Tuesday 13 May 2014

Juvenile Blackbird

After tea we spent an hour or so in the back garden enjoying the return of dry weather after days of heavy showers - about 1.5 inches of rain recently. I was trying to video some of the singing birds while Penny sprawled on the grass out and supervised.

During this a juvenile Blackbird arrived, had a drink from one of the pools of rain water and then slowly wandered over the lawn to the Birdy Bistro, passing less than  a couple of metres from me and giving time for some close shots:

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On the whole the local Blackbirds are very trusting and one will often come down while I am topping up the feeders.


5 comments:

  1. what a beauty! those juvie 'scaled' feathers are lovely!

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    1. Even brown can look somewhat beautiful TWG.

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    1. Thanks Adrian. Not shooting through two layers of glass makes for sharper photos.

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  3. What a beauty John! Quite unlike the adult, isn't it?

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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