timwootton
Well-known member
Cheers folks - appreciate the support.
Just the one Nick - looks ike a fair trade to me (I'll just pop out and catch one for you).
They're back - well they have been for quite a while now but I haven't had any time to spend with them. I took a wee diversion during survey work to locate a few pairs which I bumped into last season and found them immediately. More to the point, I also found a three-day old skua chick - almost impossible to find ordinarily. The parents are a light phase and a dark phase couple; probably the most aggressive arctic skuas I've ever come across. Maybe a reason why they seem to be relatively successful up there, too?
This splodgy daubing is the dark-phase bird (which I'm taking as the male) standing off as I approach the nest site.
Acrylic on canvas, 20"x16"
Just the one Nick - looks ike a fair trade to me (I'll just pop out and catch one for you).
They're back - well they have been for quite a while now but I haven't had any time to spend with them. I took a wee diversion during survey work to locate a few pairs which I bumped into last season and found them immediately. More to the point, I also found a three-day old skua chick - almost impossible to find ordinarily. The parents are a light phase and a dark phase couple; probably the most aggressive arctic skuas I've ever come across. Maybe a reason why they seem to be relatively successful up there, too?
This splodgy daubing is the dark-phase bird (which I'm taking as the male) standing off as I approach the nest site.
Acrylic on canvas, 20"x16"