clydeboy
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I don't know if I can really describe myself as a "new birder" after a year, although the amount of birds I have "ticked" would make me seem to be.
Most of the birds I have seen (76 in total, 73 of which I have decent photographs of) have been either in the garden or at Broadwood loch where I work, therefore as I don't get out and about much new sightings are fairly few and far between.
So, onto the thread title.
I was sitting at my back door today taking the usual robin in the snow pics, and to be honest I was hoping that maybe a Brambling would appear among the regular chaffies which frequent the garden on a daily basis, this of course would have made my day.
While I was snapping away a female Reed Bunting, or Mrs Tashy as my son calls her, appeared and hung about for a while, pleasing me greatly.
Reed Buntings are now familiar visitors at this time of the year but I still get a little excited when they do come in. (which also proves that I'm still a "new" birder.:t
While trying to catch a Robin in a xmas biscuit tin pose something "parachuted" down behind a bush out of the corner of my eye.
I thought to myself, "what was that?" but convinced myself that it was probably a starling or a female blackie.
You can imagaine my joy when after about 5 mins the chap in the pics wandered out from behind the aforementioned bush and plopped around in the snow.
He was there for about 10 minutes allowing me to take a load of good shots, and even allowed me to test different camera settings to make sure I got a decent pic.
The orangey bits on his tail made him easy for me to identify using my books after he had left, not to mention his hugely long bill.
I could actually feel my heart speeding up when he appeared, such was the excitement :-O.
Even my daughter was impressed when I showed her my pics, at first when I said "who wants to see my latest garden "jurdie" I was met with the usual, "oh here we go again" only for it to change to "Jeez, what the hell is that?"
So Although this Snipe is common by name, it certainly is not common in my garden, and doesn't normally pose for photographs (according to my books), which has left me with a warm excited feeling all day, and a desperate desire to tell everyone about it.
Who said garden birding is boring.........certainly not me. :-O:t:
Ian
Most of the birds I have seen (76 in total, 73 of which I have decent photographs of) have been either in the garden or at Broadwood loch where I work, therefore as I don't get out and about much new sightings are fairly few and far between.
So, onto the thread title.
I was sitting at my back door today taking the usual robin in the snow pics, and to be honest I was hoping that maybe a Brambling would appear among the regular chaffies which frequent the garden on a daily basis, this of course would have made my day.
While I was snapping away a female Reed Bunting, or Mrs Tashy as my son calls her, appeared and hung about for a while, pleasing me greatly.
Reed Buntings are now familiar visitors at this time of the year but I still get a little excited when they do come in. (which also proves that I'm still a "new" birder.:t
While trying to catch a Robin in a xmas biscuit tin pose something "parachuted" down behind a bush out of the corner of my eye.
I thought to myself, "what was that?" but convinced myself that it was probably a starling or a female blackie.
You can imagaine my joy when after about 5 mins the chap in the pics wandered out from behind the aforementioned bush and plopped around in the snow.
He was there for about 10 minutes allowing me to take a load of good shots, and even allowed me to test different camera settings to make sure I got a decent pic.
The orangey bits on his tail made him easy for me to identify using my books after he had left, not to mention his hugely long bill.
I could actually feel my heart speeding up when he appeared, such was the excitement :-O.
Even my daughter was impressed when I showed her my pics, at first when I said "who wants to see my latest garden "jurdie" I was met with the usual, "oh here we go again" only for it to change to "Jeez, what the hell is that?"
So Although this Snipe is common by name, it certainly is not common in my garden, and doesn't normally pose for photographs (according to my books), which has left me with a warm excited feeling all day, and a desperate desire to tell everyone about it.
Who said garden birding is boring.........certainly not me. :-O:t:
Ian