Aug 2009
Common Cuckoo
Photos copyright: monacoeye • Danube Delta, Romania • May 2009 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Common Cuckoo
Latin: Cuclus canorus
Other: Coucou gris
Family: Cuculidae • Cuckoos
The brown cuckoos are female and the grey ones here are probably male, although there is both a brown and a grey female form.
In the Danube Delta in May, you are never out of earshot of a cuckoo, and they are a fairly common sight, flying over the reedbeds and settling in trees.
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Black Kite
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Entressen + • July 2009
Bird name: Black Kite
Latin: Milvus migrans
Other: Milan Noir • European Black Kite
Family: Accipitridae • Kites, Birds of Prey
Range:
Similar:
Dozens of Black Kites seen in Entressen - on ground, on posts, a good twenty in one tree, another twenty or thirty in the air above, some catching dragonflies … quite a sight!
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Photo copyright: AW/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Florida 2009
Bird name: Boat Tailed Grackle
Latin: Quiscalus major
Other:
Family: Icteridae • Grackles
The Boat-tailed Grackle, seen here in Florida, has a particular fondness for car-parks (see photo below in “more photos”). It lives in Florida and along the coast to the north and west. Many thanks to Alexia for sending in these great photos.More photos...
Song Thrush
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Cote d’Azur 2009
Bird name: Song Thrush
Latin: Turdus philomelos
Other: Grive-musicienne (Fr)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
A Song Thrush, I guess. When I was a kid these were really easy to see … Lovely song.More photos...