OK I'll start this off. Czech Republic jays and a red squirrel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsXWkp1_BM
Czech pond
Early morning, much-needed top-up:
Not sure if this is a tongue poking out or a biscuit going in:
Wonky-wing really tucked in but stuck to micro-nutrients ;)
Czech feeder
The colours may be exaggerated - pity no full frontal view - Sparrowhawk? Or what?
Cute red squirrel:
I've done these before but need precise IDs for please? Too tired to flounder among google's inappropriate results (I got owls in "small hawk" search):
G'night!
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Thank you, girls! I had 2 replies on YouTube confrming Sparrowhawk - one even said it was female :)
And this came up from googling Tree Sparrow, a post on RSPB:
"The way i remember the difference between the two is that the house sparrow has a grey top to its head like a slate roof on a house and a tree sparrow has a brown top to it's head like a tree."
Excellent
scylla said:"The way i remember the difference between the two is that the house sparrow has a grey top to its head like a slate roof on a house and a tree sparrow has a brown top to it's head like a tree."
Excellent and very memorable ID hint thank you. Also, the tree sparrow has a black spot on both cheeks.
Czech Pond
I set out to do an FF video of the evening feed gathering and fly-offs, but the 20-minute @ 8-speed clip played back in jerks :(
A possessive swan:
Supper gathering:
The day is over for some:
Deer popped in 'n out picking up leftovers.
It rained in the early hours:
A late visitor:
The last bird of the evening - facing a daunting challenge, which it declined ;)
It took 4 attempts before the jay managed to grasp this and fly off
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Stork (just a quirky shortie) - I don't know how it managed to arrive from the same direction twice in succession:
The food tray got very low!
This Great Tit didn't drop its oversize morsel until it reached the height of the roof behind: