Sunday 5 December 2010

Waxwings filmed and photographed at last

I had a lie in today due to all the snow melting because of the rain yesterday and then refreezing overnight and my brother went to take some Christmas wreaves to a lady that lives close to me and when he was out he spotted some Waxwings perched in a tree close to some white berry trees on small flat estate only about 2 minutes away from where I live so I jumped out of bed and quickly rushed to get dressed.
Luckily my kit was ready from yesterday so I was prepared and after missing them the first time I was determined to get some photos and video of them feeding on the berries and in the end there were about 8 birds and were very alert and in one instance I got about 3-4 metres away from one of these beautiful birds.
They stayed for about an hour and there behaviour became very predictable they all remained in a high tree and when one bird went to feed three others joined it while the remaining birds watched for predators and they did this every 10 minutes until a kestrel flew by and scattered the group. There is plenty of Berry's left so maybe they will return so I be checking the area over the next few days for signs of the Waxwings as I now want to get some slow motion flight shots.

5 comments:

  1. Great Waxwing images Mike nice birds to see.

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  2. Hi Mike,

    I noticed that you are following my blog, and I was curious so I checked your blog out. I really like it - I admire the fact that you use a unique font on your posts, and you include more videos of wildlife than most people's blogs that I follow do, which is a good thing. You also have some very nice images. Well done, I will continue to keep up with your blog, and I have added you to my blog list on your blog. Any comments on my blog in the future would be much appreciated.

    Best Wishes,

    Joseph Nichols

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  3. Well done Mike! Wonderful shots of these beautiful birds. Please think about contributing to World Bird Wednesday a meme dedicated to bird photographers. It would be an honor to have you participate in this planet wide event!

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  4. Good to see you caught up with the waxwing, I took literally thousands of photo's this winter of them!

    Nice blog, will add to followers.

    Dave

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