The Breeding Season

As from now until the end of the breeding season birds of a sensitive nature will be omitted from this blog due to a small percentage of undesirables who take their pleasure from egg collecting, nest destroying and the killing and trapping of birds.
Reports of non breeding birds moving through the area will still be published. BS
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Foggy Oggy

Goldeneyes saved the day


OGDEN. Dense fog and heavy drizzle, SE>3 increasing >5 and clearing fog leaving a grey misty morning.

A real miserable morning with poor weather and sloppy snow and mud underfoot but as I say, something usually turns up to save the day and this was in the form of a cracking pair of Goldeneye which were much more obliging to the camera than usual.
Two Canadas were on the water which are my first geese of the year and Redwings were leaving their roost in the trees and heading for the fields. Mallard numbers were up this morning and a single Pied Wagtail was on the waters edge but didnt want its photo taking.
So what started off feeling like a waste of time turned out ok but these type of mornings are usually the ones that turn up the megas.
Just hoping now that the low cloud shifts by late p.m. so I can have another dabble.

4 Redwing
1pr Goldeneye
83 Mallard
1 Pied Wagtail
11 Common Gull
16 BH Gull
usual tits etc
BS
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4 comments:

NigelK said...

I believe these Goldeneye are the ones that I've encountered in the not too distant past as they lend themselves to posing for pics.

Denise said...

I'm glad there was a reward for venturing out in the murky weather. Lovely pictures.

Brian Sumner said...

Thanks Denise, I was perched behind a bush till they came close enough to take then I got away as I was getting some strange looks from the public.

DJSutcliffe said...

Good do with the Goldneye and nice photo's - we are due a grebe next up there!