A couple of hundred metres up the road there is another park with a tame Dusky Thrush…
Tag: Dusky Thrush
More Friday xbills
I’ve really indulged myself with these this winter.
A few Dusky Thrush were around too…
Duskys
The Naumann’s Thrush from a couple of weeks ago seems to have moved on but the common Dusky Thrushes remain in the big park…
Something else to look at when the crossbill was busy…
Some winter passerines still around
I saw a nice flock of redpolls yesterday but couldn’t get close enough for photos…
But other passerines remain.
I really think they’ve gone
I ranged far and wide today but there really weren’t many birds around. Has the amazing local birding winter of 2023/4 started fizzling out?
I did see a flock of Brambling and the grey-headed Woodpecker was still present (no photos of either) but no crossbills. The only passerine I photographed was the above Dusky Thrush. Near a crematorium. It was pretty lifeless today fittingly.
f 5/6
I took the 400 f5/6L this morning hoping to get better crossbill shots (as they were so tame yesterday) but the crossbills didn’t pose for any photos…
A quiet Friday afternoon
After a mild few days there was a dumping of snow last night…
Still quite a lot of interesting birds in town. Not everything was as tame as the above Dusky Thrush though.
Not finches
Some common birds from the 2 tiny parks in my neighbourhood the last 2 days…
A tameish one
Only a few of this species around at the moment. This tame one was near my apartment this afternoon…
The other one
More heavy blizzards today but I made it out in the gaps. Only 2 Crossbill and not many other birds around but I did find a flock of 7 Japanese Waxwing. They were feasting on a bigger berry than normal.
They yellow belly immediately distinguishes this species from Bohemian Waxwing (which were around last week but have since moved on).
Some Dusky Thrush were in the same tree…
Lots of these
Some of the common birds that seem to be everywhere this autumn…
Also around are flocks of Brambling and Siskin as well as a flock of Bohemian Waxwing. And lots of Eastern Buzzard.
Golden Week 2023 #5
The neighbourhood has been pretty quiet birdwise in 2022 and 2023 and this Golden Week has been no exception. But some of the coommon species are worth taking time to appreciate…
Shrikes, even a common one like this, are still exotic in my eyes.