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More Bird Photos From The Garden

The sun came back out and so did the camera! There was a bit of haze high in the sky which was creating a really nice diffused light so I went back out and sat in the pop-up hide for an hour.

Apart from the usual House Sparrows and Blue Tit, a Nuthatch turned up along with another Starling.

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Male House Sparrow
Male House Sparrow – D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO640, 1/500sec – {Flickr Link}
Nuthatch
Nuthatch – D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO450, 1/500sec – {Flickr Link}
Blue Tit
Blue Tit – D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO125, 1/500sec – {Flickr Link}
Starling
Starling – D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO180, 1/500sec – {Flickr Link}
House Sparrow
House Sparrow – D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO250, 1/500sec – {Flickr Link}

Sparrow in Flight

For about 10 minutes today, the large flock House Sparrows we have in the garden were raiding the Suet Feeder like a bunch of looters. So I thought I’d try and get a shot of one flying into land. This female is the best of the shots coming into land feet first.

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Landing Gear Out - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5 ISO1600, 1/2000sec - {Flickr Link}

Starlings, the infrequent vistors

There is a huge Oak Tree in the field opposite the house and a large flock of Starlings roost there every evening.

With all the food available in the garden with our many feeders and various food available you’d think they’d come heavy mobbed to feed. They do, but only occasionally and today three came for a very brief visit to snack on fatballs.

A few minutes later, they were gone again, but I managed to get a shot of this one.

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Starling - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/5.6, ISO1400, 1/500sec - {Flickr Link}

Juvenile Water Rail

This often heard but not seen bird lives inside dense reeds. I wasn’t there to photograph this, I was sat inside my Bag Hide waiting patiently for a Kingfisher to turn up. For the 2nd evening at RSPB Middleton Lakes, nothing. However, a consolation prize was this Juvenile Water Rail that came out of the reeds for a brief moment.

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Juvenile Water Rail - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 with TC17EII @ 500mm, f/4.8, ISO900, 1/320sec - {Flickr Link}

Youngsters in the Garden

On Sunday, I was out in the rare spell of sunshine to try (again) to capture some Housemartins and Swallows in flight.

There was a young Blackbird in the garden that really didn’t mind my presence. I got within 4 metres of it and it was happy for me to snap away. Then a young Bluetit arrived and the shot was helped with the fact that one of the cats was in the garden so it was more concerned about watching it than watching me so managed to get a good shot of it.

I also did manage at least one shot of a Housemartin in flight.

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Young Blackbird - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/6.3, ISO220, 1/320sec - {Flickr Link}
Young Bluetit - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/2.8, ISO72, 1/1250sec - {Flickr Link}
Housemartin - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/2.8, ISO90, 1/1250sec - {Flickr Link}

(Not so) Feral Kitten

Living in an area with a lot of farms always guarantees Feral Cats and this adorable Tortoise Shell Kitten has turned up. Whilst I was out in the garden photographing (well, trying to) House Martins, she decided to play a bit of hide and seek.

She’s very quickly turned not so Feral so we will be looking to re-home her once we’ve neutered her. In the meantime, I’m certainly having fun playing with her which will mean she’ll be used to human contact.

For the techie-heads, you’ll probably be thinking “Strange exposure that” and you’d be right. This was just a chance photo as the camera was set to Shutter Priority with a speed fixed at 1/2000 and Auto-ISO turned on due to photographing the birds. Although, it was a good test of a high(ish) ISO shot from the D810 and I’m pleased with the lack of noise.

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You can't see me! - D810, AF-S 300mm f/2.8 @ 300mm, f/2.8, ISO1250, 1/2000sec - {Flickr Link}
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