pheasant

Saw this fellow walking the fence line. Didn't fly, Just walked into a scrub pile.

Well Peeps, Im almost up the creek without a paddle. My WD Passport pocket sized external hard-drive that I have all my BF pics that I have posted, my prepped pics to post etc, is refusing to work. All I have with me now is another WD Passport, with just the pics from this holiday on. That means...

Well Peeps, Its time to get them suitcases packed again, and move on further down the line. We are picking the boat up around lunchtime today, so hopefully we will find somewhere with wi-fi before we moor up for the night. Its another sunny, but cold morning here in Norfolk today, but theres a...

Two males, deciding which will acquire possession of the empty lot behind my house.

Minsmere RSPB

Fluttered across the pool in the gloom, providing us with some brief entertainment and also something to point our cameras at while hoping the bittern might appear.

Well Peeps, Its an early post and run from me this morning. We are going home to Hastings later this morning...Yes, we are going to be home for all of 5 days, before going on to Devon on thursday. Life on the road is tough, but at least we will be seeing the New Year in at...

This guy was kind enough to pose for me.

I was just turning the focus ring to get a better look at her when he took off. I missed that, but caught her take-off microseconds later. They landed in taller grass on the other side of the path. I could still see them, but decided not to stress them any further.

... still walking straight at me, closer and closer. But slowly, so not all that different from the previous shot. Last two pics of the story will be different, tho'.

(Any Marx brothers fans out there?) Anyway, as I said, the pheasant turned and walked straight at me for a bit. I did my pillar of salt act. Not that I could disappear. I'm a good deal taller than this grass and there was no other cover. But I did my best not to alarm him.

And slooowly I turned the focus ring

Getting off the bus at Uganda Road meant that I had pretty much the full length of the preserve to hike to get down to the shore where most of the action supposedly is. I think in all I hiked about 10 km. The barnacle geese were about 1k in. Another 4k further I saw my next bird (but for crows)...

Male Pheasant