Garden birds

[Craigie]

Sandy...I wasn't refrring to picture #3.That onesurely have what resembles a sunflower seed.I feed my backyard birds different kinds of seeds too and sunflowerseeds from the pet store is one of them varieties I give them.Mysun flowers this year gave us some seeds for human consumption.and I think I am telling you too much here when I am only asking for those seeds in image #2 with the blue tit. No matter who I showed the picture to no one can tell me they are sunflower seeds, not even my grocer.That was the one I was asking about not the one in the beak of #3. Sorry.

My mistake Izzie, it is peanuts in #2.

[Craigie]

They're all good Gary, especially the last 2, and I'm very happy to join the #3 fan club.

Cheers Bill for your comments, it is appreciated.

[Craigie]

Very good shots Gary, particularly the last one. A garden is a great place to practice technique and you are obviously doing well, especially with the photos of the tits. I know the smaller ones do not hang around - I have taken plenty of shots of empty feeders!

Dave

BTW the last two are coal tits. Marsh tits are relatively uncommon in the UK as a whole and I don't think they occur in Scotland whereas coal tits are common and widespread. The white patch on the nape of the neck is the best identification point; marsh tits do not have a white patch.

Thanks Dave for your comments, you are correct the garden is the ideal place for me at the moment to practise with my new lens. I have had a few shots of feeders and branches with no birds on them.

I was not sure if it was a Marsh tit or a Coal tit so thanks for sorting that out for me.