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Expecting to Fly SF
Jonno52

Expecting to Fly SF (Aegithalos caudatus)

This Long-tailed Tit just wouldn't stay still. This is the best I got (and was a pure accident).

Thank you for your comments, stay safe, stay well.

John

The caption is a song by Buffalo Springfield.
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Habitat
Deciduous woodlands with undergrowth, scrub and other bushy habitats; also common in parks and gardens. Also wetland reed beds (source: Opus)
Location
London, UK (taken at home)
Date taken
14 January 2022
Scientific name
Aegithalos caudatus
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D Mk II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/1600th sec, f/5.6, ISO 800. Av, exposure bias 1 EV.
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Stanley Jones
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Fantastic timing of this mega cutie bailing off of its perch. Excellent stop-action, focus, detail, and setting. Terrific work John!
 
Kits
A well timed capture of this lovely long tailed tit, John. They do flit about quickly!
 
Digiscoper321
Great work to catch the little jumper,John.They don't hang around for long so a great find and a very nice action shot.
 
bievreJJ
standing on the edge of its feather ....
perfectly timed stop action shot, John, a real beautiful capture of this little cutie, love it, many tfs!!

Expecting to fly was the theme song of a late evening program on the Dutch pirate radio Veronica in the 60s and 70s, presented by the late Tinneke, and the first time I actually heard Neil Young. Certainly one of the saddest songs ever, great music indeed.
 
Jonno52
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bievreJJ said:
standing on the edge of its feather ....
perfectly timed stop action shot, John, a real beautiful capture of this little cutie, love it, many tfs!!

Expecting to fly was the theme song of a late evening program on the Dutch pirate radio Veronica in the 60s and 70s, presented by the late Tinneke, and the first time I actually heard Neil Young. Certainly one of the saddest songs ever, great music indeed.
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That was a long, long time ago
I can still remember… 🥲
 
R
I had one in my back garden sat below my feeding station I just peaked out to see if any other of the birds that come & there it was….& l quickly grabbed my bird book to identify it? I had never seen one before. It was such horrible wet weather but it sat for a good while longer then off it went. It returned the next day to. Such a beautiful cute bird 😍😵 Such a joy to watch. I’m new to birding just since last September. Now l could watch them all day long from the window. So relaxing. The Lady across from my back garden feeds the 200+ flock of Starlings & 41 Pigeons so I have everything in cages. You can’t have anything out because of them. Your photo is just so cute & l am very sure it was so lovely to see one & take it’s photo.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Jonno52
Date added
View count
545
Comment count
10

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture
ƒ/5.6
Focal length
400.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1600 second(s)
ISO
800
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
Long-tailed Tit 443A1533 950 high BF rev.jpg
File size
160.9 KB
Date taken
Fri, 14 January 2022 1:23 PM
Dimensions
950px x 594px

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