As
promised, better quality pictures of the mystery bird. The answer was
that it is a coal-tit. I took quite a few photos as it demonstrates
the species for identification purposes, distinguishing it from other
tits.
The
blue-tit is smaller and has blue/yellow on, the great-tit is fatter
and has a very strong thick black stripe on its belly, but the
coal-tit is more greyish-yellow bellied and has a single striation
upon the wing. HERE is a link to more information o the species.
Here
are some more ducks - photographed in the next section of my first
walk around the reserve on my third trip for 2016. The next shot is
also of ducks - with young. Hopefully, by going to the reserve every
3-4 weeks, I will be able to photograph the various life stages of
the different species over the entire year.
Find
out about birds within another interest topid of mine - Buddhism - HERE.
Oops, I guessed wrong. :D
ReplyDeleteI love the green color of the water in the last picture. It's almost glowing.
yes the water colors change dependant upon sunlight, weeds, all sorts of criteria - also just the way you hold the camera....like our garden pond -
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