The dunnock is one of the more frequent visitors to the garden, and among the bolder of the small birds. It flits quite happily between shrubs, and will occasionally dive low into the undergrowth. It is generally fairly tolerant of human presence, which is certainly a help when taking photos. One other unusual fact (gleaned from the RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe is that in the mating season it tends to form ménages à trois of one male and two females (or occasionally two males and one female) :eyes: Today though, there was only one in the garden helping itself to seed from the feeder.
More photos of the Dunnock in the December Birds album.
Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens
Words
16 Dec 2007Thanks!
Vulpes vulpes
16 Dec 2007Super clear shots!
Flying Red Fox Blog
16 Dec 2007Thats a beautiful bird, i think i saw one in my garden but it has black above its eye so it might have been a sparrow i saw:)
filipinaballerina
16 Dec 2007very nice clear shots!!
SittingFox
16 Dec 2007Beautiful portrait shots :yes: I always find dunnocks a dreadful challenge because mine spend almost all their time lurking in dark shadows!
Dudley
16 Dec 2007:yes:
CedarFox
16 Dec 2007Ultra clear shots! :yes: