Goldie M

[Wurzel]

Great stuff Goldie - I keep meaning to get out and do some birding so you're serving as my impetus now Love the Goosanders out of the water

Have a goodun

Wurzel

[Goldie M]

Thanks Mike and Wurzel, I plan to go back to Penn Flash as soon as the weather gets better, not too sure when that will be we've got Storm Henry at present . When we got to Penn Flash at the first Hide we just missed a King Fisher, so it's a must to go back

This morning I was in the kitchen when I looked out and saw this Bird on the roof across the back garden, I took some shots of it before it flew a way but I noticed it had a tag on it's leg, the Wood Pigeon's were giving it some funny looks If it's a pigeon it's rare being all White.Goldie

[Wurzel]

Interesting shots Goldie. I reckon the ring on the legs and the different stance/shape make this a racing Pigeon/Dove and unfortunately not an albino Wood Pigeon When you go back to the Flash try to get a shot of the Kingfisher on a 'No Fishing' sign it's one of those must have shots

Have a goodun

Wurzel

[Goldie M]

Hi! Wurzel, If only that kind of shot was possible Still you never know Goldie

[Pauline]

Hi Goldie

I hope you don't mind me invading your diary but you bird is exactly the same as the ones in my aviary which are ringed with my phone no. You haven't been encouraging them to fly up your way, have you If you have, I have several dozen more which you might like too!

I never managed a Kingfisher shot but thought you might like to see this one which I took some while ago:

Now I'll stop cluttering up your diary and get outa here!

[David M]

That image brought a smile to my face, Pauline.

Goldie, since we've had our own pigeons, we have occasionally 'inherited' birds from elsewhere, including two lovely white specimens like the one in your picture.

They're free to go at any time, but they clearly like their new abode and don't seem to be in any wish to vacate!

[Goldie M]

Hi! Pauline and David, I wonder where the Pigeon came from I've had all sorts of thoughts about that, maybe your right and it's one of yours Pauline. You sound to have loads of different animals and Birds Pauline , your own Zoo I think Wurzel will appreciate that photo Pauline of the Heron on the sign post.

David, sounds like the birds have a lot of sense, good food ,freedom , warmth, Great! why would they want to fly a way. Goldie

[Goldie M]

On Wednesday we went back to Pennington Flash, no Kingfishers I'm afraid but we did see a Moor hen and lots of Heron's and some Tufted Ducks but the main attraction were the Swans.

We found an hide which was more sheltered from a bitter cold wind, even there my hands were frozen sorting the camera out. Nothing much was happening at first then these lovely swans flew in, they looked so regal in flight, they landed on the pond we were watching which was great and then swam in the to the Reeds near by.

Very nice we thought, then we saw another pair of Swans coming from another direction, these were swimming, not flying in, to every ones amazement in the hide the Swans in the reeds came out and head down wings thrown back they headed towards the other pair, it was amazing to see, so amazing I've tried in my photos to catch a few moments of what happened next.

The Swan seemed to walk on water at times , neck out stretched it sped towards the other pair and has we watched tried to make the other pair fly off the pond, my Husband said it was all about territory , to our relief it was all sorted out with out incident but the ones that flew in moved out eventually to another pond just next to this one. Mean while everyone in our hide was smiling and enjoying what we'd just witnessed It was fantastic. Goldie

[Goldie M]

My other photos taken at Penn Flash on the same day, include the other pair of Swans just coming around the bend passed the Heron and the Male swan ( I assume ) setting off to meet the challenge, mean while the Heron's on the bank were watching intently just before has an Heron flew down to join them, the last photo I included was taken of small bird that caught my attention has I was filming the Swan, I swung my camera quickly a round but the shot's not too clear and I'm not sure what the bird is, Goldie

[Wurzel]

I've just taken a 30 second break from staring at spreadsheets of data great Swan shots I's say that your little bird was a Goldcrest Goldie
Better get back to the analysis...

Have a goodun

Wurzel

[Goldie M]

Thanks Wurzel, that's another new one to chalk up, glad you like the Swan shots Goldie

[Pauline]

Fantastic Swan shots Goldie - captured the moment perfectly. Not sure that's a Goldcrest tho willing to be corrected?

[MikeOxon]

Looks good for Goldcrest to me - I posted one recently in my diary at /viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7459&start=520#p106965 The eye-ring shows in your photo quite clearly.

Swans having a spat can make good photos - I especially like the ones with the foreground bird getting out of the way, sharpish! Nice colour in your Bullfinch too.

Mike

[Goldie M]

Thanks very much for your posts, Pauline and Mike, glad you like the Swan Pic's.

I've put Gold Crest Pauline on my Photos because I didn't know what it was and Wurzel and Mike seem to be quite knowledgeable I think I've seen one in my own garden but it was so small and so quick I didn't get a shot but the one I saw definitely had the gold crest on the front of it's head, by the time I got my camera from the house it'd gone

Thanks once again Mike,for once I checked the weather before I went and altered the camera to suit the weather, I altered the shutter speed and ISO to suit the birds also the aperture and I was really pleased when the photos came out like they did, I hope more concentration when the Spring comes gets me some more good results, still learning Goldie

[Pauline]

Ah, yes, I can see that now

[Neil Freeman]

Hi Goldie,

Great couple of sequences of Swan photos, I particularly like the very first one with the pair against the sky.

Cheers,

Neil.

[Goldie M]

Hi! Neil, I must admit that's a favourite of mine as well, it was a great day. Goldie

[Goldie M]

This bird was in my Garden about a couple of hours ago, is it a Siskin I wonder, I've been through my bird book and it looks very much like one, it was on the Nuts with a Coal Tit at one point, grateful if anyone knows , I took the shot's through the window so not too good I'm afraid Goldie

[bugboy]

That is indeed a Siskin Goldie

[Wurzel]

Great Siskin Goldie If you're lucky you might get a few Redpoll at the feeder as well - keep your eyes open for them

Have a goodun

Wurzel