Birds

"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn."  Henry David Thoreau

 

Photo by G. J. Reclos 

 

MCH Portal wish to thank Mrs Eva Stets for her precious help in identifying a lot of the birds shown in this category.

 

 


 
Display # 
Portraits of Swans Webmaster Thursday, 18 October 2012 599
Swans Webmaster Thursday, 18 October 2012 600
Tyto alba (Barn Owl) Webmaster Saturday, 14 July 2012 753
Common Kestrel Hunting Webmaster Saturday, 14 July 2012 764
Falco tinnunculus III Webmaster Saturday, 14 July 2012 760
Buteo buteo (Buzzard) Webmaster Sunday, 08 July 2012 735
Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian Oystercatcher) Webmaster Sunday, 08 July 2012 728
Pernis apivorus (Honey Buzzard) Webmaster Sunday, 08 July 2012 824
Alcedo atthis (Kingfisher): Personal Care Webmaster Saturday, 28 January 2012 780
Alcedo atthis (Kingfisher) - Feeding Webmaster Thursday, 05 January 2012 911
Alcedo atthis (Kingfisher In Flight) Webmaster Thursday, 05 January 2012 804
Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican) Webmaster Monday, 19 December 2011 785
Nicticorax nicticorax (Night Heron) Webmaster Monday, 19 December 2011 718
Nicticorax nicticorax II Webmaster Monday, 19 December 2011 747
Nicticorax nicticorax III Webmaster Monday, 19 December 2011 654
In the Nest II (Grebe) Webmaster Sunday, 19 June 2011 1413
Podiceps cristatus II (Grebe) Webmaster Sunday, 19 June 2011 1415
Podiceps cristatus: Fight Webmaster Sunday, 19 June 2011 1087
Podices cristatus: The New Generation Webmaster Sunday, 19 June 2011 1072
Family Moments (Grebe) Webmaster Sunday, 19 June 2011 1115
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant) Albino Webmaster Tuesday, 14 June 2011 1737
Looking After the Eggs Webmaster Sunday, 12 June 2011 978
In the Nest (Grebe) Webmaster Saturday, 11 June 2011 1015
Podiceps cristatus (Pair) Webmaster Friday, 10 June 2011 1028
Podiceps cristatus (Grebe) Webmaster Friday, 10 June 2011 922
Courting I (Grebe) Webmaster Friday, 10 June 2011 955
Courting II (Grebe) Webmaster Friday, 10 June 2011 1074
Upopa epops III (Hoopoe) Webmaster Saturday, 19 March 2011 1307
Ardea alba III (Great Egret) Webmaster Saturday, 19 March 2011 1099
Ardea purpurea (Purple heron) Webmaster Saturday, 19 March 2011 1112
Falco tinnunculus II (Common Kestrel) Webmaster Saturday, 19 March 2011 1261
Goose in the Reed Webmaster Saturday, 19 March 2011 1171
Alcedo atthis (Common kingfisher) Webmaster Saturday, 12 March 2011 966
Parus ceruleus (Blue Tit) Webmaster Wednesday, 19 January 2011 902
Pelecanus crispus (Dalmatian Pelican) Webmaster Wednesday, 19 January 2011 809
Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) Webmaster Wednesday, 19 January 2011 851
Upopa epops (Hoopoe) II Webmaster Wednesday, 19 January 2011 785
Fast Food (Buzard) Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 887
Podiceps nigricollis (Black-necked Grebe) Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 817
Clamator glandarius (Great Spotted Cuckoo) Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 877
Circaetus gallicus - The Kill II Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 835
Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt) Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 836
Egretta garzetta: A Day In the Waterland Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 780
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Webmaster Sunday, 05 December 2010 806
Ciconia Ciconia (White Stork) Webmaster Thursday, 09 September 2010 1267
Sterna albifrons: A chick is born Webmaster Wednesday, 08 September 2010 994
Sterna albifrons: Feeding the Chicks Webmaster Wednesday, 08 September 2010 1023
Cairina moschata (Muscovy duck) Webmaster Wednesday, 08 September 2010 977
Botaurus stellaris Webmaster Tuesday, 07 September 2010 1016
Flutterer Webmaster Friday, 25 June 2010 1601