Firstly, sorry if this is in the wrong section of the form admins.
Today,at stupid oclock, went out, quite chilly and dark, walked fr about 20 minutes to the local community woodland.
There as agreed, if a little late,was a gentleman I have only known a short time, but he has been known to you all here for a while now,we both settled in to our make shift hides, as I had already "fed" the expected hungry hordes.
We sit beneath a recently fallen tree, with dense shrubs,small trees to the right, and looking down the main trunk of the fallen trees.
I placed in the likely spots, natural holes in branches,a mix of chopped raw peanuts, seed mix, and the gentlemans secret pasty mix.
I dare not use names for fear of being sued, you will see why ,soon.
As daylight came upon us we merrily fired way with our cameras, and I did my best eved session of identifying some birds.
57 years,6 months and I can now, as of today name the following, on sight only......
Great tit
Willow tit
Robin
Blue tit
Dunnock
Long tailed tit
Chaf chaf
Black bird
Chaffinch
We saw several of the above, as the morning progressed.
During a quiet moment, I reached over to get my small flask, to have a sip of nice warm coffee.
To my absolute amazement i saw a grey squirrel.
dropped my coffee cup, luckily it is metal, and loudly whispered ,,,,,,,,,, look at that...................
No response.
I removed my camera from the tripod, turned left and took several shots, as the squirrel obligingly sat still and posed beautifully.
After two or thre minutes, it casually walked away.
It was no more then 6 meters away.....
Did you get that, I excitedly asked,,,,,,
get what came the reply.....
Attached,(hopefully) is a picture to prove I did not dream it happened.
As for my mentor and coach, he has no such picture.
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My flickr pictures,my web pictures,Is it better to sit quietly ,and be thought a fool,than to open your mouth, and remove all doubt.
Think that proves you were asleep, the noise was unbelievable.
We have a ball, but don't let on, I heard this bird watching is serious stuff!!!!
I'm still waiting for the photo of Alan asleep LOL
Lovely set of photos Steve and next time remember to take a stick with you as it can come in handy for waking someone up ............or as a perch for a Kingfisher !
post edit: Steve, I think we are almost exactly the same age !! 57 years and 7 months here lol but just remember, I'm older so I'm the boss :) !!
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Regards, Hazel
The only reason the sleeping beauty picture has not yet appeared , is I am currently considering a substantial offer for the rights to the pictures. From an anonomous interested party ,
That might be my next thread. Sleeping beauty