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- a kingfisher! Yes, I have not taken a shot of a kingfisher before.
This was in fact my first sighting in Arundel, despite several people
having mentioned a few kingfishers being in situ. Akin to the
peregrine falcon, it is not 'always' performing.
I
had actually spotted one thru the telescope of a warden a few minutes
earlier, when they had focused in on it for visitors to observe.
When mentioning it was in front of the next hide along - I did not spend
long before going to said hide, with the above photos being the result.
Next
up - as usual - the trumpeter swan family. I wonder why many of the
swans are standing on one leg on this visit - first the Bewick's
swans and now the trumpeters? Regular readers will have seen these
juveniles grow from nest egg to current stage. In just the two weeks
since my last visit, you can see that the coloring has begun to
change on the youngsters.
The
younger swans have now lost much of their gray coloring and become
almost pure white as their parents are. Now, it would hardly be my bird
blog if a couple of shots of THESE guys did not surface regularly -
here are those city and show pigeons that my camera cannot resist.
Ah, a Kingfisher. That's a beautiful shade of blue. It looked black against the tree.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the swans stand on one foot because their feet are cold. It looks pretty chilly. :D
yes they are among the few brightly colored english birds - i miss the bright colors of Aussie birds at times. could be....but....
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