A Monk Parakeet in Barcelona

Birds from around the world

Keas can't read.

Keas can't read.

14 Feb 2011 2 1 224
Taken near Mt Cook in New Zealand. I saw this notice at the cafe and had to wait patiently for some time until a Kea came and posed on it.
A toucan's breakfast

A toucan's breakfast

07 Feb 2014 1 3 225
Taken near Tikal in Guatemala. I was having breakfast on the hotel balcony when I spotted this toucan also having his breakfast. By chance.I managed to catch the berry he was eating in mid air between the upper & lower halves of his beak.
A bold robin

A bold robin

16 Apr 2012 160
A few seconds later he flew down and landed on my son's hand.
A bold robin

A bold robin

16 Apr 2012 1 1 180
We were out for a walk in the Welsh countryside when this robin flew down and landed on our son's hand.
Manx Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

25 Sep 2006 216
Taken on Skomer Island. It is very rare to see one on land during the day as they spend all day at sea and only return to their nests (old rabbit burrows) at nightfall. This one remained very still while we looked at it and may have been ill.
Alpine Choughs

Alpine Choughs

08 Sep 2008 191
Taken near Salzburgh
Blue Tit

Blue Tit

11 Feb 2014 1 2 207
Met during a walk in the Welsh countryside when it came down to feed from our son's hand.
Brown Pelican

Brown Pelican

28 Jun 2006 163
Taken on one of the Galapagos islands
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

30 Oct 2009 3 1 226
Taken near Port Douglas in Queensland
Chough

Chough

11 Feb 2014 176
Taken on Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire
Great Frigate Bird

Great Frigate Bird

28 Jun 2006 175
Taken on one of the Galapagos islands
Kingfisher

Kingfisher

12 May 2007 177
Seen on safari in South Africa. This kingfisher lives off insects rather than fish !
Manx Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

25 Sep 2006 1 211
Taken on Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire. Unusual to see one on land during the daytime.
Mockingbird

Mockingbird

29 Jun 2006 1 1 199
Taken on one of the Galapagos islands
Nazca Booby

Nazca Booby

29 Jun 2006 1 179
Taken on one of the Galapagos islands
Purple Swamphen

Purple Swamphen

08 Nov 2009 159
Taken in Queensland
Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

30 Oct 2009 3 1 180
We were eating our lunch in a cafe near Port Douglas (Queensland) when this Lorikeet landed on my wife's head.
Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

06 Nov 2009 163
Seen in a friends garden in Merimbula, New South Wales
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