Moments From Nature's Secrets

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Mikepércs: Rush Hours At The Pool

On my way to the hide I was having the fieldfares and the mistle thrushes in my brain. Will they visit my pool?
The tits are very active at the pool, today's photography begins with them:

Great Tit

A little surprise meanwhile: I can hear a nuthatch nearby and I discover it searching under the feeder. Last year it hasn't visited this place yet. I think it's saving food for winter, as it flies away and returns regularly. Then I can hear the fieldfares too, and one of them is perching on the bush nearby! I'm looking at it tensely, waiting for the landing moment... It starts descending but halfway it changes its mind and flies away. Then I start to guess weather it has seen something strange in the hide or something else has disturbed it?

But I don't deal with these thoughts too much as hawfinches are coming to drink:

Hawfinch (male)

Hawfinch (male)

Then field sparrows are arriving:

Tree Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

One of them is dabbling in the shallow water:

Tree Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

Tits are having a good bath as well:

Great Tit

Great Tit

After a short time the hawfinches return, ...:

Hawfinch (male)

Hawfinch (male)

Hawfinch (male)

... followed by the siskins:

Siskin (female)

Siskin (male)

Blue Tit

Tits wish for water too:

Blue Tit

Marsh Tit

Marsh Tit

This time the jays don't stay away:

Jay

Jay

Blue Tit

Blue Tit

The hawfinches come back again, but goldfinches are about to land too, ...:

Goldfinch

... this time they find better places:

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

I'm satisfied with today's photography, I haven't imagine such a big traffic at the pool.

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