Friday, 23 September 2011
Azorean in flight
Some more shots of the Beds Azorean Gull - I hope Martin Palmer doesn't mind me using them! They show nicely the darker bar on the underwing, as well as P10 perhaps half grown, and P9 three-quarters grown. They also show the bar on P5 - but perhaps a little too fuzzy to see if there is anything on P4. You can also see the legs, but getting accurate colour is a bit tricky - but they don't look startlingly yellow!
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Azorean teaser
Note P10 still growing and with a small mirror. Impossible to see P9 here but that's still growing too |
The Azorean type is at around 11 o'clock from the centre of the image. It's mantle is far darker than any Yellow-legged or Herring Gull, and yet paler than the surrounding Lesser BB's |
It's big. And dark. |
So what do I need to nail it? Better views and lots more video! I guess I'll be back at Stewartby again tomorrow...
Posted by Steve Blain at 21:33 2 comments
Labels: 20-60x zoom, Azorean Gull, Canon S90, Swarovski ATS 80 HD
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Pure Azure?
Very interesting bird! Does this Azure Tit look-a-likey have some Blue Tit in it? What's it doing in Buckinghamshire, in late August-early September? Do people keep them as cage birds? Lots of questions surround this bird however stunning it looks.
Edit - so it would appear, thanks to local birders investigations, this is an escaped Yellow-breasted Tit. Close, but no Arctic cigar!
Posted by Steve Blain at 10:30 1 comments
Labels: 300mm IS f.4, Azure type Tit, Bird Porn, Canon 400D
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
See two Grey Phals, get a Sabs free!
Posted by Steve Blain at 21:27 0 comments
Labels: 20-60x zoom, Bird Porn, Canon S90, digiscoping, Grey Phalarope, Sabines Gull, Swarovski ATS 80 HD
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The Big Year
Here's the trailer for The Big Year - a film based on Mark Obmascik’s book of the same name. Will it be a hit? Will it make birding cool? I doubt it.
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