Bird of the day! - Page 14

wyevilla · #**326** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 04:10 PM

Great shots, John. A subject not known for holding a pose for anything more than a mili-second!

...and now a wonderful treecreeper from GLSammy.

Well done chaps.

Deer Stalker · #**327** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 04:13 PM

Your Treecreeper looks good enough to me Graham.

My birds of the day have to be Hawfinch & Firecrest.

John · #**328** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by glsammy

My bird of the day had to be the treecreeper I managed to get yesterday. This has always been the one bird that I've tried to get more than any other. I'm still not satisfied though. If I was there would be no need to try and get a better one!

As I said on your gallery image I think you are being hard on yourself. This is a wonderful photo of one of the most difficult birds to capture.

You will do well to better it, but I guess that is the challenge.

John

Barbara · #**329** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 04:31 PM

For me my Bird Of the Day has to be this Grey Wagtail.

I was helping in-laws in North Wales putting up an awning on their caravan. At the first opportunity I escaped with my camera. I walked up the road towards the village. I just happened to look left and saw this wagtail bobbing about in a small stream. There was nothing to lean on, so it took it hand held and hoped for the best. I tried to get a bit closer, but he saw me and flew away. I am happy with it because it is the nearest I have ever got to a wagtail.

Ollie · #**330** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 06:34 PM

That's a great shot for hand held Barbara. Well done
Roger

philbyuk · #**331** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 07:12 PM

well heres mine for today ..a female chaffinch if im correct ..but no doubt will stand to be corrected

glsammy · #**332** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 08:48 PM

Well done Barbara, that's a lovely shot.

Also a very good female chaffinch, no need to be corrected your spot on.

glsammy · #**333** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by John

As I said on your gallery image I think you are being hard on yourself. This is a wonderful photo of one of the most difficult birds to capture.

You will do well to better it, but I guess that is the challenge.

John

Thanks John. Your long tailed are superb, lovely detail, one of my favourite birds.

Beryl · #**334** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 09:18 PM

My Bird of the day has to be this lovely little Nuthatch

Barbara · #**335** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ollie

That's a great shot for hand held Barbara. Well done
Roger

Thankyou Roger, I'm gonna lie in wait for him next time we visit. I put my bird bath in the middle of the lawn one day looked out of the patio doors and there was one of these bobbing up and down on it, lovely to see

Barbara · #**336** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by glsammy

Well done Barbara, that's a lovely shot.

Also a very good female chaffinch, no need to be corrected your spot on.

Thanks Graham it was my bird of the day and also my only bird of the day, I'm having withdrawals

Phil that's a lovely female chaffinch, well done

.

And Beryl, well done, your photography is coming on leaps and bounds, keep up the good work, excellent capture

John your Long Tails images are superb, excellent work

Beryl · #**337** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 09:47 PM

Thanks Barbara.
I think all of the capture today are superb.

Gaina · #**338** (**permalink**) 17-03-2007, 11:33 PM

There are some beautiful phoographs coming out of this thread! I am inspired and I can hardly wait to get my new tripod (I went for the benbo/manfrotto head combination

).

nightshade · #**339** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 07:34 AM

I am very suprised that the quality of photography keeps going up
but it does.
The bird images on this thread just keep getting better and better
I think people are learning from example,well done you all

badgerwatcher · #**340** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 11:56 AM

Oh, I love this thread!
What brilliant photos, and great poses too. It's not just the shot, it's the moment as well. Great nuthatch poised, Beryl, and fabulous wagtail, Barbara, and darling chaffinch, philbyuk, and as for you, Graham, what more do you want from a treecreeper? There's only so much a treecreeper can give, you know! It's amazing. I've never even seen a treecreeper in that much detail before.

Ollie · #**341** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 12:31 PM

Well my bird of the day today has to be this Pied Wagtail for being brave enough to venture out in this weather. It looks like he/she was about to take off, but in fact it was bracing itself against the very strong wind as it was in danger of being blown off the outhouse roof it was on. He/she managed to stay on the roof long enough for me to get quite a few photos.
Roger

Beryl · #**342** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 01:30 PM

He's lovely ,is this the little tap dancer?
Great capture there Ollie

aeshna5 · #**343** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 02:26 PM

My bird of the day was the Chiffchaff flitting in the bushes in my garden as I peeked behind the curtains (the other half likes her lie-in + I'm up to do last WeBS counts of the winter).

Only about the third I've seen in the garden so a pleasant surprise. Heard another bird singing during my counts-I'm hoping we're not going to get much snow here in next few days.

Barbara · #**344** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 08:48 PM

Awwww poor little thing, nice capture though Roger.

My bird of the day has to be this Goldfinch. Eleven visited today all at once. I lost count of the number of times they returned. They were battling against the strong wind poor things. They were squabbling a lot, even feeding from the fat log. This one made me laugh though with his feather out of place.

Ollie · #**345** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 08:54 PM

That's a lovely sharp shot Barbara and the feather sticking out adds to the character of it. Sounds like the weather your way has been about the same as ours.
Roger

Barbara · #**346** (**permalink**) 18-03-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ollie

That's a lovely sharp shot Barbara and the feather sticking out adds to the character of it. Sounds like the weather your way has been about the same as ours.
Roger

Thanks Roger, I have lost count of the amount of hailstone showers we have had and each time followed by sunshine. I have never seen hailstones so big

Foxe · #**347** (**permalink**) 19-03-2007, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Barbara

Awwww poor little thing, nice capture though Roger.

My bird of the day has to be this Goldfinch. Eleven visited today all at once. I lost count of the number of times they returned. They were battling against the strong wind poor things. They were squabbling a lot, even feeding from the fat log. This one made me laugh though with his feather out of place.

What a nice picture you got, far more colored than the American Goldfinch

cherrybee · #**348** (**permalink**) 19-03-2007, 02:22 PM

[quote=Beryl;103343]My Bird of the day has to be this lovely little Nuthatch

Thats a lovely shot Beryl well done

matt_xyz · #**349** (**permalink**) 19-03-2007, 02:33 PM

my bird of the day yesterday was this Skylark. I found several of them and spent an enjoyable hour or so watching them launch into the air singing and then stalking them once they landed. This was probably the best of my shots.

colincurry · #**350** (**permalink**) 19-03-2007, 03:10 PM

Nice shot, Matt.

Colin