Well,
what have we here? This bird might mystify regular readers whose
knowledge of English bird life is limited to my blog, as I have never
seen, let alone photographed one of these before!
As
you can see, it is a smallish bird, little larger than a wren in size
- but with far more abundance of color. The answer lies in the
info board pictured below. I was wandering past the wildlife garden
between hides and saw a group of photographers centered on a bush on
the outside of the area. I was curious and stood to the side/back
watching the bush. I soon spotted this little fellow bouncing about
and clicked away. 3 of my 6-7 shots came out fairly well.
Next
up I wandered by the trumpeter swan area and spotted another bird of
note to photograph. A yellow wagtail - once again, a bird I had not
seen before but managed to get a couple of shots of.
I
did not find a board with information about the yellow wagtail, but
did find one about the pied wagtail.
I
also found some information about a hawfinch - but alas, did not see
one of these today. HERE is an article about the bird for those
interested.
Two new species in one day-- that's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteyes, that usually only happens when i go out bird watching with Liz to Pulbourgh Brooks or some place....not usually at WWT!
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