Merlins!....Or, Why it's good to be bored at social gatherings ( Read more... )

DnA's home in Kirkland have some very beautiful birds visiting the garden, and the largest amongst them that I have seen so far, is the

Steller's Jay


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Vangelis.....he brought us so much beautiful music.Rest in Peace.

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Metamorphosis is surely, the most mysterious and magical process in Nature ( Read more... )

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the INDIAN PITTA

is just as colourful and beautiful as the much better-known Indian national bird, the Indian Peafowl.


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This morning, I went with Savithri Singh, her son Kartik and his friend Karuna, Brinda, and Sharmila, to Nandi Hills.

Though it certainly didn't rain birds, we saw enough to keep us quite happy, and one of the highlights of the outing was the

RED-THROATED FLYCATCHER


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After I caught sight of the Osprey fishing in the Grand Basin in Forest Park, my friend Danny Brown pinged me, and we arranged to go to Forest Park again on Sunday to try our luck.

As he went to park the car near the Visitors Center, I caught sight of this

COOPER'S HAWK


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It felt good to be out, after a killer few days, walking in Forest Park. I strolled on(thanks to two fractured big toes,and a sprained ankle, my walking is only strolling these days) towards the Prairie area, and the stream.

I was amply rewarded by this

GREEN HERON

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I took this pic of a Northern Shoveller in a pond:


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