Goldfinch		 Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Jay		 Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Jay
Common Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat		 Blackcap, juvenile female (?)
Blackcap, juvenile female (?)		 Dunnock
Dunnock		 Dunnock
Dunnock
Dunnock
Dunnock		 Eurasian Blackbirds, adult to fledgling 3
Eurasian Blackbirds, adult to fledgling 3		 Eurasian Magpies, pair courting
Eurasian Magpies, pair courting		 European Robin
European Robin
European Robin, carrying food to nest
European Robin, carrying food to nest		 European Robin, carrying food to nest
European Robin, carrying food to nest		 Song Thrush
Song Thrush		 Blue Tit
Blue Tit
Blue Tit, juvenile
Blue Tit, juvenile		 Great Tit, juvenile
Great Tit, juvenile		 Chaffinch, female
Chaffinch, female		 Chaffinch, female
Chaffinch, female
Carrion Crow
Carrion Crow		 Woodpigeon
Woodpigeon		 Woodpigeon, carrying nesting material
Woodpigeon, carrying nesting material		 Gray Heron
Gray Heron
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Coot		 Eurasian Coot, juvenile
Eurasian Coot, juvenile		 Moorhen
Moorhen		 Mute Swan
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Greylag Goose		 Mallards, female with two ducklings
Mallards, female with two ducklings		 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull		 Lesser Black-backed Gull, with fish
Lesser Black-backed Gull, with fish
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull		 Black-headed Gull, breeding plumage
Black-headed Gull, breeding plumage

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)20-Jul-2013 19:35
Great series.V
Paolo
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