This morning was spent with James Ewen trying to find a
suitable spot to film Dippers (fossekall) underwater. We found three Dippers
but have not necessarily yet found a suitable place to film. As always, it was
a joy to watch these birds and today there was far more swimming than I have
noted before with one bird in particular acting like a duck!
can you spot the Dipper? |
In the garden the Blackbirds (svarttrost) seem to have called
a truce with the 2cy male sharing the apples with the adult male and female
although only for short periods of time. The female was particularly confiding
and kept on feeding an apple when I went out to fill up the feeders. I returned
with the camera and had to step back to get her within the close focus range. I
have not tried to age females before as one has to look for more subtle
differences than the males show. I have seen however that others report the age
of females so thought I would see if I could age this bird. To me the flight
feathers and particularly greater coverts look to be uniform in colour with no
obvious retained juvenile feathers which should make this an adult.
female Blackbird |
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