nesting Spotted Fly Catchers...apparently!

[Yv]

Seeing Vens bird pics form this morning reminded me of some I took last week I wanted to share with the photgraphic twitchers here.
Whilst at Jervaulx Abbey, we settled down on the picnic blanket to watch a young robin, but we spotted what I think is a dunnock that kept apparently flying into the wall. Further investigation revealed it was actually 2, mum and dad, and they were working very hard to feed their young. So out came the 70-300 and these are the results. I also borrowed my friends 50mm macro and was having a play with bees and things when I realised both parents were out of site so managed to sneak a quick shot of the nest too, its not brilliant, wrong lens really, but I really didnt want to disturb them too much so just grabbed the opportunity.

Anyway, these are the shots with the long lens, quite tricky, as the nest was in almost darkness whilst the wall surrounding it was in mid day sun and they are heaviley cropped. Perhaps the better informed can confirm if they are dunnocks or something else? :thinking:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest2.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest3.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest1.jpg

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest5.jpg

...and this was with the macro...

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest4.jpg

[Venomator]

Spotted Flycatcher LL ... ;)



Superb captures too ... :thumbs: ... well done ... :clap:





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[Yv]

:lol: Thanks Ven


**heads off to change thread title** :whistling:

[Venomator]

Do it quick ... and I won't tell ... :D


:naughty:


:p

[h.r.ford]

#2 is really good. I'd expect to see it in an ornithology book or something.

[RickMezza]

Nice photos of a lovely bird :clap:. Hope the young 'uns didn't mind their photos being taken :thinking:

Rich:)

[InaGlo]

Smashing captures, LL ... well done :thumbs:

Must have been incredibly difficult to manage what you did under the circumstances of the harsh light & deep shade.
I think you should be really proud of those :)

[Yv]

Nice photos of a lovely bird :clap:. Hope the young 'uns didn't mind their photos being taken :thinking:

Rich:)

;) I don't think so, we sat there for another half an hour or so watching mum and dad fly in and out with food for ever open mouths and there are plenty of people wondering around the place so the birds are obviously used to people being around.

Of course, there is the ones that didnt work, like this....mum or dad leaving the nest...the chicks are in focus, adult suffered a bit of motion blur :bonk: :lol:

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/1002/nest6.jpg

[Venomator]

You are so fortunate LL ... :eek: ... we have only seen a fleeting glimpse of a single Spotty this year ... :suspect: ... and you not only see but capture a whole family ... :D




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[Bev]

Superb series, thanks for showing, #2 is terrific.

[Yv]

You are so fortunate LL ... :eek: ... we have only seen a fleeting glimpse of a single Spotty this year ... :suspect: ... and you not only see but capture a whole family ... :D




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I was very lucky whilst up north, saw several breeds I have never seen before, including this one. Many of th epics are not good as they were some distance away, but I will edit a few and add them, then you can help me identify them. There was definately either marsh or willow tits at Sutton Moors centre, a goldfinch out on a drive across the moors, in one of the villages, as well as something that looks very similar to these flycatchers but I am not convinced they are the same, and this is on top of the usual array of chaffinches, blue and great tits, starlings, robins and blackbirds.
I even bought a new identification book, and cant quite make my mind up about them :lol:

Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like the pictures, I certainly enjoyed the chance to take them.

[scraggs]

I think these are lovely series of shots

[geordieboy]

Got a nice shot of a Spotted Flycatcher in your collection now, well done.

[CT]

Really well done - very nice indeed! :clap:

[Ladybird]

you lucky things! great captures, I've not even been able to put up the bird feeders yet! :(

[PIKEMAN]

lovely shots:clap:number 2 is a cracker :thumbs:

[spencer]

What a great set of shots.:thumbs:
Never seen one of these before though!:(