A Short Tail and other birds

I’ll start with the title bird, a male blackbird that I’ve been watching for the past week or so. He’s missing his tail feathers, though they do seem to be recovering slowly. He can fly, but tends to keep to the same small area between the edge of Falmer Pond and a local garden. He’s certainly quite bold, and as a pond regualr deserves a mini-feature here.

Blackbird with missing tail feathers

Blackbird with missing tail feathers

Blackbird with missing tail feathers

The other birds today are a moorhen on a rock, and three greylag geese portraits.

Moorhen on a rock

Greylag geese

Greylag geese

Greylag geese

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.

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Anything you can do…

Ducks

“Anything you can do”

Ducks

“I can do better…”

Moorhens

“And we can do anything better than you!”

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.

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Greylag Geese

The local population of greylag geese at Falmer fluctuates. Generally there is a small flock on the pond, but most of them are not permanent residents. The flock was there today, and for once I paid them particular attention.

Greylag geese

Four of the flock of greylag geese

Greylag geese

A loose gaggle of greylag geese

Greylag geese

Honking Greylag

Greylag geese

Mirror Mirror?

Greylag geese

The Greylag Stare

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.

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