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Jay - just hidden a monkey nut
ChrisKten

Jay - just hidden a monkey nut (Garrulus glandarius)

Quite dull in the shade, but you can still see the Jay looking a bit furtive. The Monkey Nut is hidden in amongst the leaves... unfortunately for the Jay, one of the Squirrels was watching and nicked the nut later ;)

Through the double glazing as usual

Camera Maker: SONY
Camera Model: SLT-A58
Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6
Image Date: 2015-10-01 09:24:08 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Aperture: /5.6
Exposure Time: 0.017 s (1/60)
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Copyright: 2015 Chris K
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Habitat
Garden
Location
London UK
Date taken
1/10/2015
Scientific name
Garrulus glandarius
Equipment used
Sony SLT-A58 + Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG APO Macro
carann
A superb behavioural shot of this Jay stashing his monkey nut for another day, Chris !!! Thanks for sharing. You could be right about the jackdaws putting the Jay off from coming into my garden. I counted 5 yesterday.
 
mali
Well picked out amongst the foliage...Nice eyeball on this un Chris.
 
delia todd
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LOL Chris... that'll teach him won't it!

I just love this image and the way you've really focused on his eye through the leaves.

Well done lad.
 
02pepe47
I guess the mortality rate on stashed nuts must be very high!! Typical Jay behaviour at this time of year, furtive an apt description of the birds expression. Great post Chris & tfs.
Pepe
 
tetoneon
A neat image, Chris! I like the way that my eye immediately focused on nothing but the Jay's eye.
 

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