Tavascarow
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Cuckoo & others.Took some time out this morning & took the camera out to see if I could capture the cuckoo.
All cropped from much larger images.
Cuckoo
male yellowhammer
& female yellowhammer
Willow warbler
Male linnet
& a female kestrel
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mihto
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The first is a cuckoo? The others?
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marigold
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What splendid pictures! They have soothed my savage breast a little, thanks .
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GSHP
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Brilliant...haven't even heard the cuckoo this year never mind seeing one !
Did notice the swifts had arrived yesterday.
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Ian33568
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Great pics.....what kit do you use? Birds can be really difficult to capture.
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Tavascarow
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| Ian33568 wrote: | | Great pics.....what kit do you use? Birds can be really difficult to capture. |
Nikon D50 body & a very old (probably 20+ years) sigma 500mm manual lens.
When I win the lottery I'm buying Nikons autofocus 500mm but as it sells for about £5,500 & I have never bought a lottery ticket I think I've a long wait.
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gil
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Lovely photos. Thank you.
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TheGrange
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they are all lovely pic but the male linet,,, almost looks fake, such a stuffed appearance to him ... poor chap 
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Penny
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Wonderful photos
Heard a cuckoo here today, and this evening we went to listen to the nightingales at the Cotswold Water Park. They were in fine song, absolutely beautiful!
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lettucewoman
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saw my first sparrowhawk today...swooped across the road in front of us with a male blackbird in its talons...amazing
Great pics tavascarow!
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Tavascarow
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Swallow entering the stable.
I don't advocate nest photography but with caution some species accept human activity to allow it.
I was huddled in the corner with cammo netting over me & the birds weren't aware of me at all.
Even the flash had shuch a short duration it didn't scare them.
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marigold
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Fantastic picture!
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Green Rosie
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The swallows we filmed are nesting in the toy shed so well used to a steady influx of humans. OH set up the video camera and left it running unattended - 17 mins of nothing then in they came .
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bodger
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I went fishing in my usual place up in the mountains yesterday and ended up having sausages for supper. but on the plus side, I was treated to the sound of at least six cuckoos calling from all sides of the lake. Forget the fishing, it was simple fantastic listening to the sounds that by all accounts wont be with us for much longer.
The first bird started to call from the little wood that you maybe able to make out in the distance.
He was the catalyst that started all the others off and by the end of the fishing session I felt as though I'd been in a Swiss clock factory.
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Barefoot Andrew
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A finch of some sort flew into my window earlier - silly bird! Didn't appear to be too bothered, and he/she sat on the window ledge for a while looking around at the world below. Nice to watch him and forget about work for a few moments.
A.
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