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Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 281

Hello Feathered Friends Lovers, Welcome to #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 281I was thinking that this is the worst time for birding, the middle of the summer,

Chroicocephalus ridibundus Racek Chechtavý · Black-headed Gull

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Chroicocephalus ridibundus6.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.0739033333,

Sterna hirundo Rybák Obecný · Common Tern

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Sterna hirundo5.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.0356983167, 14.75723165 My

Podiceps cristatus Potápka Roháč · Great Crested Grebe

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Podiceps cristatus6.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic The Great Crested Grebe often nests in colonies of several nests. They

Lanius collurio Ťuhýk Obecný · Red-backed Shrike

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Lanius collurio5.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.1352583167, 14.7526349833

Birds from the south

Taking advantage of the free theme for this week's SMAP, let me show you a couple more species I've found in my last vacations. Truth be told, the first one can

Corvus corax Krkavec Velký · Common Raven

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Corvus corax5.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.140025, 14.7486883167 My other

Photo Contest Round 279 // The Neighborhood Pigeons [ENG-ESP]

[ENG] Greetings, dear friends of feathered friends. I’m back to participate in Feathered Friends - Photo Contest, Round 279. I snapped a photo of some pigeons on

Ciconia nigra Čáp Černý · Black Stork

| Latin name | Observation date | Location | |Ciconia nigra | 5.7.2025 | South Bohemia, Czech republic | The black stork is easiest to spot in flight. It often forages

Grus grus Jeřáb Popelavý · Common Crane

| Latin name | Observation date | Location | | --- | --- | --- | | Grus grus| 5.7.2025 |South Bohemia, Czech republic| The Common Crane has been successfully spreading

Vanellus vanellus Čejka Chocholatá · Northern Lapwing

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Vanellus vanellus5.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.1400816667, 14.74686665

Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 279

Hello Feathered Friends Lovers, Welcome to #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 279Here we are, opening the new round of Free Theme for the week to come. Show me

Rise of the mini predators

I recently returned from a calm week of vacations; I was looking torwards beach days and the dolce fare niente. That's what I got; and on top of that, I also had

Gallinula chloropus Slípka Zelenonohá · Common Moorhen

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Gallinula chloropus4.7.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.0945583333, 14.78306165

... but about saying what is essential

One of the hardest things for me—and something I long to master—is brevity. Recent events have reminded me how vital it is right now. When I need to open up, to

Photo Contest Round 277 // The Cautious Dove [ENG-ESP]

[ENG] Greetings, dear friends at Feathered Friends. I am back to participate in Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 277. This week's star is a rather

Passer montanus Vrabec Polní · Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Passer montanus30.6.2025South Bohemia, Czech republic A young one. It's sitting in the bushes, just the way sparrows like it.

River guardians

Well, don't really know how good of a guardian are they... but they'll have to do. Since the theme for this week's SMAP is free, I'll place in the spotlight these

Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 276

Hello Feathered Friends Lovers, Welcome to #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 276 The next challenge is not a hard one. Simply because we will have Free Theme and

Feathered Friday - Very Branchy

Here are a few sightings for #featheredfriday that are quite cluttered with branches. My first sighting was an Eastern Wood-Pewee. These guys are super tiny maybe