Faulty starter motor, but I'll get it fixed . Soukous BY 2020

[Galana]

1 hour ago, Tdgraves said:

Hmm @Soukous are they breeding outside of the farm?

Well it would get a bit messy if they did it indoors.

[Tdgraves]

1 hour ago, Galana said:

Well it would get a bit messy if they did it indoors.

I meant are they an escaped population rather than a crop 

[Soukous]

12 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

Hmm @Soukous are they breeding outside of the farm?

 

Not these 2. They were brought in several years ago and just mooch around. 

I don't think they are particularly attractive and I'm not at all sure why anybody would want them in the first place, unless they are part of the security detail.

[Galana]

1 hour ago, Soukous said:

I'm not at all sure why anybody would want them in the first place,

They may come in handy when the Supermarket shelves get emptied in the next round of panic buying!

[Soukous]

1 minute ago, Galana said:

They may come in handy when the Supermarket shelves get emptied in the next round of panic buying!

 

Big chickens eh? I'll need a bigger oven then. 

[PeterHG]

I am waiting for you to make a flight shot of them. I know you like a challenge

 

[Soukous]

20 minutes ago, PeterHG said:

I am waiting for you to make a flight shot of them. I know you like a challenge

 

 

If I manage that I won't be posting it here i'll be selling it to the highest bidder. 

[Soukous]

I see these birds every day, but never really took much interest. They seem content to spend their time harassing the Buzzards and Kestrels.

But in times such as these ebc rings more trues than ever

 

#134 - Rook - Corvus frugilegus (FTP #47)

Ufford, Suffolk. May 2020

 

 

 

Edited May 7, 2020 by Soukous

[Soukous]

I thougth about saving this one to post tomorrow, just in case. But then I thought that might make me lazy tomorrow.

 

This chap gave me quite a run around, but I got him eventually.

 

#134 - Coal Tit - Periparus ater - (FTP #48)

Ufford, Suffolk. May 2020

 

 

 

 

I was beginning to give up hope of a decent shot, but then he looked my way.

 

 

Edited May 7, 2020 by Soukous

[xelas]

2 hours ago, Soukous said:

I was beginning to give up hope of a decent shot, but then he looked my way.

 

And you've got both, the look and the shot!

[Peter Connan]

Nice Shootin' Martin!

 

[PeterHG]

Cool Coal !

[TonyQ]

 Coal Tits are lovely birds and your photos are beautiful.

[Soukous]

3 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

 Coal Tits are lovely birds and your photos are beautiful.

 

I was lucky. I had to react so quickly that I hardly even looked at whet I was photographing, except of course I knew it was the Coal Tit. It was only when I looked at the photos later I realised how close I'd got. 

[Kitsafari]

awesome shots of the coal tit!

 

On 5/7/2020 at 6:40 PM, Soukous said:

 

But in times such as these ebc rings more trues than ever

 

#134 - Rook - Corvus frugilegus (FTP #47)

Ufford, Suffolk. May 2020

 

 

 

 

just waiting to see if the rock/feral pigeon makes it your EBC list....  

[Soukous]

7 hours ago, Kitsafari said:

just waiting to see if the rock/feral pigeon makes it your EBC list....  

 

I sincerely hope it doesn't, but I'm making no promises. I think that if I have to include that one my BY will be beyond salvage.

[Soukous]

#125 - Barn Owl - update

 

The road that leads to where I have been seeing the Barn Owl has been undergoing re-surfacing during the past week, so it wasn't possible to see if it was still frequenting the same perches. Road works finished on Thursday, so I managed to get out for a look this morning.

It wasn't on the first perch, but it was on the second one, which has much better light in the early morning, so I was very happy. He/she sat and debated whether to fly off for a short while, but it was long enough.

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, he/she was facing the wrong way for me to get a picture of the leg tag as that leg was hidden.

Edited May 9, 2020 by Soukous

[pedro maia]

Great Barn owl pictures, I have to go looking for them but it will have to be during the night, I never saw them in daytime.

[Galana]

3 hours ago, Soukous said:

He/she

Not guaranteed but I reckon it was He.

Female is more spotted and streaked front and back and anyway she will most likely be brooding the owlets at this time of year.

 

Great photos. Envious.

[Soukous]

4 minutes ago, Galana said:

Not guaranteed but I reckon it was He.

Female is more spotted and streaked front and back and anyway she will most likely be brooding the owlets at this time of year.

 

Great photos. Envious.

 

thanks for the info. I would have just gone for 'he' but I am ever so politically correct these days

[Peter Connan]

Magnificent owl sightings you are getting Martin!

[Dave Williams]

If you'd count a UK Peafowl they are in!

[TonyQ]

Beautiful photos of the Barn Owl. Your persistance has paid off!

[PeterHG]

Beautiful Barn Owl photos!

[Kitsafari]

yay you got the barnie