what was your bird of the day ? (2 Viewers)

[jfoster]

I spotted a White-winged Fairy-Wren while driving around the scrub in south west NSW. They're a brilliant cobalt blue, fantastic! Not rare, but my first.

 

[Larry Lade]

I "googled" and found a nice photograph of a White-winged Fairy-Wren here

The photo is on this page.

 

[Enji]

Went to see the Black-throated Thrush in Stockholm today. Almost ridiculously easy to see, sitting eating apples in a garden some 8 meters away... but a very nice bird.

 

[Sy V]

Spent the day at Upton Warren (Worcestershire, UK) today. A good (without being great) day.
Photography was hampered by the ever increasing (and bitterly cold) east wind.
But here are a few of my day's favourites.

 

[mikfoz]

Got a very fleeting glimpse of the Bittern again at Marton Mere. Also saw one of the Long-eared Owls in a different tree to usual just after dawn but it flew off deeper into the cover after a few minutes so it obviously wasn't quite settled for the day.

Guess it has to be the Bittern, even though it was only a few moments in flight.

 

[Enji]

Had a wonderful day, definitely topped by the Hawk Owl that was sitting in the top of a tree eating a newly captured vole... it was amazing to see the owl devour the vole.

Tried to take a picture of the owl with the phone through the (very old) scope, but I'm really not good at that. It turned out a bit dark...

 

[Fozzybear]

My bird of the day has to be the Redwings that I saw in the recreation ground near my home. I was there with a friend I'd gone out with for a walk (and was helping her follow a clue trail to locate a geocache) and saw the redwings at the end of the trail. We went off walking elsewhere then but I came back on the way home and caught them in a brief period of sunshine, managing to finally get some close photos of them - something I've been wanting to do for ages but hadn't been able to get close enough.

I also had a song thrush in my garden (rare visitor) and a HUGE flock of starlings too. Great day!

 

[Rockbirder]

It as to be the Bramblings on a friends feeders, around 20 of them. If they were rare there'd be a stampede if one turned up!!!

cheers

Andy.:t:

 

[Moraybirdlover]

My bird of the day. A Crested Tit. I'm still smiling!!!

:bounce:

 

[SiG]

Had a great day with Green & GS Woodies, abundant Willow Tit, Bullfinch, and Gadwall amongst the haul on a quick first-ever jaunt around Moore NR, nr Warrington, these being far trickier closer to home other than the GSW and Gadwall. Nice place, will probably go again some time and spend longer - didn't really give the place a good going over.

But what dragged me down there was something else altogether: this lot ~

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=crtjdelHCPM

 

[veagle]

A really nice day yesterday with two lifers. First, saw a flock of 1000 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, but the bird of the day were Bohemian Waxwings, a fairly uncommon sighting in Western South Dakota. Got a great view of a mixed flock of 70, with a few Cedar Waxwings mixed in to accentuate the contrast.

 

[cherrywaff]

i dont know who was more surprised me or the little egret that flew up out of the stream in my local patch. its farmland with a stream and woodland, and its certainly a first for me in this location , and i walk there with ,my dog most days. i also had a reed bunting visit my garden on saturday, i think he must have had previous warning of the bad weather coming.

 

[andy hood]

Bewicks Swans and Purple Sandpipers today, both firsts for me

 

[Capt Beekee]

My bird of the day was a fantastic Red Legged Partridge that flew into our field as i stood looking at a large group of blackbirds eating a pile of old apples. This is the closest i have ever been to one and was astounded by its bright colours especially when framed by a background of snow.

 

[Matt Prince]

Fieldfare clattering away as it shot off into the descending snow.

 

[briddo13]

American Dipper diving into the River Animas in Durango Colorado where the river is almost frozen over and temperatures well below zero.

 

[Capt Beekee]

A brambling in the snow hoovering up the sunflower seeds from the feeder above. The colours of this little bird were really strong and clean against the pure white of the snow.