With my back giving me some gyp, I decided to set things up in the Watermead car park so I could stay seated in the car. We positioned the car about two and a half metres from a fence post and loaded the post top with wild bird food. I hadn't got back to my seat in the car before a Robin came and sat on the fence looking at me.
He obligingly hopped up to the post when I picked up my camera, the wind was lifting his feathers but he didn't seem to mind.
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| 1/250 @ f6.3, 1600, 400mm |
A blue tit followed and though usually nervous and away before you can focus on them, this one posed for me.
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| 1/320 @ f6.3, 1600, 400mm |
What followed was interesting, three female Blackbirds, all looking different, wanted to occupy the area around the post and a male was kept busy trying to chase two of them away. He was faithful but two of the females were determined to lure him away.
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| 1/200 @ f7.1, 1600, 210mm |
This was the partner of the male trying to get a good feed.
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| 1/125 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
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| 1/100 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
These two were the contenders who only had to show their faces for the male to chase them away.
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| 1/160 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
This handsome male was keeping watch in all directions for the usurpers.
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| 1/200 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
A Dunnock often found himself being chased off when the male blackbird caught a glimpse of his brown back and attacked before he was sure of his adversary.
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| 1/160 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
Great Tits are always a welcome and handsome sight and like the Blue Tits are often nervous, I only got this one picture of him and he was gone.
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| 1/250 @ f7.1, 1600, 400mm |
Of course the Robin is the exact opposite, he is happy to pose and in this case sing while I took his picture.
All taken on my Canon EOS 7d with an EF100 - 400mm L series Lens.
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