I've been trying to see a waxwing for several years now, let alone get a photo of one so following a tip off today I made the short journey to Witham, Essex where 3 had been reported and sure enough there they were sitting in a small tree full of berries and as soon as I lifted the camera to take a pic off they went. I thought the hoodoo had struck again although I had at least seen them - lovely looking birds. Fortunately they came back again and I managed to get some pics of them, here are a few....
waxwing, witham 04-01-2017 4998 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
waxwing, witham 04-01-2017 4991 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
waxwing, witham 04-01-2017 5070 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
waxwing, witham 04-01-2017 5082 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and finally 2 in the same pic...
waxwings, witham 04-01-2017 5081 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
a good start to 2017
hope you like them, C&C welcome
andy
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Waxwings 04-01-2017
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Waxwings 04-01-2017
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Re: Waxwings 04-01-2017
Excellent shots Andy! I hope to see some myself one day - lovely looking birds.
Re: Waxwings 04-01-2017
A few years back a large flock of 40+ descended on the churchyard of a village I was making a delivery to, no camera, didn't even have one on the phone in those days ................................. By a complete and utter, utter, total fluke I did manage to fit my 3/4 hour 'tacho' break into watching and counting them though!
Nice shots by the way
Nice shots by the way
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Re: Waxwings 04-01-2017
thanks for the comments.
The last but one pic was published in the local press last Thursday, first pic I've had published there for a few months
The last but one pic was published in the local press last Thursday, first pic I've had published there for a few months
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