Show us ya birds !

[ABtrees]

4 hours ago, AJStrees said:

That's great stuff. Are you using a camera with a fairly long lens to get the WP pictures?

Hi AJS

Yeah - not silly though - a 300mm but with a 1.4x converter.  Tbh they seem tame enough - hide at about 15-20 m and within 2-3 minutes after going in, they're there.  Reckon I could get to 10-12m and they'd still be OK.  The Green is way more flighty - walking 40m from the tree and he's off.   Heard that super fast drumming one again this am but just cannot see it, now its gone a bit greener in the wood.   Hoopoe heard yesterday.  Expect to have the Orioles back here within 10-14 days - now there's a bird I can never spot.  Always just a fleeting glimpse - a flash of yellow (on the male) and they're gone. 

[AJStrees]

3 hours ago, ABtrees said:

Hi AJS

Yeah - not silly though - a 300mm but with a 1.4x converter.  Tbh they seem tame enough - hide at about 15-20 m and within 2-3 minutes after going in, they're there.  Reckon I could get to 10-12m and they'd still be OK.  The Green is way more flighty - walking 40m from the tree and he's off.   Heard that super fast drumming one again this am but just cannot see it, now its gone a bit greener in the wood.   Hoopoe heard yesterday.  Expect to have the Orioles back here within 10-14 days - now there's a bird I can never spot.  Always just a fleeting glimpse - a flash of yellow (on the male) and they're gone. 

Nice. The greens regularly come and feed for ants on the lawn, but as you say, they are flighty. Never seen Orioles here or Hoopoe. Probably too cold and too far. 

 

Hoping to start seeing the Kingfisher again soon. 

[gary112]

just had a stand off in the garden!goose won?

[Mick Dempsey]

Yeah, pheasants are mostly bluffers, and geese are mostly badass.

Edited April 16, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[gary112]

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yeah, pheasants are mostly bluffers, and geese are mostly badass.

He thought he was would have a go, but came off worse

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, gary112 said:

just had a stand off in the garden!goose won?

Ooh that would have been a interesting scrap. 

[gary112]

6 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Ooh that would have been a interesting scrap. 

Shes 18 now but he was no match for her?

[AJStrees]

4 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Shes 18 now but he was no match for her?

Blimey. didn't know they lived as long as that.

[gary112]

1 minute ago, AJStrees said:

Blimey. didn't know they lived as long as that.

They can live 30+ yrs

[Pete W]

Had my first Cuckoo sighting of the year on Saturday, flying low up the Estuary