We're still under grey clouds, and the rain has been a constant but there have been one or two highlights since I last posted.
On Thursday I was in London, just round the corner from Regent's Park. I only had a few minutes, but that was long enough to spot a pair of nesting herons.
They were perched inside the perimeter of London Zoo, but they roam freely. Unlike these parrots which I photographed through the jungle of fence and enclosure wire. Colourful though!
Today, it was still overcast but I needed to go down to Rottingdean and spent about 45 minutes watching the sea birds.
Oystercatcher
Great Black Backed Gull
Ok, not a sea bird… a pipit clinging to the groynes
And always, the fulmars…
Back in the garden, the bold vixen has been around…
And in the pond, the frogs are rubbing along nicely with the newts…
Camera note: All shots taken with the Canon 40D. the heron and parrots were taken with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens. The sea birds and pipit were photographed with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The fox and the frog/newt shots were with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. Phew!
gdare
1 Mar 2010Great photos :yes: I needed to check on Wikipedia about pipits, we don`t have them here, therefore there is no Serbian name for them. But they are the same family with sparrows.
RobinL
1 Mar 2010Wow, lovely shots!
Cynthia23
1 Mar 2010Nicely done, Words!! :up:
SittingFox
1 Mar 2010Interesting to see the size comparison of the frog and newt! And the oystercatcher in flight shot is great :up:
Those parrots are lovely; I wouldn't like to guess an ID. One day I will go to Brazil and expend my entire camera battery on them! :happy:
Words
2 Mar 2010Darko, the pipits are cute little things. I liked the way it was perched on the rock like that.
Words
2 Mar 2010Adele, I've no idea what the parrots are (I'd have to go inside the zoo to check). Large birds though and very noisy. It would be wonderful to see them in their natural habitat.
Words
2 Mar 2010Robin, thanks!
Words
2 Mar 2010Thanks Erwin!
Words
2 Mar 2010Thanks Cynthia!
cakkleberrylane
5 Mar 2010How beautiful to see the herons nesting!
Words
5 Mar 2010Lois, it was a nice sight. 🙂
cakkleberrylane
6 Mar 2010We have a park about an hour away that often has herons and other shore birds and I expect there may be some nesting there too. I've been trying for a month to get time to get time to visit, perhaps this week….
Words
6 Mar 2010Lois, worth making the trip if you get time. I hope you do.
cakkleberrylane
8 Mar 2010Thanks, I got there yesterday afternoon.
Words
8 Mar 2010So I see!
Ukwildlife
17 Mar 2010Nice selection of photos, I was looking at the nesting herons at Regents yesterday. As for frogs Im yet to see any amphibians yet this year, everything seems to be lagging behind 2009…
Words
19 Mar 2010Neil, things do seem a bit late after the proper winter we had. Or was everything early last year?
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Very lovely Pict