After yet another successful year on the Odds & Sods thread, initially started I think by Hazy, it might be wise to kickstart the 2023 thread off.
Thank you to those who have contributed to last years thread, and there has been very interesting odds and sods in "Odds & Sods 2022" that aren't enough to place into a dedicated thread, which you can look back on the following link:
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/278729/odds-sods-2022/1417300?pifragment-4285=76#pifragment-4285=1
What better for me, and as yet, I've not ventured far, ewe know what I mean, with this lassie on Baddesley Clinton estate yesterday....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
2013 photos & vids here
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Not been out much, recently, and when I do, wildlife is hunkered down for the winter. Also been coding programs and running them on a quantum computer; one of IBM's. Fascinating stuff. Helping my daughter with her physics degree. Well, the MS Windows underlying ancient DOS bit, which most students and people are shielded from these days. Not us grizzled, flea bitten old developers who cut our baby teeth on RT-11, MS-DOS and CP/M.
Anyway, taking a break from the fuzzy, uncertain world of quantum computing: one highlight and advantage of all this cold, wintery weather is that birds visit our garden en masse, and there ain't anywhere to hide; what with all the leaves down.
One of our local Jays got really close to the back door. All images uncropped. First in a plum tree.
Then a fence.
Before trying its luck on my bird feeder. First job, get onto the anti-pigeon barrier.
Now look less gormless
Look ma! I'm in.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Long-tailed duck?
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)