Lunchtime Wildlife
I went for a walk on Brandon Hill at lunchtime today, and inspired by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery I thought I’d have a sit down and see what wandered into range. These two shots were the result.
If anyone knows what species that second photo is, let me know. I *think* it may be a female blackbird, but I suck at ornithology!
I think it’s a thrush.
it’s a crow.
I was thinking thrush, too.
I’d agree and say it’s a thrush. Apparently blackbirds come under the family of thrushes anyway so a thrush covers it either way.
My bird book and all images I’ve found show female blackbirds without orange legs. The front is also a bit light and spots too pronounced.
The “bird identifier” on http://www.rspb.org.uk seems to agree with the Thrush idea. (Note to self, include the word “bird” next time you google image search for pictures of thrushes)
Songthrush: http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/songthrush_300_tcm9-148968.jpg
Juvenile Blackbird: http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/blackbird_juv_300_tcm9-139612.jpg is the closest blackbird, but as Duncan says – no orange legs
NIce captures, but I think you would benefit from a slightly narrower depth of field on the robin…
I don’t have my RSPB book with me, but my first thought was a thrush.
I would benefit slightly from a lens that could manage better than F5.6 at that end of the zoom range yes ;-)
:P what lens were you using?
The 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. Not really the ideal birdwatching lens :-)
My only other lens is a 50mm f/1.8 prime, also not ideal for this sort of thing. The 70-200mm f/2.8 is still on the shopping list.
Ah, for some reason i thought you had a longer lens. You must have managed to get quite close to it to get that shot or is it heavily cropped?
“The 70-200mm f/2.8 is still on the shopping list.”
Is that for _after_ you win the lottery? :)
I was sat at one end of a park bench, the robin sat on the other end, not a lot of crop required at that distance with a 135mm :-)
And that lens isn’t so much after I win the lottery, as after I’ve spent all my money doing up a house which is almost worth less than I paid for it! Yay! Home ownership!