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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Oof, that's even harder to say than "Eichhörnchen"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

"Vlaamse Gaai". Beautiful coloring. We have them occasionally on our balcony.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Jay, and an excuse to post my Jay photo from today (Reading, UK)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

now that's how you use a camera

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Mmm, but it is a powerful camera + lens, making it easier :) And the light was kind.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

might help if you tell us geographically where you are seeing it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

north-west europe, above the tropic of cancer but below the arctic circle, on a greenish landmass rotating on the nearest planet to us in the solar system

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

good ol Sol, that system is great. Mostly harmless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

full of weirdos tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Surveillance drone.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

What? I would have sworn it's a house

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

"Don't be hasty, young master Hobbit."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Get back here you!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

closest I've found is a Jay, but am not sure

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Indeed a Jay if Google Translate is to be believed. I know it as a Flemish Jay (Vlaamse gaai). I find it rather pretty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

My fist though was the french "geai" so I guess it is the same bird.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He's got a big of a punk rocker thing going on at the front. Does that narrow it down a bit?