Mikepércs: Magpies and Hooded Crows Instead of Buzzards

Today I tried out my new hide made especially for buzzard photography. I've been carring meat there for several weeks now which has been eaten and of course buzzards could be seen nearby. So I got into the hide this morning with good hopes. After about one and a half hour two magpies appeared, watched the meat but didn't touch it. Shortly they flew away but soon reappeared:

Magpie

Magpie

Then two hooded crows came. They were very cautios too and were looking attentively for long:

Hooded Crow

Hooded Crow

Then they took off and I noticed a cat coming straight towards the meat. It didn't make me happy and I wasn't sure that I could bundle it off without attracting the birds' attention. Fortunately it ran away when heard me saying "shoo!", and the birds were back again shortly:

Hooded Crow

Then at last the buzzard landed a little further and it seemed to be very cautios. It was looking attentively for long then walked further. After a few minutes flew away. But came back soon. This time the hooded crows landed as well and started to harass the buzzard then they all flew away. Later the buzzard landed for the third time, but after a short break went away without eating:

Buzzard

I don't know what troubled it, I will be perhaps more lucky next time.

Mikepércs: Sunlight at last

Today I visited the feeder again. I was hoping that the finches would pay a visit because last time the bramblings appeared around the feeder, they were picking the seeds that fell down. On the other hand only the tits and the woodpeckers visited the feeder this time too. And fair shots were taken only of the tits but this time the good lights were on my side:

Great Tits

Marsh Tit

Great Tit and Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Mikepércs: Tits in Rain - Instead of Snow

I was hoping today I could record the birds while snowing. On my way to the feeder it started snowing so I kept on hoping, but soon it stopped and when I got into the hide it started raining. This didn't seem to hold them from coming continously to the feeder:

Coal Tit

Some colour in the greyness:

Great Tit

Marsh Tit

Coal Tit and Marsh Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Mikepércs: Some Tit Action

Being a fine, sunny day, today I went for action shots at the feeder. The tits were very busy with feeding themselves, sometimes disagreements took place:

Great Tit

The other morning I found a frozen sparrow under the bird feeder at home, so I took it with me today to see if something interesting would happen if I put it on a visible place on the snow. After some time a jay observed it, pecked it a few times then seeing no signs of life from the sparrow picked it up and flew away:

Jay

"Do you want a bite, buddy?" That's as much as to say the great tit to the coal tit:

Great Tit and Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Sometimes the marsh tits are not friendly either:

Great Tit and Marsh Tit

The coal tits can be brave as well:

Great Tit and Coal Tit

The female great spotted woodpecker turned up this time too:

Great Spotted Woodpecker (female)

Then the male:

Great Spotted Woodpecker (male)

Mikepércs: Tits and Woodpeckers Again

Firstly, I wish a Happy New Year to all my readers.

The cold and the hoarfrost stayed for New Year's Eve and myself visited the feeder again where I met the same birds as yesterday. The great spotted woodpeckers ...:

Great Spotted Woodpecker (male)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (male)

... and the tits among which sometimes some kind of disaggreement took place. Here, for example a deadlock occured for a moment, but in the next moment both sides went for his food:

Great Tit and Coal Tit

Coal Tit