Fun Monday: Bird Show and Tell
I haven’t participated in Fun Monday in a while, but when I saw that Lisa asked for a Bird Show and Tell as one of her options, I had to participate. Thomas and I spotted a few new birds for our yearly bird list while we were in Belgium last month. These were all shot in various parks around Brussels.
Here’s some of my favorites:
This is a Eurasian Coot. He was hard to photograph because he’s so dark, but he had a black body with a red eye. The white shield on his head looked more smooth, than like feathers. We also saw some baby coots (plain gray and fuzzy), and a nest (a pile of sticks in the middle of a lake).
This is an Egyptian Goose. He had beautiful colors. You can’t see in this shot, but he had a bright green under his wings. We saw these, and some goslings, at the same lakes as we saw the Coots.
I wish I got a better shot of this guy because he was really beautiful. This is a Eurasian Magpie. They seemed as common as a Robin or Blue Jay is in the US, but a little bit bigger.
This is a Common Moorhen. We watched a male and female (not as colorful) eat algae in the water. Again, he was hard to photograph because he was so dark, but his feet are bright yellow, and his beak is red and yellow. It kind of reminds me of candy corn.
And finally, I was very excited to see this bird in the wild. There was a flock of them in a tree in a park. It’s a Rose-ringed Parakeet. I have never seen a wild parrot before, but these were very pretty.
If you’d like to see the rest of the bird photos we took in Belgium, they’re posted on Flickr:
- Birds in Belgium (13 photos)
Posted in Fun Monday, birding
Pretty!!! I so love bird watching myself. But I always fail to get such wonderful shots like you’ve shared!!
Great FM…
I have a question from Lisa’s challenge…stop by if you can.
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Beautiful pictures. Magpies and moorhens are pretty common in the Uk too and so cute, but I have never seen a goose like that. Very pretty.
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I hope you said ‘Good day Mr Magpie’ to the magpie if he/she was on her own? In the UK it’s considered unlucky to see a magpie on it’s own - maybe that’s same where you are? Beautiful, clear photos.
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I like your birds better than Dungarees…
Stephanie, Mama Dramatists last blog post..Question for you
Gorgeous photos! I bet Lisa LOVES this post! Happy Monday!
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gorgeous pictures. but did you HAVE to mention candy corn.. argh! yum! can’t wait for that to hit the stores. I’m stocking up this year. Last 2 years the stores have run out before Halloween. pooh!
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I love birds, they are one of my favorite animal. and your pictures are beautiful of them.
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Wow, these are some incredible photos! Absolutely beautiful.
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Love the goose floating like an Egyptian.
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I really like the goose. Very pretty.
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Beautiful birds! And you gotta love any bird called a “coot!”
Tiggerlanes last blog post..Fun Monday Query
Oh! How lovely your birds are! The goose is gorgeous - all of ours are either white or of the Canadian variety.
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I love birds and you’ve captured some great ones!
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Stunning photos. I especially love the ringtail parakeet. Gorgeous.
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You managed to get some really lovely bird pictures~ I rather like the parakeet
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I love the Egyptian Goose!
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Lovely shot but for some reason I like the goose
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I’m impressed with ALL of them…certainly nothing like what Dungarees posted. TeeHeeHee
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great photos…I love them.
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I love the Egyptian Goose! But how fun to see some new birds that we don’t get around here. :)
As with the others, all beautiful photos. But I especially loved the Egyptian goose. how fortunate that you caught the reflection as well. Very effective.
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Hi Dallas,
I enjoyed looking at your birds in Belgium. Other than the coot, these birds are unlike any that I have seen.
mjds last blog post..Fun Monday - Can You Answer This?
Those are beautiful, now I wish I had taken my camera and went looking for birds
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