Coal Tit

[Thomas Covenant]

There are plenty of these little chaps around where I took the Marsh Tit and seemed to spend a lot of time on the ground which is behaviour I dont see often in the garden due to cats perhaps?
John

 

[turbotoes]

Very cute little birds, we don't get them here, so nice to see! I like the setting too, might be a bit cluttered for some but the colours are complimentary so it works for me

Tara

 

[artyman]

Excellent shot

 

[Roy C]

The 'perch' and background is a bit cluttered John and the right hand post is a bit distracting but a very good capture of the bird none the less

 

[toonamp]

You could be right about the cats John, I've seen them often on the ground in other cat free places.

They bury the seeds they've found for use at a later date, they often forget where they burried them though, and other birds will watch them and go and dig them up when they've gone

Shots a bit cluttered but the birds spot on

 

[Thomas Covenant]

Very cute little birds, we don't get them here, so nice to see! I like the setting too, might be a bit cluttered for some but the colours are complimentary so it works for me

Tara

Thanks Tara, but I dare say the lack of these is amply substituted with other birds of character where you are ?

Excellent shot

Cheers Ken

The 'perch' and background is a bit cluttered John and the right hand post is a bit distracting but a very good capture of the bird none the less

Thanks Roy and I agree with you and everyone about the clutter but unfortunately it was one of those days where you had to take every opportunity that arose when the light improved sporadically.

You could be right about the cats John, I've seen them often on the ground in other cat free places.

They bury the seeds they've found for use at a later date, they often forget where they burried them though, and other birds will watch them and go and dig them up when they've gone

Shots a bit cluttered but the birds spot on

Thanks Anthony and I have learnt something again as I didn't know they buried the seed though that might explain and have helped toward the lovely crop of sunflowers I had last year

Thanks again all - John

 

[DOTTYROSS]

Nice shot John, I don't mind the background but I think it would be better without the post.

Regards: Gordon

 

[Thomas Covenant]

Nice shot John, I don't mind the background but I think it would be better without the post.

Regards: Gordon

Thanks Gordon.
I was a bit concerned of getting the subject too central if I lost the post and which was the lesser of the two evils whilst trying to obey all the rules and looking again I could have done with feathering some of the edges a bit more?
John