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Resting place |
North American - Lesser Scaup
first record for Fair Isle & a "Lifer" for me.
The Lesser Scaup was caught, ringed, weighed, and measured,
identification confirmed by the Fair Isle Bird Observatory
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Shetland Wildlife Tour Group |
My guest at the Auld Haa Guesthouse for the past week. what a great bunch! cheers
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Winter plumage Guillemot |
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Young Eider Duck - Garden Pond ticks front and back. |
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Hawfinch Feeding with the Starlings and House Sparrows... |
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Hawfinch & Chicken? |
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& in the window box feeder at sunset |
Beautiful how the in the second photo of the scaup, the contours of the wake echo the contours of the scaup's feathers.
ReplyDeleteVery special to see a Hawfinch on the window!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations fot your first record of the duck....
Nice day.