Competition Photo contest Spring 2024 Now closed for voting

[saxyjt]

My wife decided to attract birds in our garden. So I installed a small feeder on the tree facing our home. Tonight a perruche was feeding. There are a few wild ones in the area.

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

Buckeye butterfly, photographed in Texas on a recent visit.

 

[ESJohn]

perruche
Are those native to France? That's a beautiful bird! Nothing in the wild like that around here.

 

[saxyjt]

perruche
Are those native to France? That's a beautiful bird! Nothing in the wild like that around here.

I guess someone must have released some in the wild (if we can call suburban Paris wild - Obviously it is in many ways, especially the 9³ where I live) a few years ago and they managed to survive. There must be some good souls feeding them throughout the winter.

 

[dexdex]

Japanese garden, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, April 2024.

 

[jonf]

I guess someone must have released some in the wild (if we can call suburban Paris wild - Obviously it is in many ways, especially the 9³ where I live) a few years ago and they managed to survive. There must be some good souls feeding them throughout the winter.

We have lots of them living wild in the UK. They are remarkably hardy birds and survive easily through English winters. They are thought to have originated in caged birds released during the scare about psittacosis in the 1930s.

 

[IllinoisJ]

 

[stefank]

But it's autumn here in Tasmania! I may have to trawl through the archives.......

 

[Marge]

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What a great picture, what is it?

 

[dreadnet]

 

[IllinoisJ]

What a great picture, what is it?

Thank you. It's a small winged grasshopper sunbathing in a rose.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Voting starts on May 1st, still time to get your photo in!

 

[Sue]

Tulips in the garden with a rare blue sky. Taken with iPhone and using Hipstamatic photo app

 

[Pete Thomas]

Photo contest has now closed for submissions. You can now vote by using the post reactions. Only poise votes count, e.g. like (note that other positive reactions such as love/star/congrats etc. all count as 1 point same as a like so it's easiest just to use like)

 

[Pete Thomas]

Photos posted from May 1 will not count or show in the display box

 

[Marge]

hi I know the comps done for submissions but we went for a walk today and saw these lovely little ducklings. It's not a good pic but I didn't want to go too near. Mum and dad were feeding them, it was just so sweet. I thought you might like to see it x

 

[Pete Thomas]

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Buckeye butterfly, photographed in Texas on a recent visit.

And this is officially the winner!

 

[Jimmymack]

There were some lovely shots in there.

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

And this is officially the winner!

Casting vote? Dead heat with @Sue ... though I suppose I got to 11 before she did ... and we did vote for each other ... not that I was watching, honest.

Thank you so much

 

[Pete Thomas]

There were some lovely shots in there.

Yes there were

Casting vote? Dead heat with @Sue ... though I suppose I got to 11 before she did ... and we did vote for each other ... not that I was watching, honest.

Thank you so much

Oh I didn't;t notice that. I just saw the photo listed first so yes indeed it is a dead heat. Or do we go for the playoffs?