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Wary but stubborn
Doc Duck

Wary but stubborn (Turdus pilaris)

After weaving my way through the new apartment buildings and the shipyards-now-shopping-mall, counting the birds in all the docks and slips and apartment building shrubberies, I had one last stretch of river before turning off past the old WWII submarine bunkers to Nyhavna ("New Harbour" ) which is off to one side by the mouth of the river. There's a row of Asal trees (Sorbus? Whitebeam?) along there and two flocks of birds - Starlings and Fieldfares - were harvesting the berries. Most of them took off as I came along the trail, but this one Fieldfare warily stood his ground, gambling that I wasn't a threat. The payoff, of course, was having the remaining berries all to himself until his more easily frightened mates returned ;)

Sorry I'm not quite caught up browsing. It's getting late and I just got back from an evening lecture on Trump. Rather depressing, but not sorry I went. I'll catch up tomorrow.
Habitat
riverbank park strip
Location
Nidelven, Trondheim Norway
Date taken
01 Nov 2019
Scientific name
Turdus pilaris
Equipment used
Nikon 7500, Nikkor 80-400
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You focused brilliantly on this Fieldfare Ann. Especially amid all those berries.
 
He certainly had a feast there, Ann, and all for him too!
 
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Always a thrill to see a Fieldfare... and even better when you get them feeding on the berries.

Nice one Ann. Well done lass.
 
such beautiful thrushes, and a great photo you've got of it, love those colours, top class, many tfs!!!
 

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