@PittaGirl

Retired International Engagement Manager at the Royal Society of Chemistry, love birds, especially pittas, and all things natural history

 Cambridge, England
Joined November 2009
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Great to bump into Perry on his new local patch in Northumberland this morning!
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Not a bad spot to join an @orientbirdclub Council meeting with views of porpoise, puffin, peregrine and seals on the agenda! @OuseFenBirder @guigna1961 @EdgecombeM
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Top marks for trying for this Brimstone! Not observed this behaviour before but thinking about it I don't see that many dead butterflies @savebutterflies
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By far and away the hardest of the Colorado chickens for us: ⁦@PittaGirl⁩ brilliantly picked up this Dusky Grouse sat stationary on the forest floor at Green Mountain, Boulder. I took this digibinned shot before it calmly walked away from us
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Lesser Prairie-chickens lekking this morning: what an awesome experience with ⁦@PittaGirl⁩ That completes a clean sweep on the superb Great Chicken Rub in Colorado
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And here’s a short video of the remarkable display…
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Testosterone levels through the roof: a couple of stills from the extraordinary lekking display of a Greater Sage-grouse in Colorado
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Harris’s Sparrow wasn’t even on my possibles list for the Chicken Run: huge thanks to JoAnn Riggle who kindly let us visit her feeders where this lingering winterer was hanging on. Later on Bingo! with 100s Rosyfinches at Silverthorne – at Dillon, CO
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White-tailed Ptarmigan at point blank range today with @PittaGirl was a great way to kick off the Great Chicken Run in Colorado. – at Dillon, CO
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Surely one of - if not the - best ducks in the world
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Just one or two Baikal Teal at Geum River, South Korea. What a bird!!
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Massed ranks of Hooded Cranes at Seosan wetlands today. In amongst them we found one each of Common and Sandhill Cranes #SouthKorea birding
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Not every day you get to digibin a Hazel Hen! It was still in the same tree 30 mins later when we returned - that’s #SouthKorea birding for you
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Currently sat in a noodle bar in Poseong, South Korea and Tiny Riot by @SamRyderMusic just played. My day is complete!!
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Thank you for all the responses to the 2022 #AdventCalendar pictures. Time for a rest now! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, let's see what 2023 brings
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Day 24 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Last but not least, the Large Red #damselfly is the first species to emerge in numbers across the UK each year. Common everywhere including garden ponds. Christmas is almost here, roll on April!
A red, needle-shaped insect sits on a bracken frond. Its legs are black, unlike the pinkish legs of the Small Red.

ALT A red, needle-shaped insect sits on a bracken frond. Its legs are black, unlike the pinkish legs of the Small Red.

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Day 24 #AdventCalendar One of my favourite bird families, kingfishers, we saw three very different species in Costa Rica, from the large Ringed and smaller Green to the petite American Pygmy Kingfisher. I particularly like the expression of the Ringed Kingfisher in the rain!
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Day 23 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Southern #Damselfly looks very like the common Azure damselfly. It's very rare in the UK, found in a few parts of southern England and in South Wales. It's a protected species. This was at Crockford Stream in the New Forest in June.
A small, blue and black, needle-shaped insect clinging to a rush stem. It looks very similar to the common Azure Damselfly, with an intricate pattern at the front end of the abdomen the easiest distinguishing feature. Photo taken with a long lens to avoid disturbance.

ALT A small, blue and black, needle-shaped insect clinging to a rush stem. It looks very similar to the common Azure Damselfly, with an intricate pattern at the front end of the abdomen the easiest distinguishing feature. Photo taken with a long lens to avoid disturbance.

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Day 23 #AdventCalendar For everyone who liked the antbirds yesterday, here are the ants they were following. This is just one of the many trails that formed the swarm taking about 45 minutes to cross the track. We had wellies on! Antbirds are calling softly in the background.
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