The difficulty of photographing birds in flowers is that they seldom perch where you want them to go, but today they were quite obliging, with a Great Tit in a pink camellia bush ...
... and in a magnolia ...
... and a Blue Tit in another magnolia.
A Starling joined in by standing in front of some narcissi on the Lido restaurant terrace.
Another Blue Tit in a holly tree at Mount Gate pecked delicately at a pine nut it took from my hand ...
... and the bold Robin took seven pine nuts.
Even the shy Coal Tit is getting enthusiastic, and followed me all along the edge of the shrubbery.
A Robin on a bush in the Flower Walk had a preen and a bit of song.
A male Blackcap looked down from a bramble beside the Long Water that had climbed to the top of a tree.
The toy windmills on the new turf on the Parade Ground have had no effect on scaring the Carrion Crows, so with impeccable logic the people have put in more.
Pigeon Eater is now spending most of his time with his mate. At other times of year their relationship is semi-detached.
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The Coot nesting in the planter in the Italian Garden is now more visible, as the pair have torn down more dead iris leaves to add to the ever growing nest. We should get a good close view of the chicks when they hatch.
A large crowd of Egyptian Geese collected at the boat hire platform.
Three Mandarin drakes on the Long Water fought over a female.
Tom was at Rainham Marshes, where he got good pictures of a Short-Eared Owl ...
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... a male Sparrowhawk looking red in evening light ...
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... and a recently arrived Wheatear.
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Hi Ralph, great raptor pics.especially the SEO...the Egyptians MUST have some success in keeping there goslings alive for all those adults to survive !!...regards,Stephen.
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ReplyDeleteOh yes, the Egyptians are so prolific that a few always get through and the population has gradually increased. After all, it's only 25 years since there were none at all in the park. But the number of Herring Gulls has also increased, which keeps a severe check on the Egyptians, and in some years the population has actually fallen.
Delete"With impeccable logic the people have put in more". OMG, my tea nearly came out of my nose.
ReplyDeleteAn astonishing series of birds posing against the loveliest flowers. Fashion photographers would kill to have such gorgeous models, and such an eye for beauty and composition.
Tinúviel
But lucky fashion photographers can tell their models where to stand.
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