You all have to know that John and Jon are big birders. Jon has seen in excess of 1500 different kinds of birds in the U.S., Germany, Poland, Columbia, Equador, and now Georgia; John is now over 1,200. Birdwatching is their life hobby (although Jon's work with family genealogy might tie for first).
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| A first for Jon and John - a Roller - migrating from Africa to Russia. |
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| A curlew, also a first for Jon and John. It landed ahead of us and was sitting on the road. |
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| A linnet, also a first for Jon and John. |
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| A Little Owl, another first. This is the one bird I spied just sitting on a huge hump of dirt. |
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| This owl is unique. One of it's characteristics is that when it turns its head around, it shows a false face on the nape of its neck. I was fortunate to get both of the views!! |
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| A Pied Wheatear - I certainly had never seen this one before. |
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| We were all THRILLED to see this bird. Beautiful, isn't it! |
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| A Steppe Buzzard |
Amazing they saw so many birds for the first time! Beautiful pictures, I think we need a new camera. Not taking away from your great "eye" for the picture and framing.
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