I took a few crossbill shots and moved quickly on…
They come in a lot of hues.
In among the White-fronts up above there were a few Cackling Geese. Crappy record shot but a Hakodate tick! 4 of them in this heavy crop; the ones with the white cheeks.
I took a few crossbill shots and moved quickly on…
They come in a lot of hues.
In among the White-fronts up above there were a few Cackling Geese. Crappy record shot but a Hakodate tick! 4 of them in this heavy crop; the ones with the white cheeks.
Unbelievable to say but there were a lot of crossbills at different spots on my long walk…another influx? Surely not.
In the skies large flocks of geese were heading north. Hundreds and hundreds of them.
A long Sunday walk started with a surprise find in the small park near my apartment. A Treecreeper! Not a bird I often photograph and quite scarce in town.
Only 2 crossbills there this time…
After a few minutes I let it be; it looked perfectly content.
They can be surprisingly difficult to spot among the fallen cones, needles and twigs…
It was completely oblivious with me crouched down a few feet away…
Just one crossbill near my place yesterday and it was absurdly tame…
They weren’t always on the ground…
Framefillers.
I’ve really indulged myself with these this winter.
A few Dusky Thrush were around too…
The 3 males were briefly joined by a couple of females today…
They were still there this morning…