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bluethroat (male)

  1. bluethroat

    bluethroat

    memories form the farms back in March. hope you like it.
  2. Back on his post

    Back on his post

    The Bluethroat took off briefly, then returned empty-billed. I assume he'd delivered the small meal to the nest and was now back checking that we hadn't followed, that all was safe for him to take off and find the next meal. In all, I got a dozen or so good shots of him from the two stops he...
  3. Don't knock it!

    Don't knock it!

    Ok, so it's a small meal, but it's tasty and packed with protein. My kids aren't starving, so just take your photos and move on so I can feed them this and head back out for more. We didn't see only Mipits. There were some Bluethroat also, and this male posed particularly close and out in the...
  4. Red spotted bluethroat

    Red spotted bluethroat

  5. Jump!

    Jump!

    And finally, here's my favourite of a couple dozen Bluethroat shots I took: Mr Bluethroat on guard duty up on the fenceposts, singing and just about the jump from one post to the next. Btw, I just noticed how appropriate it was that we were right by the Swedish border. According to the Latin...
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