Sunday, 15 November 2009

An hour in the garden

I managed to take an hour out this morning to see what visitors I am getting in the garden at the moment and see if I could get a few snaps.

As expected the Grey Squirrels are around and still eating me out of house and home, along with the usual Great, Blue and Coal tits, no Nuthatch this time, but I have seen it around still and I also had a Great spotted Woodpecker on the nut feeder a couple of days back (still need to make a woodpecker feeder).

We had around 4 Long tailed tits in the trees behind my house, but never ventured down to the feeders :(

I was trying to take a photo of a male blackbird, but wasn't having much luck. Then a female also landed in close enough for me to get a few snaps off which again didn't look good enough, camera settings just weren't right for a black bird.

This Robin was more obliging and sat for a few seconds before moving onto the feeder.


All photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm

I have just realised too that I have just gone passed my 2 years of blogging hense the make over and to see what I was posting about this time last years please click HERE. My first ever post is HERE.

Thanks again to everyone who continues to visit regularly and take time to leave kind comments and all the new blogger buddies and followers that I am now linked to, lets hope between now and next year I can post more.

Well 2 posts in 2 days is a bit better.

Cheers,
Mike.

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18 comments:

  1. Warren BakerSunday, 15 November 2009 at 09:50:00 GMT-8

    well done for sticking with the blog Mike. I think your photo's are among the best on show.

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  2. holdingmomentsSunday, 15 November 2009 at 11:28:00 GMT-8

    Congratulations on passing 2 years.

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  3. MikeSunday, 15 November 2009 at 13:15:00 GMT-8

    Thanks for your comments guys much appreciated :)

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  4. DeniseinVASunday, 15 November 2009 at 18:23:00 GMT-8

    Congratulations Mike. I have been on your e-mailing list for some time now and have enjoyed your excellent photography. I look forward to being a follower for a long time to come.

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  5. dev wijewardaneSunday, 15 November 2009 at 23:54:00 GMT-8

    love the shot of the robin.

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  6. ChrisMonday, 16 November 2009 at 00:39:00 GMT-8

    Hi Mike,
    Congrats for your two years of blogging! Gosh you get quite a few species around your house, and having this grey squireel might be very entertaining! The shot of the robin is beautiful man! Well done.

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  7. UnknownMonday, 16 November 2009 at 07:27:00 GMT-8

    That's a cracking Robin shot Mike.

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  8. MaryMonday, 16 November 2009 at 15:56:00 GMT-8

    2 years! Congratulations! We must have started around the same time. I hit 2 years back in Sept. Your photos are just as great now as they were when you began...or better. Beautiful robin and fat little squirrel. I like the new look for your site! Hope you hang around a lot more years.

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  9. Lisa at GreenbowTuesday, 17 November 2009 at 04:19:00 GMT-8

    Congrats on 2 years of posts. I am glad the little Robin cooperated with you. They are the sweetest little birds. You make such lovely portraits of them.

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  10. Nick SFriday, 20 November 2009 at 12:09:00 GMT-8

    Congrats on 2 years Mike. Your blog layout changes like the weather lol.
    Lovely shot of the Robin redbreast

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  11. MikeSaturday, 21 November 2009 at 08:43:00 GMT-8

    I know I'm just never happy, quite like this for now though. :))

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  12. ShirleyMonday, 23 November 2009 at 01:27:00 GMT-8

    Hi there Mike, so very sorry I missed congrats here. The weekend has been hectic :-o

    Many Congrats for two years! All the best for year three now :-D

    You have some fantastic photos here and I always love to see what blog design enhancements you make! You might have guessed that though. Love this one now too! Love the smileys for comments… now that is an idea I might want to use myself ;))

    PS I know what you mean about never being completely happy with style changes… there’s always another tweak you would like to make ;)

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  13. MikeMonday, 23 November 2009 at 04:14:00 GMT-8

    Thanks Shirl, yeah the smileys are nice, sadley they only work on Firefox, but im working on it, I can tell you how to add them if you would like to use them.
    Mike

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  14. ukkiwiMonday, 23 November 2009 at 14:50:00 GMT-8

    I love your blog and having just moved from the New Zealand to the UK I am really hoping to see a Robin soon, love your photo.

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  15. Angad AchappaTuesday, 24 November 2009 at 22:58:00 GMT-8

    Lovely images.. love the blog Mike.
    Regards,
    Angad Achappa

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  16. Angad AchappaTuesday, 24 November 2009 at 22:58:00 GMT-8

    and i forgot to add the smiley. :D

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  17. UnknownWednesday, 25 November 2009 at 14:45:00 GMT-8

    Beautiful shot of the Robin. A great blog and looking forward to the next two years.

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  18. JRandSueSunday, 13 December 2009 at 13:01:00 GMT-8

    Brilliant Image Mike.
    John.

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