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Flying Ducks!!!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 10:11:50 PM

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I don't know whether I'll manage it but I aim to keep to a single species today... mallard ducks. They were having a whale of a time on the ice at Falmer Pond, and with some decent light it was a perfect opportunity to capture some winter flying ducks...








Landings weren't always perfect though!




And heck, I do want to show a few other birds in the snow so here they are....

A pied wagtail:


And my favourite jackdaw wink


And finally, a black-headed gull wearing the summer fashions.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Snow-clad Pond

Monday, February 6, 2012 10:55:07 PM

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Although the thaw is under way, there was plenty of snow on the ground at Falmer Pond today. Here are a few shots, starting with the scene early this morning.




I even spotted the piebald jackdaw hopping around.


It had brightened up a touch by lunchtime, and the ducks were to the fore.




The black-headed gulls were also enjoying themselves.




Not to be outdone, the moorhens were slipping and sliding through the covering of slush over the pond.


The final shot today doesn't feature any of the snow. It's a lone blue tit hanging on the the side of the church clock tower. A simple, minimalist shot; but I like it.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Pairs

Thursday, February 2, 2012 12:05:10 AM

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A bright but very cold day today, barely scraping above 0°C and it was probably slightly below that when I took this shot of the sunrise.


Surprisingly the pond has only a shimmering of ice near the fringes, which is keeping the ducks happy.


And the ever-present jackdaws were also enjoying the winter sunshine (and a stylish new hair-do).


The prettiest shots of the day were the goldfinches, which were flitting between the hedgerow and trees surrounding the pond.




One last shot (not of a pair) to make up for yesterday's absence. Another pony. Equally as pretty and once again sporting a lovely shaggy coat to keep out the cold.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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A couple of corvids

Friday, January 27, 2012 12:06:43 AM

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An odd day today. I had some really good sightings, but precious few photos to show for it. Among the birds there were some teal and shelducks (all in the distance), a briefest glimpse of a kingfisher and (best of all) a close up view of buzzard being chased by some crows. They flew more or less directly over my car as I drove past! All of which means that the photos are of rather more prosaic sightings... such as this rook.




And my local piebald jackdaw, shortly after a downpour.




As final shot for today I've picked out this one of a flock of running sheep.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Black, Brown, White and Pink

Monday, January 9, 2012 11:32:05 PM

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I managed to fit in a couple of trips to Falmer Pond again today. The light early morning was dire and forced me to shoot at ISO 3200. I'm pleasantly surprised at the reasonably respectable results though. The subject is a cormorant (actually there were a pair), but it was easier to work with the one that was perched (although I did get one shot of them both together).




Still on the colour black, a couple more shots of the mildly piebald jackdaw that I featured last week. These were taken with slightly better light in the middle of the day. This time it was pecking at some grain that had been left for the ducks.




The 'brown' in the title is actually a blackbird, but a female. She was hopping about under the trees.


The white is courtesy of the local goose. I just liked the way its head was peeping over the bank as it grazed.


As for the pink there is really only bird that provides that colour, the tiny long-tailed tit.


Nothing in the garden tonight, but I've been busy re-processing some old photos of the garden foxes. There are so many to choose from but I liked this portrait of the bold vixen from early 2008.

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Camera note: all today's shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f/5.6L USM lens. The fox was photographed with the Canon 400D and Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens.

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