Bird of the day!

[Jennie]

My Bird(s) of the Day are these Pheasants on a silage clamp, taking advantage of the under floor heating!!



Had to use photo taken from the van, as they all spooked when I tried to get closer.

[Deer Stalker]

Went to a Hawfinch roost site on the New Forest this afternoon. About 35 to 40 birds came in.

Also a Blackbird was singing quietly when i got back home.

[leifus]

lots of blackbirds on the lawn for me today

[zoed73]

OK ~ this may be a bit of a cheat because my "bird of the day" is from about 2 weeks ago . . . and although there's only one bird in this first photo, there were between 300 -- 400 of them all trying to feed in a couple of White Rowans.

Here's the photo >


. . . and here's just a small group assembled in a tree >
< maybe there should be a prize for the person who can do an accurate count of the Waxwings in this pic! (I gave up when I got to around 70 ~ and there were another 3 trees that looked like this!)

For the past 6 or 7 weeks they have been reported day and daily in Edinburgh and the Lothians

[leifus]

Originally Posted by zoed73

OK ~ this may be a bit of a cheat because my "bird of the day" is from about 2 weeks ago . . . and although there's only one bird in this first photo, there were between 300 -- 400 of them all trying to feed in a couple of White Rowans.

Here's the photo >


. . . and here's just a small group assembled in a tree >
< maybe there should be a prize for the person who can do an accurate count of the Waxwings in this pic! (I gave up when I got to around 70 ~ and there were another 3 trees that looked like this!)

For the past 6 or 7 weeks they have been reported day and daily in Edinburgh and the Lothians

that is such a good photo!

[zoed73]

Originally Posted by leifus

that is such a good photo!

leifus, I probably clicked off between 50 -60 photos that day, and (as usual) most of them were only "delete worthy"! That one was one of the best I managed to get ~ it has only been slightly cropped from the original.

Here's another pic showing a bucketload of them on the lawn beneath the tree having a picnic on the fallen white Rowan berries >

[sunnydale]

Wow, what fantastic sight! I'd be happy to get a glimpse of 1 Waxwing, let alone a flock like that!

[tcvarlh]

Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren

Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren

bird of the year for me

[Gerel]

Originally Posted by tcvarlh

Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren

Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren, Wren

bird of the year for me

Was that one wren 16 times or sixteen wrens at once? Lovely little things though.

Steve

[Jason Green]

tcvarlh: When was what? (...)