I was walking across a car park at lunchtime today, when my attention was drawn to distinctive bird song in the distance. A song thrush was in full voice.
Luck was favouring me, and it remained proudly and loudly perched while I approached. The light let me down somewhat (again) but I managed a couple of usable shots from closer distances.
It occurred to me that it would be helpful to have some sound. I don't have any recording equipment, but I found this sound file of a song thrush on the Freesound Project pages. Usage is via a Creative Commons licence. The file is Thrush1 by acclivity:
On an entirely different note, I finally got a photo of a wood mouse on the ground! Those are sultanas by the way.
Camera note: the thrush was photographed with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS + Kenko 1.4x Pro 300 DG teleconverter. The mouse was caught with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens.
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I love the song of the song thrush, we have one every year singing loudly from a high tree in our garden. It certainly didn't start singing yet though, I don't think I have heard (or seen) it before mid March.
What a great idea to include the sound file! You got some nice pics too. The sultanas put the wood mouse into perspective!
Great shots :up: and the sound file is certainly a very cool idea!
I've also tagged you Words 😀
Yes, a great idea to put the sound on here! 🙂
Woodmice can be very long-bodied when it suits them! 😆 I remember when we were trying to catch some in the house for relocating to the great outdoors, and we had to add extra length to the livetrap as they managed to hold the door open with their rear quarters while stretching in and grabbing the bait!
you got a song thrush too yesterday 🙂
Eric, aaargh… taggged. Will have to put on my thinking cap:sherlock:
Phil, it does seem quite early, but it was back again today – singing loudly – though i only saw it as the light was fading so no pictures. But it seems to have a regular patch, so I know where to look.
Vulpes, the sound site is excellent. They've got a massive range of samples for non-commercial use. I've just spent the past hour waiting for the mouse to appear, but no luck 🙁 It was starting to get cold out there.
Neil, seems the time of the year for them!
Adele, yes they are incredibly agile as well. Here's one even more stretched.
Thanks Mark, I'm going to try and get more photos of the thrush now I know its territory.
Lovelly bird:yes: and the woodmouse is sooo cute:heart: The sound is nice too, makes the post come alive.