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When I just opened this thread, all I could see was three bins. Then I looked a little closer above and between bins one and two, and thought 'fuck me, those turkeys are good at camouflage'.
Then scrolled down a little.
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I'm hoping to be around with a camera when they — or the Brant Geese — leave. It's a brilliant sight. They all go together, thousands of them, the sky is dense tapestry of flying 'Vs' for about fifteen minutes. I've seen it once in the past five years. Trick is to be in the same field as they are when they decide to go, but sadly I'm not on their mailing list.
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Young Pacific Merlin I'm pretty sure (I haven't seen one before.) Who interrupted his lunch to give me a "don't mess with me" stare.
Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 01-11-2017, 00:53.
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Just been outside for a cig and perhaps 30 or 40 geese in a perfect V passed overhead heading pretty much due west. I'm assuming given the time they must be on a long journey somewhere. Anyone care to hazard a guess what they might have been and where they might be headed? I'm in Manchester.
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Thanks Sits.
I've been chasing Snow Geese round the delta for several weeks — not all the time, like — but they keep moving. There were thousands in a field near the farm where we get our veggies yesterday. Went back this morning with a camera and not one. I have managed to get a lens on them in flight though (see below). I'll take another drive around tomorrow, perhaps I'll get lucky. It's frustrating because you can always hear them, but it's hard to tell exactly where they are.
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A good few days to be out with a camera. Cold and sunny. After tomorrow the rain arrives so I'm trying to make the most of it (though I should be putting the garden to bed!)
Here's the ubiquitous — but tricky to photograph because they're always on the move — Black Capped Chickadee (which has almost the same latin name as the Willow Tit.)
And the extremely exotic looking Wood Duck. Female in front, Male looking sharper (in every sense) behind.
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It's a great picture. A heron's ungainly efforts to take to the air is one of my favourite sights in the bird world.
In Hulme car park news I've been wondering today what on earth a grey wagtail is doing here. They're not uncommon on the Mersey 3 miles or so away and they may also venture to the Irwell which is closer but I've never seen one this far from water before.
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