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The female Reed Bunting ( Emberiza schoeniclus ) |
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They are about the same size as sparrows, but have longer tails, streaked underparts, and a buff coloured line above the eye. |
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Females have a brown head, and buff throat throughout the year. |
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Reed Buntings prefer to roost in large numbers in reed beds or wet and marshy areas, where they can be safe from night predators. |
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The female makes the nest, and can start to breed as early as May. We saw this one in the wetlands of Alvor, in southern Portugal. |
38 comments:
a real cutie and as always gorgeous photos from you... thanks for all the comments on my blog
What gorgeous photos of this lovely little bird! Thank you so much for sharing.
Hi. What a beauty. Awesome photos.
Sweet little bird, loved your photos. I find it hard sometimes to take photos of birds when the trees are full of leaves, but yours are absolutely perfect.
What a sweet bird
Hello & happy Monday! This is one pretty little bird with bright curious eyes!
Hope they have lots of precious little chicks!
Hello, your Reed Bunting is a pretty bird. Lovely series of photos.
Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
Fantastic images of the Reed Bunting, love her.
Superb photos of this bunting.
What a beautiful little bird, loved the photos. I have to get my bird book out for identification at times and even then I'm a little unsure.
Have a wonderful Tuesday :)
Es muy bonito. Besitos.
Amazing. So lovely bird. Greetings.
shes quite a little lady. Isn´t she?
Really lovely pictures. They are a great bird to listen to.
Wonderful photos as always, Sonjia! Your photos are always so clear and beautiful!!! Sending hugs!
Interesting bird and nice pictures.
Hello Sonjia. You really made me look at that Reed Bunting, even go to my library. It looks so much streakier than own.
It seems there is a lot of geographical variation in Reed Buntings, including the ones in Iberia looking slightly different to our own in Northern England and the UK.
Such a pretty bird!! And great photos, as always.
Hello Sonjia, Its 18 months since I moved home and during that time I've yet to see a reed bunting. There are several rivers and wet area's nearby but nothing. I'll just keep on looking. Take care, Mike.
Such a pretty little bird and great photos. I googled this bird and google told that in Finland it is protected for it is in danger of extinction - so very rare here.
Beautiful pictures of an equally beautiful bird!
Best regards, Helma
This is a great series of a highly variable species with gradations in plumage from one population to another. Methunks we have an incipient bird photographer here. Great job Sonjia!
Hello, the Reed Bunting is a sweet looking bird. Lovely series of photos. It looks similar to some of our sparrows seen here. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!
Lovely series on its various posing and nice learning about their habitat and feature details! Loved the last one with little open beak :)
Wonderful series of beautiful 'feathered friends' ~ ^_^
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Very beautiful shots of bird.
It's such a lovely bird, and you got some great photos!
Hello again! Just wanted to let you know that I love the colourful birds in your header too!
It sure is a pretty little thing!
Bonito Sonjia. Our House Martins are still feeding their chicks , I think, although I haven't seen them flying around for a couple of days.
Nice shots - female birds can often eb much harder to identify than the males. How inconsiderate!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
I'm back....
Thanks so much for sharing this bit of your life of birding with in this week at I'd Rather B Birdin'.
ps, it was a pleasure reading your comment you left for me today about how you try and 'guess' what the bird species is for the weekend post. You are getting good at it...guessing correctly!! High 5
...se poised so nicely for you, great pictures.
Beautiful post.
Reed Buntings are gorgeous little birds, Sonjia, and they will come to bird feeders here in UK. A delightful post!
Best wishes - - Richard
A sweet bird indeed and that last picture is especially beautiful -- those pink blossoms make a perfect contrast -- I just love this~!
Such a lovely looking bird.
Great series of photographs.
All the best Jan
Wonderful photos.
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