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There's nothing like the sleep of exhaustion! Well done!
2 years agoBeautiful shot.
2 years agoA house martin, I think.
2 years agoFirst thought was a pile of snow plowed up in a parking lot...
Location, location, location!
Looks like it to me.
2 years agoSure looks like it!
2 years agoYup! Looks like a barn swallow.
https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/barswa/cur/introduction
Well, aren’t you the lucky ones! I’d love to see a bee eater someday.
2 years agoI’m thinking it’s a Greenshank or a marsh sandpiper, with that needle like, slightly upturned bill. Definitely not an avocet though. Their upcurved beak is really pronounced, almost suggesting a crochet hook.
2 years agoAlmonds look almost like peaches... at first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond
Spanish... Yeah, in school, I had Mexican friends who taught me some, and in high school I took a year of it, and in 1968 we vacationed in Spain for a week... None of the 3 made sense compared to each other!
2 years agoCould be. Several sparrows over there look almost alike!
2 years agoIdentification commentary in real time. Almonds had been one guess, but we have never seen one unshelled.
2 years agoProbably almonds
2 years ago
Oh dear, I hope tomorrow is easier!
2 years ago