Tag: bird

  • The Secretary’s Nose

    The Secretary’s Nose

    This is the beak (or is it bill?) of a Secretary bird. This tall, long-legged bird usually lives in sub-Saharan Africa. Secretary birds are unusual in the fact that they hunt from the ground, rather than from the air like most birds of prey. In fact they much prefer walking to flying.

  • The World’s Best Feather Duster

    The World’s Best Feather Duster

    I am kicking off a week long bird theme today, with this shot of ostrich feathers. These feathers belong to a female red-necked ostrich, and believe it or not they are incredibly good at attracting dust – which is why it’s still common to sea ostrich-feather dusters for sale these days. That ostrich feathers aren’t…

  • Robin

    Robin

    Another day, another bird photograph (though this will be the last one for a little while)… today we have a bright robin to enjoy. What did this image teach me? Robins are, scientifically speaking, part of the Old World Flycatcher family of birds – the Muscicapidae. So now you know.

  • Mrs Duck

    Mrs Duck

    This is yet another archive image (this pandemic has really caused me to take a lot fewer photographs than I usually would – so having a fairly large archive of potential images has been a bit of a bonus). What did this image teach me? To not underestimate some of my very early photography.

  • The Grey Gull

    The Grey Gull

    This month’s photos started with a bird on a post, and they’re going to end with a different bird on post… What did this image teach me? Shooting a grey bird against a very grey background can make for an interesting challenge during post-production.

  • The Barn Owl

    The Barn Owl

    Not the closest of shots, sure, but I am still pleased with this one. This Barn Owl has made a habit of flying up and down the river’s edge at this location, searching for crunchy mice and other delicacies. What did this image teach me? Patience. Lots and lots of patience.

  • Ostrich Face

    Ostrich Face

    This is one of my favourite, freaky looked feathered friends… the Ostrich! What did this image teach me? This is a red-necked (or Northern African) Ostrich, which is the largest of the Ostrich sub-species and that makes it the largest living bird on the planet.

  • The Egret

    The Egret

    This is a Little Egret, sat upon a branch enjoying the sunshine – whilst secretly thinking about fish. What did this image teach me? Little Egrets are fairly recent colonists in the UK, they first appeared in any significant numbers in 1989.

  • Proud as a… Pigeon?

    Proud as a… Pigeon?

    This is a crested pigeon, usually you would find them in Australia – but I found this one earlier in the year in Devon (in Paignton Zoo, to be precise). What did this image teach me? There are two types of pigeon with this fanciful hairstyle… this one, and the spinifex pigeon (unfortunately I do…