The birds they mock me

[thebraketester]

Great pics VR.

We have a goldfinch at the moment that likes to sit on the TV aerial and chirp every morning.

Edited by thebraketester on Saturday 23 May 12:22

Edited by thebraketester on Saturday 23 May 12:22

[And172940]

Finch by Andy Kemp, on Flickr

Does anyone know what this bird is?
Looks like a female or young chaffinch to me but with a lockdown hair-do

[Dogsey]

And172940 said:

Finch by Andy Kemp, on Flickr

Does anyone know what this bird is?
Looks like a female or young chaffinch to me but with a lockdown hair-do

Exactly right.

[funinhounslow]

Nigel_O said:

Lockdown photos - taken from the end of my garden

I have been visiting a local swan as part of my daily lockdown walk - all 7 of her eggs hatched last week, and also saw mum giving the cygnets a piggy back. Never seen that before and thought it was charming.

I was also lucky enough to see two eggs hatch...



Mum inspecting the new arrival...



This one a day old...

[Vintage Racer]

funinhounslow said:

I have been visiting a local swan as part of my daily lockdown walk - all 7 of her eggs hatched last week, and also saw mum giving the cygnets a piggy back. Never seen that before and thought it was charming.

I was also lucky enough to see two eggs hatch...



Mum inspecting the new arrival...



This one a day old...

Lovely series of shots!

[seanyfez]

A morning spent trying to capture this one at the bottom of the garden...

...on an old Nikon D300 and 70-300 f5.6 - should have used a tripod though as the image is soft due to breathing!!

[Nigel_O]

seanyfez said:

the image is soft due to breathing using Thumbsnap!!

FTFY

[seanyfez]

Nigel_O said:

seanyfez said:

the image is soft due to breathing using Thumbsnap!!

FTFY

No, really it was less than perfect before thumbsnap took it’s share of the detail!

[Vintage Racer]

Female Black Redstart yesterday evening.....

DSC_5148 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

^^^

[Vintage Racer]

and tonight, I managed to get the hide within 3 mtrs of one of this 'Little Owls' favourite posts....

DSC_5324 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Wow - you're on fire Glynn

[Dave46]

The starlings have arrived and a couple of others

DSC_4546 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

DSC_5060 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

DSC_4185 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

DSC_5054 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr


DSC_4326 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

DSC_3999 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

[And172940]

GFinFlight by Andy Kemp, on Flickr

Apologies for the quality, very tight crop and high ISO.

[DibblyDobbler]

Male Goosander and a Bluetit


Goosander (Male) by Mike Smith, on Flickr


Blue Tit by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[Vintage Racer]

from our local lake yesterday morning......

DSC_5708 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

[And172940]

3Nuthatches by Andy Kemp, on Flickr

Nuthatch family yesterday

[Vintage Racer]

Jay in the garden today.....

DSC_6044 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

[seanyfez]

Sometimes they come to you - This young Woodpecker rather conveniently bounced off my french windows then sat here stunned and pissed off for about ten minutes before flying off.

[Riley Blue]

With nothing else to photograph I've had a crack at a few garden visitors: