Kicking off this year's odds and sods with Starlings in a rainbow on that extreme rarity: sunshine.
It was early morning, with the sun barely cresting the tree line. We were able to get out for our morning walk as it wasn't raining. This photo is my trusty Canon 80D and Sigma 18-300mm lens zoomed in at 300mm.
Pulling back a bit.
And finally all the way back.
Oh, 2024 got off to a good start with this.
So far my cat, perhaps two neighbouring cats visiting our garden, a local fox and Tawny owl, and this trap have accounted for at least five of the beasties. Sightings of rats in our garden are getting rarer, so I think I'm winning. Two rather timid and wary rats, that I know of, are proving more elusive to catch. I've resorted to buying a lethal trap. The trap was triggered, yesterday, but no rat, sadly. Though a mouse might have triggered it, and was small enough to be within the kill bar.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Well done you on making the leather cover, yiou could have a wee business going there for all these things that you have been making?!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
This assortment has been taken over the last week or so, on my local walks and in my garden. We have been luckier than most with the weather, just a day or so's snow, but it has been very cold and slippy underfoot. It was alright for Billy ... he is four wheel drive!
Chaffinch picking moss off a tree branch
A Sparrow waiting for the food I was putting out
A Jackdaw on the parapet of the local stately home
A Goldfinch trying a snack
A Robin on the Rhododendron bush in my garden
A couple of Nuthatch pics. I have never seen them feeding on the ground before, always on trees
Another little Sparrow hiding the the garden
A couple of a Cygnet taken today on a frozen local fishing lodge
I bet that's cold on it's bum ...
One more Robin from today's walk to finish with ... You can never have too many Robins ...
Crackin' set of photos, BD one day, I'll get a decent one of a Nuthatch (hopefully)
Thanks Kevin. Like everyone else on here sometimes I am lucky and get a few decent shots of something, other days I get nothing, or they are cr@p. I am sure you will get a good shot of a Nutty one day, probably when you are least expecting it ...
Lovely BD, cold and frosty. You are right, you can never have too many robins!
Wonderful set of photos BD. Love the Robins and Sparrows. Nice blue sky too!
Lovely set of shots BD
Thanks CL. Yes Robins can always be relied upon to pose nicely ...
Thanks Mr Kes. Blue sky indeed ... bloody cold though ...
Thanks Scozmos. Sometimes they turn out OK ...