For the birds

[scubacruiserx2]

Arctic terns have the longest annual migration routes in the animal kingdom at 44,000 miles from Iceland to Antarctica in same year twice enjoying 2 summers .

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_tern

 

 

 

We took a video of them in Invergordon , Scotland . They are swarming around the green area in the center of the video .

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Kelp Goose and goslings

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A swan race in Brugge 

 

[mskaufman]

Saw this magpie in Badlands, SD last week.

[scubacruiserx2]

15 hours ago, mskaufman said:

Saw this magpie in Badlands, SD last week.

 

Beautiful ! We saw one with blue feathers in June at Greenwich , England

 

[scubacruiserx2]

At Dunrobin Castle in Scotland we saw an impressive display of Falconry

 

 

 

 

It flew too fast for me to get good photos but my wife got this video

 

 

 

[mskaufman]

10 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

Beautiful ! We saw one with blue feathers in June at Greenwich , England

 

We also saw one with blue feathers, just did not get the photo.

[scubacruiserx2]

12 hours ago, mskaufman said:

We also saw one with blue feathers, just did not get the photo.

 

We don't see any magpies where live

[mskaufman]

2 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

We don't see any magpies where live

 We do not either.  A park ranger told us what kind of bird it was.  Really like your picture with the blue feathers.

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, mskaufman said:

 We do not either.  A park ranger told us what kind of bird it was.  Really like your picture with the blue feathers.

 

Thanks , it's my wife's photo . The bird was strutting around on the ground but when she approached it turned and walked away .

[mskaufman]

Not sure of the type of bird but I like the photo.

[scubacruiserx2]

2 hours ago, mskaufman said:

Not sure of the type of bird but I like the photo.

 

We do too . We love cruising along with a bird escort .

[Docker123]

3 hours ago, mskaufman said:

Not sure of the type of bird but I like the photo.

 

Possibly a juvenile Pacific gull.

 

[JohnGinPBG]

2 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

We love cruising along with a bird escort .

 

Brown booby in the Caribbean.

[kenevenpar]

Just now, JohnGinPBG said:

 

Brown booby in the Caribbean.

 

Nothing quite like a nice booby 😉

[mskaufman]

6 hours ago, Docker123 said:

 

Possibly a juvenile Pacific gull.

 

This was on the East Coast.  Could it still be a Pacific gull?

[Docker123]

3 hours ago, mskaufman said:

This was on the East Coast.  Could it still be a Pacific gull?

 

East coat of USA?

 

Possibly a young herring gull.

 

Pacific gulls around Australia.

[mskaufman]

5 hours ago, Docker123 said:

 

East coat of USA?

 

Possibly a young herring gull.

 

Pacific gulls around Australia.

Yes, this picture was taken on the way out of New York City.

[scubacruiserx2]

9 minutes ago, mskaufman said:

Yes, this picture was taken on the way out of New York City.

 

If it was over the bay maybe they were Bay gulls

[scubacruiserx2]

A few from Norway

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A sequence of a puffin taking off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the 3rd photo you can see one swimming under and to the left of the one flying

[scubacruiserx2]

Frigate flyover

 

[JohnGinPBG]

30 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

Frigate flyover

 

Magnificent!

[Docker123]

 

Out for my Saturday morning stroll, watching the birds have a feast.

 

[Docker123]

Sunday morning and some crested terns were having a bath