Bushy Park: woodland gardens
Monday, 12. January 2009, 20:23:30
Here is my second post on Bushy Park. The following are the photos from the woodland garden areas which are fenced off from the deer and (at least in theory) dogs. I'll start with the Mandarin ducks, this one of a male flaping its wings to be precise. It wasn't quite the angle I wnated but came out ok
Here is a male just floating around in the freezing cold
And one of the females in the sun
I also spotted a cape teal that was in one of the ponds
but I already knew it was there from the blogTricia's TalesI got a close up shot of an egyptian goose
All day I ahd been seeing ring neck parakeets but had no luck getting a decent photograph of one. But then a pair started courting at a reasonable distance
And then a jackdaw posed in the sun, bringing out the details in its feathers
(100%)
WIDGETIZE
Andy Wilson # 12. January 2009, 20:31
Lois # 12. January 2009, 22:09
Adele # 13. January 2009, 17:19
Robin # 13. January 2009, 17:43
Neil # 13. January 2009, 19:04
Cakkleberry - thank you
Adele - they've got to be our prettiest duck, even if they are not native
RobinL - the ring necked parakeets are not native. In fact all the birds in this post (except the jackdaw) are not native to the UK! And all but the cape teal can be found feral in the UK. Im planning a post on the parakeet at some point
Mark Jones # 13. January 2009, 21:00
Words # 15. January 2009, 23:33