Absolutely - great shots there, Anna. Is the bird still with you or has it decided to continue on home now?
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Love that iridescence!! Lovely shots!
"All weeds are flowers, once you get to know them" (Eeyore)
Squirrel Absolutely - great shots there, Anna. Is the bird still with you or has it decided to continue on home now?
It has since moved on - it stayed for about a week or so, feeding and drinking in my garden or just sitting on my roof. I was beginning to worry about it! I hope desperately its homing instinct kicked back in and it returned to its owner - if you're interested, I managed to read its ring number from all the photographs I took and did a bit of research - it was an Irish bird, so it was a long way from home (I live in Cornwall!!)
AnnaBanana ... - it was an Irish bird, so it was a long way from home (I live in Cornwall!!)
... - it was an Irish bird, so it was a long way from home (I live in Cornwall!!)
Summer holidaying?... ☺
Squirrel AnnaBanana ... - it was an Irish bird, so it was a long way from home (I live in Cornwall!!) Summer holidaying?... ☺
Could well have been - it did pick the best week, weather-wise, that we've had for a long while!
Hi Anna,
Again more lovely photos!
We had a racing pigeon that came in once, we named him Schumacher! He was black and white and stayed for a couple of weeks feeding from the feeder, quite tame. One day I came out to find him perched on the back of the garden chair right near the back door watching me. So I chatted away to him (as you do) and he then flew off. We never saw him again. I'd like to think he was waiting to say goodbye in a silly sentimental kind of way.....but when I saw the rather large deposit he'd left on the chair...mmmm perhaps not!
We did have photos of him but alas we lost these when our hard drive failed.
Regards
Kerry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kezmo6310/
Kezmo Hi Anna, Again more lovely photos! We had a racing pigeon that came in once, we named him Schumacher! He was black and white and stayed for a couple of weeks feeding from the feeder, quite tame. One day I came out to find him perched on the back of the garden chair right near the back door watching me. So I chatted away to him (as you do) and he then flew off. We never saw him again. I'd like to think he was waiting to say goodbye in a silly sentimental kind of way.....but when I saw the rather large deposit he'd left on the chair...mmmm perhaps not! We did have photos of him but alas we lost these when our hard drive failed.
Haha....Schumacher, that's a bit better than the name I gave this one, all it seemed to do whenever I saw it was eat....so I called it Piggy! It was an affectionate term though, I loved that pigeon! I do hope it found its way home again. Oh a hard-drive failure....I know the pain that can bring, my external hard-drive got knocked off the desk by one of my dogs and broken into several pieces, I lost countless treasured photos :(
Hello again everyone! I know this doesn't really fit in this thread, but I didn't feel I ought to start a new one just to tell you this!
I love to sketch animals - be they inspired by my own photographs or by images in books/magazines etc. - and as such I have added pictures of some of my sketches to my own personal gallery on here - I hope you enjoy them! Still don't know how to link to it so again, just go to my profile page and look at my gallery from there! Thank you :)
Hi Anna
As well as the lovely artistic photographs here,
I love the sketch of your Lapwing on your Profile
Did you do that one yourself
Can we see a full blown one of the same bird (unless it is on the Gallery pictures)
Kathy and Dave
Blackbird Hi Anna As well as the lovely artistic photographs here, I love the sketch of your Lapwing on your Profile Did you do that one yourself Can we see a full blown one of the same bird (unless it is on the Gallery pictures) Regards Kathy and Dave
Thank you very much! The lapwing is indeed now in my own gallery, as are a few others too - but to save you looking, here it is again (and yes, I did it myself) :)
Really lovely sketches, hope to see some more when you do them.