Garden birds

[Craigie]

Some shots taken in the last two days in my back garden.
I think #3 and #4 is a Marsh Tit.
C&C welcomed
1 Sparrow f8 1/250sec ISO 400 FL 562mm



2 Blue Tit f8 1/150 ISO 100 FL 300mm



3 Marsh Tit f6.3 1/1000sec ISO 100 FL 500mm



4 Marsh Tit f6.3 1/800sec ISO 400 FL 388

[NorthernFocus]

Nice techs on all of them. Well done.

[Ziggy]

Like the Marsh Tit shots the best.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Dave Humphries]

Good series Gary,

I like that you didn't blow any feather detail in the tits, which is so easy to do.

#3 is my pick, but I might have shaved a slither off the lower edge when cropping, if mine.

Cheers, Dave

[Craigie]

Many thanks to all for your comments.

[madcrow]

Good to see our garden friends are not forgotten. I like them all.

[Craigie]

Thanks Maurice, it's ideal for practising with my new Sigma 150-600mm lens.

[Wavelength]

So lovely birds

[Craigie]

Thanks Nandakumar.

[John 2]

Cracking set Gary, the third one in particular is a nice catch. You've achieved some nice isolation in a particularly busy environment.

[Craigie]

Cracking set Gary, the third one in particular is a nice catch. You've achieved some nice isolation in a particularly busy environment.

Thanks John. #1 and #2 was on a tripod and remote released. I focused on the branch the marsh tits (or coal tits) were landing on before going to the feeder. With the blue tit I used my other camera (hand held). The Blue tit always went straight to the feeder and as you can see the BG is fairly busy, but I did want a picture of my first Blue tit.

[IzzieK]

My pick is #2 -- What sort of seeds are they there? Just curious.,..

[Craigie]

My pick is #2 -- What sort of seeds are they there? Just curious.,..

Thanks Izzie, I believe they are sunflower seeds.

[IzzieK]

Thanks Izzie, I believe they are sunflower seeds.

I sort of think they look like peanuts..I planted a lot of sunflowers this year and the seeds there doesn't really look like the ones from my large sunflowers...

[skitterbug]

I sort of think they look like peanuts..I planted a lot of sunflowers this year and the seeds there doesn't really look like the ones from my large sunflowers...

Hi Izzie ~ my hubby feeds sunflower seeds, along with all sorts of other seed choices to his birds. Some of them are called Black Oilers which is what the seed in this bird's beak looks like to me and the others are the stripped ones, or the regular kind as I call them when it is my turn to try and figure out what to feed the birds. <grin> I'm guessing that you grew the regular type of sunflowers?

Hi Gary ~ I want to add to this note that your bird series is excellent! Thanks for sharing!

[Craigie]

Thanks Sandy for your comments and for clarifying the sunflower seed identification.

[IzzieK]

Hi Izzie ~ my hubby feeds sunflower seeds, along with all sorts of other seed choices to his birds. Some of them are called Black Oilers which is what the seed in this bird's beak looks like to me and the others are the stripped ones, or the regular kind as I call them when it is my turn to try and figure out what to feed the birds. <grin> I'm guessing that you grew the regular type of sunflowers?

Hi Gary ~ I want to add to this note that your bird series is excellent! Thanks for sharing!

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.

[billtils]

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

[Tringa]

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.