yellowhammer emberiza citrinella

I got very close although the light wasn't great.

Not sure if it's a female or a juvenile but it was noisy.

He really glowed in the sunlight.

Problems with Internet at home due to a fire in a fibre cable tunnel.

We're at my sister-in-law's in Skne for a week so posts may be sporadic but her Internet is faster than at work. There's a story everybody tells which I suppose was on the news that when the migrating birds came to the south of Sweden they saw the snow and promptly turned back again...

The yellowhammer male has nice, saturated colours but when feeding on the ground it is not easy to spot.

A flock of yellowhammers was feeding on the ground. This female let me get close enough to take the photo.

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I love to photograph Yellowhammers in winter and Rstasjn is a great place for it. 1600 ISO as usual.

A bonus capture on my walk back to the car.

The bird was sitting in the shade with the background strongly lit. I did not liked how it was looking but because the bird let me get close I took a couple of shots. Now I like the background and this is the main reason for uploading the photo.

I do not know why this yellowhammer has chosen this pile of old bricks to perform its song. For me it was a good choice as it was near the road and in full sun. My wife stoped the car near the bird, I took several shots and we left letting the bird undisturbed performing its song.