hoopoe named by BB

He/she is still in their PJ Bottoms San lol :)

Beautiful markings, but no idea what its called! unless its a Mingler!

lol jacque,,
mingler as sleeping with a differant bread PP lol, or is that the breed heehe

lol SLEEPING A MIXED BAG!

lol PP

beautiful bird sandra

isnt it irish,, ive never seen one before, wish i had been closer, this was from 4 floors up on our balcony, so not to bad

well im looking forward to someone knowing what it is

me to irish,,

Hi Sanbaz...its a Hoopoe..expect you took this on holiday as a very rare visitor to our shores !

i agree bonkersbon, definitely a rare visitor to our shores.

i knew you would get it BB, yes on holidays,, loved it, ,, thanx BB and Sea,,

WOW! How did I miss this picture, he is beautiful.

yes i was so excited when i saw him michaela, ran into apartment grabbed my camera in hope he would still be there and he was, baz just stood there thinking whats all the fuss about lol,, luckerly i got to see him a few times while there,

HOOPOE! Epupo epops is it's Latin name, or something like that!
Fabulous when they pop their crest up, and they're lovely in flight, too, and lovely subtle colours...fawny with black and white, very pretty.

i was excited when i saw it as i hadnt a clue what it was, it came down each day when no-one around, they look like a mix, a bit of dove, cockerteal,, cant spell that lol, but love the markings :o)

That is fantastic Sanbaz - very lucky to have this land in your garden

it was on holiday paul in portugal a couple of years ago, wish it was in my garden, but no ;o))

oh I see :)

:o))

they are fabulous birds, there call is hupoepoepeopoe....hence the name.

We are lucky enough to have a cple flying around the house at the moment, but not sure where they are nesting, one was sitting on the shutters on my bedroomwindows and the whole house was fairly booming with the sound.

lucky you having these lovely birds where you are, so unusual, couldnt believe my eyes when i first saw one on holiday, thanx Resi