WHAT'S BUZZING OR FLYING NEAR YOU 2020

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    Shiney your fifth picture is a Canary Winged Parakeet. :)
     
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      Thanks @Sheal We were at a little village (only six huts) in the Amazon and the birds, and tarantulas, weren't the least bit bothered by humans. :heehee:
       
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        I wouldn't have a problem with the birds @shiney, my late mum used to breed parakeets. Now tarantula's are a different kettle of fish, they may not be bothered by humans but this human would have been bothered by them, I don't like spiders of any kind. My son spent nine months touring Australia with a resident Redback in his car many years ago. His words were, "if it doesn't bother me, I won't bother it". I wouldn't have got in the car until it was extricated.
         
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            Great Blue Heron.
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              Yes, they like her. :blue thumb:
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                This is a Green Heron, but I have never seen so much as one green feather, whoever named it must have been colorblind. GHGC.jpg
                 
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                  Would that be a female hydrogardener and the male has green on it?
                   
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                  You are probably correct Sheal, there are so few of them I may have only seen females. They are really difficult to approach and I have only seen birds at one location. The number of times I have even seen one could be counted on one hand, with fingers left over. :th scifD36:
                   
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                    I've heard a female Tawny Owl calling for the last three evenings. The Long Tailed Tits returned this morning, six came to investigate my currently empty bird station. I feel so mean not putting food out but I must continue this three week shutdown for the sake of the finches.
                     
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                      Stonechat, they have had an exceptional breeding year some with three broods.
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                        Another North American wader blown off course on it's way to South America, a Pectoral Sandpiper, not particularly colourful but two have turned up here in Wareham. Difficult to see as they were disappearing amongst the reeds.:smile:
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                          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                          Never seen these before, on an Alder leaf.
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                            Grey Heron.
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                            30 years ago the Little Egret was an unusual sight in Britain, fast forward to the present and it is seen all over the country. Now the Great Egret is a relatively new coloniser spreading across NW Europe and is now breeding here and in another decade or two hopefully will be seen all over the country.
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                              Female Downy Woodpecker.

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