As far as we are concerned, things have not changed regarding Covid 19 and therefore as much as I would love to visit the Ospreys, I'm afraid they will have to wait a bit longer without the noise of my camera, so I have again spent some time in the garden seeing what's about, sometimes until it was virtually dark with the Barn Owls. but they will only appear when only they are ready to, so its been a case of sit and wait and keep turning up the ISO and opening up the F stop plus a lot of hoping for the best. I have had several words with the Male Barn Owl to come out earlier but unfortunately he has turned a deaf one but I don't mind sitting in my hide until it's dark, even though for the last few days it has been very windyQWe have also got two nest boxes facing the house on the wall of my workshop come garage for my tractor an mowers, strimmers etc, these are about thirty foot apart, one has Blue Tits in residence and the other Great Tits, we have numerous others scattered over our land in trees and most of these have birds nesting in them. It is such a wonderful time of the year and luckily I have managed sufficient images for a post.We are so lucky to have the Barn Owls but it still amazes me if you take the time to sit and watch, what can appear over your house.We also have a large amount of hedging to our boundary which normally by this time of the year would have been cut prior to the nesting season, this however due to Covid meant the gardner has not been able to visit and trim the hedge back, meaning it is more difficult to see all the nests, but we have several Blackbirds, a Robin, Thrush and a Wren close to the Owl boxes,As for the Owls I am out till late every evening, last night the Male did not appear until I was nearly in the house having abandoned the hide a few minutes earlier as it had turned cold. On the evening of the 14th both birds came out together for several minutes only for the female to return back into the box and himself to head away hunting, HOW LUCKY WE ARE!!!!
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Blue Tit having a look out of the box Having a quick peek out of the entrance having been in feeding the young before emerging. |
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Clear of the box and at the ready for another food finding trip. |
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I can always wait a little longer and pose. |
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| Great Tit, st the Opposite end of the Workshop. Sitting on the perch before entering and feeding the hungry young. |
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Leaving the nest box after a tidy . |
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Male Kestrel { Thank you Roos} was sitting out waiting for a Peregrine when third bird flew over the far side of our land nearer to the Owl boxes. |
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It was gaining height all the time I was getting my images and eventually finished as a speck in the sky. |
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Barn Owl. I tried a new spot to set up my hide, too far away and he didn't appear until it was almost dark and then flew immediately away . |
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Result of flight shot even though I had set a very high ISO and opened up to F4 . |
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These two images taken from by the house without the hide, but a very long distance away. |
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Using the hide back in my original position, gave me a good stare before going away hunting, he appears to have decided to keep the female company until the eggs hatch.!! |
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Such a handsome bird.  An image I could not resist adding to this post of the Manton Bay Female with the four chicks, cannot wait to see them Thank you for your visit,I hope you have enjoyed sit as much as I have in the getting of the images, but I still am hoping to get to see the Ospreys as soon as possible.. |
