I think the heron in the header photo has pretty much got breakfast sorted, don’t you? Some of our landlord’s goldfish are living their last moments.
Meanwhile, over at our local nature reserve, this egret’s just found something.

Another nature reserve: Slimbridge. Flamingos and a godwit look for their next snack.


And even if this sparrow hasn’t found any crumbs yet, she knows that a café is quite the place to look.

For Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #15: Birds feeding and drinking
And I’ll pop the hungry heron into IJ Khanewala’s Bird of the Week Challenge XIV too.
Herons have such powers of concentration those goldfish don’t stand a chance.
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Indeed. Their steely-eyed powers of observation are almost terrifying in their intensity.
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Lovely. The heron may eat only one today, but it could easily empty the pool in a few days.
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Oh, it does. The pond is no longer stocked. It became a snack-bar until the landlord admitted defeat.
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😊
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😉
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These are wonderful, Maragret. I love the concentration on the herons face.
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I know. It’s scarily intense, isn’t it?
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He’d probably stab me if he got half a chance. 😂
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😦
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You have some nice birds in your area, Margaret. So elegant.
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Oh, we’re a Class Act round here.
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I seldom see egrets and stalks so it is a treat for me.
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Egrets more and more. No storks in the UK sadly. Love your typo!
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I think I have plants on the brain! 🙂
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A great set of images Margaret – I especially like the egret!
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Thank you. That was a piece of luck, wasn’t it?
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Lovely birds, Margaret! Love the egret. Two beautiful Flamingos!
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Have you ever seen an ugly flamingo, Amy? 😉
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I think that deserves a poem!
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Your public awaits you …
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They are graceful! 💗
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Lovely birds!
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A lucky chance to see them all.
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😊 Yes!
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The two flamingos are so beautiful.. so elegant! 🙂
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They are – such long and graceful legs.
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My favorite out of these wonderful photos are the flamingos. So graceful looking 😀
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They are, Cee. And such wonderful shades of pink too.
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Scary eyes that heron has! I like the synchronised flamingos – very elegant.
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Flamingos do synchronised so well. As the heron is very good at steely-eyed.
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Fabulous heron shot, Margaret. They are so still… till they move! Whereas the smaller birds gallop around using up all their energy fishing.
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I love that image of a bird galloping! I’d be better at that, even at my age, than being as-still-as-a-heron though.
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Hmmm… with a book, maybe?
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That’s better, Jo!
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You have the most amazing friends with wings!!!
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Don’t I just! Though I think that hero doesn’t care for me much.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…
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Indeed!
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Birds needn’t worry, they will find what they need. I suppose that is good advice for us, too.
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Indeed it is.
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I think you captured the egret mid chew
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Not the kind of luck I usually have.
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Great captures. Really beautiful birds.
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They’re worth a second glance, aren’t they?
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Sure are. Will you write about one of them for the poetry challenge?
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Not just one …
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That piqued my interest….
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You do live in a lovely place Margaret with a pond to match the walled garden. Thanks for contributing this variety of feeding birds.
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Aren’t I the lucky one?
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