Friday 24 December 2010

Good Ol' Santa, Waxwing In The Garden

Panic photography grabbed me by the throat when I arrived home from work tonight, as I walked into the house calling for Lisa I was told to keep quiet as there were two Bohemian Waxwing in the garden and I had just walked past them (Waxwing in the garden on christmas, eve, WOW!!!). They were feeding on some apples I had put out for the thrushes. I grabbed the camera and captured what I could in the dusky light. Unfortunately I had to use the in built flash due to the low light, this didn't phase them at all as they were feeding voraciously. They look like first winter Waxwing as the wing stripes are rather pale. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE





11 comments:

  1. What a garden tick ... Merry Christmas

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  2. My God,these are fantastic images,what luck.
    Well deserved.
    Happy Christmas to you both.
    John and Sue.

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  3. Well Done these are the best pictures of Waxwings I have seen. Happy Christmas to you both Paul

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  4. Fab photos you lucky devils
    Happy Crimbo

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  5. I love these photos! Waxwings are such fun. Great shots.

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  6. Brilliant - what a stroke of luck!

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  7. How jammy is that?! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - be assured that I'm always following and appreciating your blog!

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  8. Great Stuff Sam I hope you both have had a great Day

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  9. Absolutely stunning, happy christmas

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  10. Lovely captures of a bird I am yet to see ! :-)

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