{"id":1546,"date":"2009-12-31T00:12:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T00:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1546"},"modified":"2013-11-12T19:03:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T19:03:39","slug":"some-of-the-other-birds-at-chichester-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/some-of-the-other-birds-at-chichester-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"Some of the other birds at Chichester Marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Yesterday's post concentrated on the cormorants (of which there are more photos<\/a> here). Today, it's the turn of some of the other species. First up is an oystercatcher, knee deep in silt.
<\/span> Oystercatcher<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Oystercatcher in flight<\/span><\/p>\n

There were several redshanks also out trying their luck.
<\/span> Redshank<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Redshank in flight<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the canal a small colony of sparrows had adopted a small tree as their favoured location.
<\/span> Sparrow<\/span><\/p>\n

And a family of swans showed up as well.
<\/span> Adult swans with juvenile<\/span><\/p>\n

In the background of the previous shot you can see a pair of mergansers. Here's a better look at the male.
<\/span> Merganser<\/span><\/p>\n

And another photo of one of the swans.
<\/span> Swan<\/span><\/p>\n

The juvenile was rather more inquisitive and swam up to the jetty for a closer look.
<\/span> Juvenile swan<\/span><\/p>\n

And all the while the cormorants sat around, watching. Except this one, which struggled to make the short flight from water to jetty.
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It finally made it on its third attempt.
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<\/span> Success!<\/span>
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[496,449,610,607,264,339],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-chichester","tag-cormorant","tag-merganser","tag-redshank","tag-sparrow","tag-swan","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t