Lisa Coleman’s bird weekly challenge this week features birds with brown feathers.
The header photo is the European robin which, according to Wikipedia, belongs to the chat subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family.
This tiny wren was collecting nesting material last spring.
A couple of dunnocks
The female eider duck has beautiful markings
A Harris Hawk. The raptor photos were taken during a Norfolk wildlife experience day.
A sunbathing female blackbird and a juvenile
A juvenile kestrel
And a beautiful tawny owl
Cathy, the hawk photo is wonderful and aren’t those birds fascinating!
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Thank you 🙂 They really are!
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I love these bird posts so much. ❤️
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Oh, thanks 💚 I’m glad you enjoy them 🥰
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Beautiful images Cathy, the colours on the Harris hawk are amazing! 💛 Hope the weather has calmed down where you are and wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend 🤗💖 xxx
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Thanks so much, Xenia 💚 It was incredible to be so close to the harris hawk, a very impressive bird. Hope you all have and wonderful weekend 💕🐕💕xxx
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Thank you Cathy 🤗💕🐕 xxx
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Absolutely wonderful “brown” birds this week! You sure make a dull color from the color palette come alive. The Harris Hawk is one of the most easily trained hawks and are a favorite of Falconers. I just watched a documentary on BBC last night showing how the Eider Ducks nest among the Arctic Terns and how the terns protect them from predators like the Polar Bear. I’d love to see that duck! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Lisa. I loved the Harris Hawk. I didn’t know that about eider ducks, how lovely 😊
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I didn’t know it either until I watched it. I love the tidbits of bird trivia that I pick up here and there. 🥰
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Lovely bird photos! I think my favourites are the robin and owl, oh, and the juvenile kestrel!
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Thank you 🙂 The juvenile kestrel is gorgeous. They’re all my favourites really 😉
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A Harris Hawk. Seen some buzzards and sparrowhawk around our neck of the woods (NY). Once saw a sparrowhawk murdering a bird at Center Parcs!
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Our friends have a sparrowhawk in their garden now and again but thankfully we haven’t had any birds caught in ours so far.
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