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Thanks :)
I've tried to find them again,but I guess they went back into our Zoo area (yes, the manager here has a private Zoo....don't ask....) to hide there.

Well put.
I doubt though that humans will overcome their greed.
We will use the alternatives for oil and such only when the resources will be depleted.
But maybe Mother nature took her revenge on us before that.
I guess it will be the latter.

Wonderful looking birds you found, Nicole! They are a new species to me too! They look half Dove and half Wagtail.lol!! Well done in spotting them.

*Have I mentioned lately that my Internet starts going on my nerves....*

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Grin,I'll be thinking of you next time I stroll along the beach and get mad about everything starting so late here when it's already blazing hot again.
That might cool my temper down
Glad you are prepared for winter now!

Think of us in the UK when you are cooling down in the pool with the air temperature of 26c, Nicole!
It has heaved it down with rain here this afternoon! Fortunately I have short hair or else the rain would have ruined my new hairstyle this afternoon!
Found the rest of my winter gear so I am prepared for all weathers now.

I am looking forward to reading about more of your local wildlife!
Enjoy your sunshine!

So do I :)
Even though that means that the pool will be a nogo soon (oups,....)

Good Luck with fiding the Rest of the winter gear !

Grin, yepp, I'm happy about it too

I have found a pair of gloves!

I wish it would warm up a little here, Nicola! Temperatures have ranged between 5-11c this week, much colder temperatures to come yet though! I had better find me scarf and hat out now!

Hope your weather cools as forecast on Friday!

You took the photo from your back porch! Wow..I am so envious! I would love to see one in my garden!

What a beautiful trip!
That rabbit is so cute.
And the King fisher is awesome! They never sit still for me!

I guess one good thing during our times in Hungary is, that we always have to have either the winter or the summer clothes in storage. Means that we always have things at hand

Here, well,it's getting cooler. Finally. Friday the forecast is 26 Celsius.

Thanks, Pam :)!
I saw this Beauty - or his friends out of the corner of my eye a few times.
And yesterday I was sitting on the back porch and was waiting :)

The pic is heavily cropped, but hey, it's proof at least :)

Congratulations on your first Bluethroat, Nicole! A great photo of it too! I bet you see loads of them now, well I hope you do!

The US have a similar problem with the European Starling and House Sparrow both introduced by settlers wishing to feel at home but neither native to the US but accepted as such
Dave the Brit

November 7, 2009
This morning I led the Burroughs Audubon Society of Kansas City on a birding field trip around the oxbow lakes area just south of Saint Joseph, Missouri. There were twenty (20) participants and we saw in the neighborhood of forty (40) species of birds. The weather was fantastic!

Here is a list of the birds which we encountered on the field trip:

Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted and Merganser.

Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Killdeer, Long-billed Dowitcher, peeps [Spp] too distant to ID, Franklin's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove and Mourning Dove.

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Horned Lark, Carolina Wren, American Robin and European Starling.

American Pipit, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Northern Cardinal.

Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Common Grackle and Great-tailed Grackle.