More waxwings

December 16, 2012  •  1 Comment

Apologies for the quality of these photos. Despite being a sunny winter dawn, this flock of thirteen waxwings have found two rowan trees laden with berries, in the shadow of a large office building 4 miles from our gaff.

At this time of year, these rowans will never get direct sunlight (in permanent shadow thanks to the office block), so I had to crank the ISO up on the camera  (even then they're still dark images) - and of course I only have a 200mm lens.

Lovely to spend an hour in the company of these birds this morning anyway. Such a treat.

Yep.

I can (one day) certainly tell my son that he was born in the waxwing winter of 2012....

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Comments

geoff farrell(non-registered)
Nice shots - thanks for sharing.

In 2011 we had 30-40 in the trees in Newlands School. Not so many berries this year, but still hopefull.

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