Thornton 27 feb 2015

Nothing special today, just the usual common fare.

The water flowing at a good speed over the overspill and these two greylags were happy to while away the day watching it and showing off seeing who could stand on one leg the longest. Either that or the water was cold and they stood on one foot until it got too cold, then switched to the other one.

1/250 @ f7.1, iso 800, 250mm

Whatever the reason it didtn't stop them pausing for a drink while still on one foot.

1/320 @ f7.1, iso 800, 250mm

There are some interesting Mallard Hybrids that can fool you sometimes.

1/1328 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm

And of course a Mute Swan female hoping for a feed

1/800 @ f7.1, iso 800, 400mm

All pictures taken on a Canon EOS 7d with EOS 100 - 400 m L series lens

A Couple of common birds 5 October 2012

There's still not much in the way of variety around, but here are a couple of birds I took the other day.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/1000 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm

This one looks unusual, but a close look reveals it is a Mallard hybrid. The amount of different mallard Hybrids I see they must be the most promiscuous of birds.

Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L lens
1/2656 @ f6.3, iso 400, 100mm

I always like to see a Mute Swan at full sail, this one was trying to scare off the other birds from food that some children were throwing for them.