This could well have been just another cormorant post. A pair were at the local pond early this morning. I think they stop off there for breakfast as they usually fly off and I don't usually see them at lunchtime. Anyway I got a few flight shots in the morning gloom before one of the cormorants disappeared over the fields. The other decided to mimic the smaller local birds and ended up here.
It's always slightly strange seeing such large birds (with webbed feet) perching high on a tree, but this is one cool customer as you can see when a crow came into view. Barely a blink from the cormorant! 
He did fly off a few minutes later, providing me with some more shots during a final circuit of the pond.
The closing shot is a squirrel seen at lunchtime. I was using the 100-400 lens which, unlike the prime, has image stabilization built-in. Useful when the shutter will only crawl to 1/50s. If the weather stays like this that lens will be working hard over the next few weeks.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
gdare
5 Nov 2011That tree must be a very popular place to hang around 😀
gdare
5 Nov 2011I thought so 😎
Words
5 Nov 2011Erwin, thanks!
Words
5 Nov 2011Darko, it's that branch. It has the best view for miles around. They all want to use it.
SittingFox
7 Nov 2011Hmm, a bird that isn't scared of corvids. Maybe foxes could employ guard-cormorants :whistle:
Words
7 Nov 2011Adele, given the normal response of even large raptors to a corvid coming in at speed that cormorant is supremely confident.
cakkleberrylane
14 Nov 2011A good spot for a bird's-eye-view.
Words
14 Nov 2011Lois, yes I guess it can see everything from up there!
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Great shots