Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Wings on Wednesday - Return of the Pheasant

Early yesterday morning I spotted a Cock Pheasant on the roof of my shed. He was cautiously looking round and moving slowly towards the edge ready to fly down to see if there was any food to be had. After a short while he took the plunge and spent quite a while finding scattered seed in the grass. I took a lot of photographs but it was so overcast that even with the ISO dialled right up to 3000 shutter speeds rarely got past 1/150th sec.

These are the best of the bunch as the main problem was firing the camera when his head was still.

Pheasant 4

Pheasant 5

As he stayed in the garden for a reasonable length of time I also managed to take some video, which, all things being equal, should be available for Friday at the Flicks.
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10 comments:

  1. ADRIAN21 December 2011 at 08:43

    These are very good. The light is awful. I wish we could get some crisp cold weather.

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  2. Roy21 December 2011 at 10:01

    Poor light, but you still got some great shots John.

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  3. holdingmoments21 December 2011 at 10:08

    Love these John; my favourite bird.

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  4. Midmarsh John21 December 2011 at 13:50

    That is one advantage of crisp, cold weather Adrian - a bright sky.

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  5. Midmarsh John21 December 2011 at 13:51

    Thank you Roy. Most were spoilt when it moved its head which ended up as an 'artistic' blur.

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  6. Midmarsh John21 December 2011 at 13:52

    Early morning seems to be a good time to see it Keith. With the light off indoors it doesn't spot me or the camera.

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  7. Shirley22 December 2011 at 08:27

    Sounds like you've a regular there John! I know what its like trying to get photos of this bird. Well done.

    Often see them at a SWT Centre we visit. Video is the only way I go for especially when there are more than one and even more frantic eating - at least you can get a screen capture :-)

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  8. Glo22 December 2011 at 17:31

    Is it the Christmas pheasant? ;) It looks colourful enough to be part of the Christmas decor. At first glance, I thought it was sitting on a lily pad, until I realized it was a special border! Merry Christmas to you and Bobby!

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  9. Midmarsh John23 December 2011 at 08:53

    Hello Shirl: I seem to get one each Winter which is when I scatter seed on the ground for the Blackbirds.

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  10. Midmarsh John23 December 2011 at 08:55

    Hello Glo. It does look a bit like a lilly pad now you mention it. If it tried that I think it would do a fair imitation of the Titanic.

    Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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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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