White-faced Heron, Ruddy Turnstone and Sooty Oystercatcher.
Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific-golden Plover and Double-banded Plover.
You can identify these bottoms!
See Sooty at the top left? Pacific-golden Plovers and White-faced Heron.
Sooty has left the stage ...
Two Crested Terns and a Silver Gull. It's a quiet moment ...
Pacific-golden Plover with two Ruddy Turnstones.
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In threes. Spot them all this time?
What wonderful threes! I just love how those terns look like they just got out of a speeding convertible. :) I need to work on my water birds ... I'm not near the water (other than the creek) a lot, and can't i.d. shore birds as well as songbirds. So I'll be bringing my binocs and i.d. books to the beach this summer!
those black faathers and orange beak is striking.
but i cannot endorse three-somes. i must draw the line at interracial couples (haha).
Pardon me, but though not a bird specialist, but one interested in taxonomy I did not think birds are defined by races but rather by class, order, family, genus and species. I also doubt if birds do intermingle with birds belonging to different orders because I certainly did not see our chickens socialize with the ducks in a manner that led to propagation and creation of another genus or species. Of course there is turducken which is a gross culinary obscenity crafted by humans. Animals, unlike humans seem to instinctively know whom and how to socialize with and how to propagate with the goal of preserving their species. Anon do birds really cross breed in the wild? Educate me please. Will a dusky moorhen ever breed with a pelican for example? On second thought maybe they will to preserve their existence and evolve? Is there ever an equivalent of a liger in bird societies without human intervention and bio-engineering! Imagine if a bird of paradise propagated with a duck? That is worse than global warming.
*sigh*
'just an old fashioned love song, coming down in three-part harmony...' ;) lol
lol @ Ces and KJ
I had to look closer to spot some of them.
The colours took my breath away once or twice. I love the way you crop the photographs, you really have an amazing eye Anon!
My parrot interacts with his toys sometimes in a manner that would lead to propagation if the said toy were fertile. My neighbors chicken interacted with the plaster ducks in the same manner. I'm saying it could happen.....(with a real duck, not a plaster one).
Hello Melissa :) The Terns look like the conductors of the orchestra who have said convertibles HAHA. Great idea about how to spend time during your summer! Kids are best at spotting 'different' birds too!
KJ likes the Sooty Oystercatcher :) This post is about SINGING and DANCING KJ :O
I have only one answer for you Ces, and that's Mallards! They interbreed with any wild duck they fly or float upon. However, I haven't seen one cosy with a Pelican :)
*Sigh* *sigh*
LaughingWolf has the best old fashioned view on what this post is all about. HAHA!!
The birds tend to blend into their surrounds Miladysa and the colours merge into a blur when photographing. These are my blurred birds ;)
Debra Kay, thank goodness Jack is naive!!!
They are still ducks and not plastic either. Jack is pure.
Mallards are quite a problem in Australia for that reason Ces :) Long Live King Jack! He's sleeping in this morning because it's dark and wet outside...
I rather like the idea of a Peliduck
You can experiment in your swimming pool, Baino. HAHA!!
I'm with Baino, Peliduck, or Chickquin, maybe a Swangull.
EWWWWWW nononono messing with nature, Red Mojo!
Turducken! Comes in meat rolls. Hahaha!
Hhehheeee! This matter REALLY ISN'T funny Ces!!
and all because you wanted to share some variety with your faithful fans, anon. life isn't fair...
It is a sort of matter, okay. I shall refrain. I love the ruddies because it is involved in the life cycle of a type of tapeworm.
You started it KJ! HAHA!!
I have been very careful around the Ruddies since you drew their wormy visitors, Ces!
I like the photo with the two crested terns and a silver gull reflected... beautiful...
That's also my favourite Caroline. It's very still :)
Mr Sparks and Debra Kay's parrot have similar interests...
Oh no. Now were're talking Parogs.
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