Clear skies, no pesky aircraft around, it must seem like a Golden Age to our bird population. The garden normally sees quite a few feathered visitors, but they do seem to have increased in numbers since Lockdown. We have a family of very hefty looking wood pigeons, and speaking of wood pigeons whenever I ask Siri for a picture of them she shows me a picture of my mum. Therefore, I logically reach the conclusion that my mum is a wood pigeon. Very strange....but Siri wouldn't lie, would she?
Thinking about the photography though, it's an ideal opportunity to place some seed at a suitable point, sit down with camera and coffee and just wait for the opportunities. Don't dispair if you don't have a mega-telephoto lens, because frankly we can never have a lens long enough for long range bird photography and most shots are from much closer locations. The best shots I have ever seen of kingfishers, for example, have been shot with a 100mm macro lens from just a few feet away. A licensed shoot I hasten to add.
So let's have a look at some birds, shot using Pentax bodies and lenses, sometimes even the diminutive Q series. These are not necessarily from my garden!
Red Crested Pochard
Magpie
Blackbird
Robin
Another Robin
Pheasant
Gull
So Happy Together
Woodpecker at Lunch
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