2 interesting species in the local park today...............
There was a small flock of about 15 Crossbill. I haven't seen many of these this winter/spring. As you can see above they came down for a (very) quick drink but most of the time they were high up in the trees.
Hopefully the flock will stick around a while longer.
In the same park there was a drake Falcated Duck. It was very wary. It actually fed on the grass for a while with some of the resident Spotbills but it was impossible to approach and kept flying off. A very dark day, not ideal for BIFs especially with my knackered old 100-400 lens.
Same poses, different backgrounds................
15 Crossbills would be nice anywhere. That Falcated Duck would cause a stir over here - smart looking quacker.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, both are very nice birds to have so close to my apartment...........
DeleteI would love to have seen the Falcated Duck.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely one of the east Eurasian exotics.............
DeleteI*ve never seen Baikal Teal, that looks even better I think.