What's your favorite bird? (2 Viewers)

[Simon Wates]

Red-billed Chough.

One of my most favourite too....

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

My favorite from a holiday in Canada is also Clark's Nutcracker. Globally, it is another corvid, the Red-billed Chough.

Good choice:t: Like others I sometimes change my mind but Ravens are consistently up there among my favourites.

Rich

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

For Simon and Allen. Taken at Rhossili a couple of weeks ago:t:

 

[Simon Wates]

For Simon and Allen. Taken at Rhossili a couple of weeks ago:t:

Nice - its hard to capture their subtle iridescence. I'm also lucky enough to live very close to a population so I see them lots. Apart from being a smart and very posh crow that needs to be seen in the flesh - their behaviour and motion is always a delight.

 

[ClarkWGriswold]

Nice - its hard to capture their subtle iridescence. I'm also lucky enough to live very close to a population so I see them lots. Apart from being a smart and very posh crow that needs to be seen in the flesh - their behaviour and motion is always a delight.

Totally agree Simon. The way they ride the wind and the call they make - I can watch them for ages:t:

 

[Gander]

Dipper for me due to habitat choice and feeding behaviour.

 

[Monahawk]

Barn owl, in fact any owl, but barn owls in particular.

Si.

 

[delia todd]

Dipper for me due to habitat choice and feeding behaviour.

Dipper was my favourite bird right from the start of my birdwatching days and still remains in my top 5 even since I've discovered new species. The others, since I've learnt more about birds are:

*Ringed plover (I didn't know about LRP's at first)
*Treecreeper
Then it's black and white birds... should be Avocet, but it's actually
*Black-winged Stilt, which I've never actually seen! Which brings me to geese and that's....
*Brent Goose. They're just so neat and dapper.

 

[DaveN]

The Hobby (Falco Subbuteo) has to be mine. I remember seeing my first one and fell in love with them, and I still get a buzz every time I see one. I could watch them all day.

 

[KC Foggin]

Pileated Woodpecker

 

[Mayo Corncrake]

Corncrake. One signing his little heart out in the Iris patch on the farm at the moment:smoke:

 

[Mick LeMere]

For me its the Lapwing. Im lucky enough to have some at my local reserve year round, but numbers greatly increase in winter. At the moment youngsters are turning up and they look all the more stunning than the adults. I love how their green/purple iridescence looks in the sun which makes them an understated bird as there isnt often enough sun for it! And the tuft looks great on them. The youngsters however have what looks like a gold edging to their feathers outlining each one making them look like a work of art.
The reserve was also honoured to host a Glossy Ibis recently for about a month and they too have a beautiful iridescence to them.
I was lucky enough to see a White tailed sea Eagle last year, just by size they are immensely impressive but their plumage to me they look like tea or coffee with the milk just added swirling in. Beautiful.

 

[deidrahall]

It might of course be the first thread asking for favorites rather than favourites

Needless to say, I don't have favorites, just favourites :king:

Oh my! Is this a English Class forum?? So petty. Geeeez :eek!:8-P|8.|:brains:

 

[deidrahall]

Northern mockingbirds by far are my fav!!!!

 

[carol palmer]

Falcon

Falcon all the way

 

[Peter C.]

Falcon all the way

Sure, but which one? So many choices....

 

[lbp27]

Chimney swifts.

They are 'downtown' birds so I'm able to see them when I'm not out birding. I love their vocalizations and the way they can appear suddenly like a squadron of fighters with groups of them breaking off.

 

[Digbert Doobrey]

Kingfishers.

If money was no object I'd travel the world and try and tick every kingfisher species. Then it would be Rollers, Bee-eaters, Toucans, Hornbills, Hummers, Raptors, Owls, Herons and Egrets, Cranes, etc, etc,.....

 

[dalat]

They are 'downtown' birds so I'm able to see them when I'm not out birding. I love their vocalizations and the way they can appear suddenly like a squadron of fighters with groups of them breaking off.

:t:
I'm so lucky to have Alpine Swifts whizzing and calling around my office in the evenings. Always sweetens my day.

But I have no favorite bird, there are just too many amazing ones to pick one or even 10...

 

[Jos Stratford]

:t:
I'm so lucky to have Alpine Swifts whizzing and calling around my office in the evenings. Always sweetens my day.

But I have no favorite bird, there are just too many amazing ones to pick one or even 10...

Have to say all the swifts go into my group of favorites - always cheers me when the first ones return in summer, then sadden me again when the skies empty, i.e. any day now.

If I had to stab at one choice though, I might be pushed to say Shoebill, that was an amazing one.