Some recent birds

[squidfish]

Hi

Thought I would do a post of some of my recent bird shots..

The scarce Mediterranean Gull found after much searching

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/medgull25.jpg

Nuthatch

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/nut2.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/nth7.jpg

Sanderling

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/sling9.jpg

and a Snow bunting

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/snow1.jpg

Cheers

Rich

[maddog10]

A banded Nuthatch, who is doing the research on them? Is it residing in an aviary?

[squidfish]

A banded Nuthatch, who is doing the research on them? Is it residing in an aviary?

Maddog

It is a wild bird. There are many nest boxes put up in the woods where I took the photos and the young are frequently ringed before they fledge. The upshot of this is there are a lot of ringed birds there. Mind you there is generally a lot of ringing that goes on in the area where I live. Ringed birds are quite common across a wide range of species.

Cheers

Rich

[Schnauzer]

Nice shots Rich. I also wondered about the band.
It looks like that 1DMIIn and the 500mm are serving you very well.

[kross]

incredible details....luv'em!

cheers.....

[alanhill]

Beautiful snow bunting: but I always love sanderlings - this one is kicking up its leg so high it must be dancing the can-can :lol:

Alan