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Lol! Daft dog.
Got a glimpse this morning of The Dreaded Heron in the distance. Haven't seen the blighter for some time now but maybe they range further afield as the weather turns colder. Idk.
The pond fish are pretty torpid since the frosts have set in but I know they're safe from him should he decide to come a-callin' .... apart from netting the ponds I've installed a machine-gun nest in the bushes and if I ever just get a chance I will avenge the ghosts of the 40+ fish he consumed last year (including my favourite, Blue Boy)
Got a glimpse this morning of The Dreaded Heron in the distance. Haven't seen the blighter for some time now but maybe they range further afield as the weather turns colder. Idk.
The pond fish are pretty torpid since the frosts have set in but I know they're safe from him should he decide to come a-callin' .... apart from netting the ponds I've installed a machine-gun nest in the bushes and if I ever just get a chance I will avenge the ghosts of the 40+ fish he consumed last year (including my favourite, Blue Boy)
Le Chat Guerrier
Bwian's Towel & Grief Shop
09-Dec-2014 09:42:10
Thanks for posting
I've a few more resident species to see yet. I try and see a couple more each year.
Some will require me to travel as they are only found in certain areas, but I'll see them eventually. A holiday to scotland at some point for white tailed eagles ptarmigan and crested *** is in order I think.
I'm starting to look into bird photography a bit more as well as watching. I bought a camera and adapter to do some digiscoping my results from in the field were a bit poor, but I didn't get chance to do at ideal times of the day it was going on for late evening in the summer so light was fading, and I'd not done any digiscoping in earnest before combined with a new camera that I wasn't sure of how far I could push it.
I've mostly been practicing on the moon one of my problems is that while my tripod isn't the cheapest it isn't capable of holding the weight by itself so I need to get a balance plate to even it out as when combined with the moon moving in the sky I was having to spend most of my time trying to compensate for all of them together before taking a shot and then having to plan for the 10s timer which is time for the moon to move some more but my end results were good enough for me so I was fairly happy.
You only really need a pair of bins and a scope both of which are reasonably priced second hand.
The only difference between the cheaper and expensive ones are bit brighter and a bit sharper, but unless you buy cheap non brand it won't effect whether or not you can tell what the bird is I wouldn't imagine.
I've a few more resident species to see yet. I try and see a couple more each year.
Some will require me to travel as they are only found in certain areas, but I'll see them eventually. A holiday to scotland at some point for white tailed eagles ptarmigan and crested *** is in order I think.
I'm starting to look into bird photography a bit more as well as watching. I bought a camera and adapter to do some digiscoping my results from in the field were a bit poor, but I didn't get chance to do at ideal times of the day it was going on for late evening in the summer so light was fading, and I'd not done any digiscoping in earnest before combined with a new camera that I wasn't sure of how far I could push it.
I've mostly been practicing on the moon one of my problems is that while my tripod isn't the cheapest it isn't capable of holding the weight by itself so I need to get a balance plate to even it out as when combined with the moon moving in the sky I was having to spend most of my time trying to compensate for all of them together before taking a shot and then having to plan for the 10s timer which is time for the moon to move some more but my end results were good enough for me so I was fairly happy.
You only really need a pair of bins and a scope both of which are reasonably priced second hand.
The only difference between the cheaper and expensive ones are bit brighter and a bit sharper, but unless you buy cheap non brand it won't effect whether or not you can tell what the bird is I wouldn't imagine.
12-Dec-2014 17:20:39
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