This is fantastic! Youre ptobably your biggest critic
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I think you mean shot hahahahaha
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You’re probably right
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You are right…I just corrected 
… Thanks for getting me
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That is incredible! Is that often referred to as the golden eagle?
Lots of youngsters in the London parks today.
Clutch of signets
Goldeneye female and chicks
I was specifically there to hopefully see the White Pelican chicks that were born mid may. They are the very first successful breeding of a pelican in this park in 362 years! Normally the park has six resident adult pelicans, but this year they miraculously had 4 babies between the pairs! They have been there since 1993-1996 so this is incredible!!
Adult White Pelican
White Pelican chick’s
Photo is not great as they are staying on an island in the middle of the lake in their elected crèche. Yes, juvie pelicans make a crèche! Apparently one of them is particularly rambunctious and naughty, but none have been sexed yet as they are just over two months old. They are huge! I watched them chasing each other through the foliage and it was honestly magical to see them.
I caught some other beauties as well.
RED BREASTED GOOSE - Never seen one of these before!
POCHARD
Obligatory Heron, which always makes me think of @Mno
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Rufous Hummingbird
- Highly territorial and will aggressively chase away other hummingbirds and insects from feeders and flowers
- Feeds almost continuously throughout the day, visiting over 1,000 flowers in short bursts
- Undertakes one of the longest migrations of any hummingbird, traveling over 3,000 miles
- Famous for their acrobatic aerial displays and loud, whining wing sounds during courtship and territorial defense
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Cormorants are really cool birds. They eat a lot of salmon and steelhead smolts so anglers hate them.
They were here first.
Old Chinese fisherman train them to catch fish and return. They work five or six at a time. Raise them from chicks and train them.
I caught one 120 feet deep once. That’s deep for a bird! He was cool. I fed him and let him rest and hang out before he flew away
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When I was scuba diving they used to dive past us regularly at 60ft fishing. Amazing to witness but always a shock.
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Did you take that pic?
Yeah I went on a travel expedition about a year ago with my girlfriend.
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That’s awesome! Really cool picture. It had to be an incredible experience.
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Greater Roadrunner
- Zygodactyl feet with two toes pointing forward and two pointing backward, leaving an X-shaped footprint.
- Thrives in arid and semi-arid regions, including deserts, open scrublands, grasslands, and canyon edges.
- Uses rapid bursts of speed to run down prey and will slam larger items like lizards or small snakes, including rattlesnakes, against the ground or rocks before consuming them.
- Uses rapid throat movements, gular fluttering, to cool down and dissipate extreme body heat.
@TMAC Finally got a few good pictures, and all I had to do was walk out my front door 
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Leaches Storm Petral is the name of this species. Huge flocks of these chase the shrimp boats. There’s plenty of delicious shrimp that escape. They are as graceful flying underwater as above.
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If no one has told you yet today, sobriety is the right thing for you and you post incredible pictures. 
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