Show us ya birds !

[Treerover]

Mandarin Duck, with a wood duck in the foreground
 

 
44 more quackers in this slide show...all from Pillings Pond in Seattle. The deceased Mr. Pillings was the first to breed ducks in captivity
 
Pillings Pond Waterfowl

WOW [emoji44] Beauty

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, gary112 said:

A nice Reeves’s out and about this morning 

Is that Reeves a wildy ?  or is he  a " kept " bird from somewhere near by ?  We had some of those together with Goldies and Tragapans up in West Dean arboretum . They did not breed though and eventually the half blind knobs shot them .

Edited December 28, 2020 by Stubby

[gary112]

29 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Is that Reeves a wildy ?  or is he  a " kept " bird from somewhere near by ?  We had some of those together with Goldies and Tragapans up in West Dean arboretum . They did not breed though and eventually the half blind knobs shot them .

Daughters boyfriend(who,s a gamekeeper)puts a few down each year but dont let anyone shoot em(£50 fine if ya do),he,s one who stayed around for a couple yrs now,he hopes they will breed one of the times,no luck yet though

[gary112]

Big visitor to the bird table this morning !

[Khriss]

Had Jays in this morning, abt as big as we get.  GS  woodpecker occasionally. K

[silky fox]

Gary is that an Indian runner duck?🦆

[gary112]

4 hours ago, silky fox said:

Gary is that an Indian runner duck?🦆

No Paul its a Brecon Buff goose,she,s about 20 yrs old now and still going strong.Happy new year👍

[David Cropper]

Just had a visitor on the Welcome mat.

[Stubby]

Dog put up a lovely Woodcock yesterday . Too quick to take pic .

[struie]

On 28/12/2020 at 17:35, gary112 said:

Daughters boyfriend(who,s a gamekeeper)puts a few down each year but dont let anyone shoot em(£50 fine if ya do),he,s one who stayed around for a couple yrs now,he hopes they will breed one of the times,no luck yet though

the reeves?