Suspicion
Whenever I see a chicken, I always think it’s observing me with a deep-seated distrust that I’m in no position to allay1. This is Ethel, incidentally. She lives next door. 1: Yes, I nicked this from Douglas Adam’s excellent Last Chance to See.
Whatchewlookinat?
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 344 A juvenile Brown Pelican eyes me with tredpidation.
That’s one seriously endangered mouse
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 182 A Marsh Harrier, endangering the local wildlife on the river Waveney.
Coquette
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 136 A female mallard who wouldn’t leave us alone as we tried doing some wildlife photography at Leighton Moss.
One does not pose for the Paparazzi
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 115 A Wheatear turns resolutely away from me as I try to get a good shot of him. It’s times like this I really wish I had a bigger lens than the 200mm.
The Lone Sentry
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 83 On a day when no real photo opportunities arose, I spied this female blackbird, alone for about forty feet in any direction, watching over the garden.
A moustachioed gent
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 81 This is Otis, a Northern White-faced Scops Owl. He was on display with a few friends in the Market Hall in Lancaster, raising funds for the Corio Raptor Care centre. There’s also a Picasa web album of the owls if you [...]
The Star of the Show
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 65 A swan at the Crook o’Lune, mugging for the camera. After I’d taken this shot she bullied some ducks. Diva.
Handsome Beast
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 59 Female Mallard at Crook o’Lune. I particularly like the beads of water on her underbelly and the blue of her wing feathers.
The Stately Gentlebird
Graham Binns posted a photo: Three-hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 22 This is Eric. Well, he’s an Eric. Eric is the generic moniker for all the cock-pheasants (there’s about five of them) that roam around our garden, apart from the black ones (of which there are two), which are called Ernie. Eric and [...]
