The crisp, dry winter days, with bright sunshine and little breeze are still with us. The mornings are frosty, but the conditions are pretty much perfect for the time of year. It won't last, but I'm enjoying it while I can.
There was nothing very unusual to photograph today, but I think my favourite shots were a series of a blue tit flitting up and down the flint wall of the local church. I've only included two shots here, uncropped. It's your turn to do some bird spotting 😉
The next shot is a little easier. It's a female chaffinch lurking in a small patch of woodland.
Easier still, by some distance is this pied wagtail taken in the early morning frost.
And completely unmissable is this one: a white duck crossing the road just as the sun emerges above the Downs. For what it's worth I think someone should tell the duck that the pond is the other way!
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
derWandersmann
12 Dec 2012I can see him in the first photo, Words, but I can't find him in the second one.
Later: I think I found him.
claudeb
12 Dec 2012Why did the duck cross the road? 😛
So cute!
Words
13 Dec 2012Originally posted by claudeb:
To prove it wasn't chicken 😉
Words
13 Dec 2012dW, it had dropped a bit lower. Here's a crop:
claudeb
13 Dec 2012😆
anonymous
13 Dec 2012Helen B writes:
I love that pied wagtail shot. It's so rare to see a shot of a bird straight on like that, nice to see a different side/face to them!
gdare
14 Dec 2012If you didn't crop it I would have never seen a bird there 😛
SittingFox
14 Dec 2012Good grief. Obviously blue tits have evolved to take advantage of flint walls!
Words
16 Dec 2012Helen, head on shots of birds are tricky. They sometimes look almost like nothing, but I liked that you could see both eyes (just).
Words
16 Dec 2012Adele, I think there's an unwritten rule that for every species their a perfect camouflage location.
Words
16 Dec 2012Darko, believe me, I was having trouble following it around that wall!