Bird of the day!

Words · #**2071** (**permalink**) 13-10-2008, 06:40 AM

Thanks John, but partly a case of determination. I spotted the kestrel from about half a mile away from where I'd ended up, and followed it. Here's a slightly longer sequence, but over the whole event I took about 200 shots which I'm still working through.

christina · #**2072** (**permalink**) 13-10-2008, 09:54 AM

I went outside this morning to top up the bird feeders and heard the flap of wings, thinking it was a pigeon I carried on walking. When I looked to my left I saw, standing on the high wall, a cock pheasant! He croaked and then dropped into next door's garden. I threw some seed near the wall in the hope that he will return. A pheasant in the garden is a first for us!

Gaina · #**2073** (**permalink**) 13-10-2008, 04:31 PM

Words and Ollie, they are incredible photos (although the kestrel does look mildly undignified with vole guts stuck to his nose!

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I was waiting for mum to come out of the supermarket today when I heard something 'tap-dancing' on my car roof. I couldn't see anything in my rear view mirror, so I slid back the inner sun roof and saw the culprit...

I had to wait for him to settle on another car before I could take the photo - unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to catch him looking down at me through the (closed) sun roof.

JW · #**2074** (**permalink**) 14-10-2008, 05:05 PM

Pink Footed Goose for me, even though I've a massive splat in the middle of my cars bonnet! Really looking forward to December when we get greater numbers.

Rosiew · #**2075** (**permalink**) 15-10-2008, 10:59 PM

My bird of the day is the tree creeper ..... ... it was creeping up the pine tree at the bottom of my garden ..... I've seen them in the forest but never in my garden before

SilverW0lf · #**2076** (**permalink**) 17-10-2008, 03:01 PM

My favourite birds of yesterday's visit to Martin Mere

We were enjoying watching the tits & woodpecker on the feeders

When suddenly they all disappeared... I'm not sure why?

tameblackbirds · #**2077** (**permalink**) 18-10-2008, 04:45 PM

My bird of the day is a male lesser spotted woodpecker enjoying his breakfast on my peanut feeder. not very brave though as he was scarred off by a great tit

agrumpycow · #**2078** (**permalink**) 18-10-2008, 05:02 PM

Mine is the kingfisher which we watched perched and flying low over the Thames in Oxfordshire.
It's the first one I can remember seeing for a couple of years and was the highlight of our afternoon!