This shovelling is hard work.
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| 1/320 @ f5.6, ISO 400, 400mm Canon 7d, Ef 100 - 400mm L Series Lens |
Showing posts with label shovellor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shovellor. Show all posts
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Watermead fakes - 13 January 2012
A visit to Watermead south turned out quite interesting, first there was this black duck with its white chest. On closer inspection it turned out to be a Monochrome Mallard.
While I was watching the Mallard a Canada goose nearly ran into my lens as it took off. I'll take a brolly next time.
Then this Goose wandered towards me imitating a Barnacle goose. I might have been fooled if it hadn't been the size of a Canada Goose - making it twice the size it should have been.
There seems to be a lot of interbreeding going on around the ponds of Leicestershire.
Further round in the lakes near to Meadow Lane I saw this Shoveller in the golden light of the Sun.
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/160 @ f6.3, iso 400, 400mm |
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/200 @ f6.3, iso 400, 400mm |
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/200 @ f6.3, iso 400, 310mm |
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/100 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Birds are Back in Town - 26 September 2011
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/500 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
We'd only just got out of the car at Watermead car-park when this Robin came to have a look at us, he was only a couple of metres away but didn't seem at all perturbed about us being there,
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/500 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
We gave him a reward for posing, in the shape of some wild bird food and he was happy to look at the camera and pose.
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/500 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
Of course, as soon as the seed was out the Tits started to show up, there was a Blue Tit but he flew in at great speed, grabbed a nut and flew out again before I could get his picture. This Great Tit was more obliging as he sat watching the Robin picking the seed that had fallen to the floor.
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/500 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
Round on the lakes there was a variety of the usual waterbirds plus pochard and gadwall all too far away to photograph. But more surprising was the group of Shovellors - they were too far away to get great pictures but these two are acceptable.
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| Canon EOS 7d, EF 100 - 400mm L Lens 1/500 @ f6.3, iso 800, 400mm |
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