Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

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[Jack Dawe]

An old shot of a Woodchat Shrike. I think I cropped this a bit too closely, especially since it was a low-res image anyway (72 dpi). I was still near the bottom of the learning curve back then

 

[fotoi]

Mallard hen

 

[Capn Jack]

Gull in Aruba
JAK_0792 by Jack Silver, on Flickr

 

[K9Kirk]

A black-bellied whistling duck family.


2067-(4)-f-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

A black-bellied whistling duck family.


2067-(4)-f-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Very sweet pic, but my gosh, what an enormous family!

 

[Blackbird]

A black-bellied whistling duck family.


2067-(4)-f-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Are these all from one couple or do several parents team up?

 

[Jack Dawe]

Are these all from one couple or do several parents team up?

I just looked that up. I read that they can lay as many as 18 eggs, but females can also dump their eggs in other birds' nests.

 

[Jack Dawe]

Stonechats, male and female

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Stonechats, male and female
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These are lovely, Jason!