Wild Birds of Europe

pcs wrote in post #19437960
The common huismus(house sparrow).

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beautiful images Patrick
The first one is a lovely pose and overall composition.

Huismus Sounds much more exotic than house sparrow

avondale87 wrote in post #19437967
beautiful images Patrick
The first one is a lovely pose and overall composition.

Huismus Sounds much more exotic than house sparrow

I'd have assumed it was a house mouse!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19437818
Four of them?! Wow.

A tiny fraction of the flock at the moment Levina, frequent sparrow hawk visits not withstanding

nardes wrote in post #19437861
Lovely scene and composition.

How long did you have to wait and many shots did you have to take to get the one where they were all looking at the camera?

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, the little birds are the distraction while I'm waiting for the buzzards so no additional waiting involved, I took 10 frames with all four in and 3 of those had this pose, I was hoping for all four looking straight at me but only got 3 at once!

pcs wrote in post #19437887
Yours are better trained, mine would't look at me

If they paid any attention to the training manual at all they'd know that when I said eyes right I meant their right not mine!

avondale87 wrote in post #19437941
awesome capture Sid. As others said about the view they present to the camera is very well done.

I'm curious. I assume the palest one is juvenile.
The extreme left - is that moulting? Or a developing junior.
I haven't seen changes in ours during the year, but have seen a couple of juveniles that lobbed up last year and were pale with none of their adult colours.

Thanks Richard, both of the tatty ones are this years juveniles, when the adults moult they replace coloured feather with the same thing so you wouldn't see the pale juvenile feathers underneath. cheers!


And for a look at how many there can be sometimes, if you follow the link to flickr it's a 20 second clip, my hide is 2m behind this camera and the branch the four are on extends out of the upper right of the frame

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Ray.Petri wrote in post #19437208
Typical of Starlings from my neck of the woods, Richard - Sometimes they descend on the birdbath in a flock and fight and frolic in it until all the water has been emptied and then fly off. I was going to comment on the markings - they all seem to have 'convict' markings - probably out on probation.
The Blackbirds are friendlier and not so skittish. We have a pair that can be handfed - although they are a little bit nervous.

Convict markings

sidknee wrote in post #19438006
And for a look at how many there can be sometimes, if you follow the link to flickr it's a 20 second clip, my hide is 2m behind this camera and the branch the four are on extends out of the upper right of the frame

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nU5​txN IMG_0050-22-10-09-17-14-29 by Sid Simmons, on Flickr

OMG!!!

I just watched the video, Sid. That's just, well, unreal!

avondale87 wrote in post #19437967
beautiful images Patrick
The first one is a lovely pose and overall composition.

Huismus Sounds much more exotic than house sparrow

That's in the eye(ear) of the beholder, to me sparrow sounds more exotic.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19438039
OMG!!!

I just watched the video, Sid. That's just, well, unreal!

It can be like that one day and empty the next, the only thing I've seen on the perch for the last few days is......

sidknee wrote in post #19437800

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nU1​Crg DSC05535-22-10-14-15-38-6 by Sid Simmons, on Flickr

European goldfinches

This is a wonderful picture, Sid.

Raven. Bird of Prey - now preying on anyone in the vicinity of the Tower of London.

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Ray.Petri wrote in post #19438251
Raven. Bird of Prey - now preying on anyone in the vicinity of the Tower of London.

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When I visited that place decades ago they told me that if the last raven disappears from the Tower, the monarchy will fall. Is that the last one by any chance?

Nice to see those European Goldfinches, although it is a bit 'harsh' as I saw quite a bunch of them during a walk last week. But they were just too far away to get detailed shots of them. These are some heavy crops from the R5 files with the RF 800mm f11 lens. Cropping in any further just was no real option. And the tree they were in was on a some island in a pond, so no option to move in further towards them. We just have to deal with what we can get

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Pippan wrote in post #19438281
When I visited that place decades ago they told me that if the last raven disappears from the Tower, the monarchy will fall. Is that the last one by any chance?

Trust an Aussie to send my blood pressure up a bit more this morning
Not only just the monarchy I’m afraid, but I have worries for the whole country at the moment.
Hang on a moment - I’m just going to rush up to London with a packet of bird food!

Finsnapper wrote in post #19438168
This is a wonderful picture, Sid.

Thanks, I'm glad you think so Fin, cheers!

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19434617
Excellent shots, Lester. That dipper is quite beautiful.

Thanks Levina, a long hoped for bird!