I always keep a low profile at the weekends, I am fortunate enough to be able to come and go during the week so I lie low when my favoured spots are likely to be a little bit busy. So today, I kept away from the Cuckoo territory, my very presence with a camera might have drawn attention to him and then others may have disturbed him. I will be returning tomorrow though in the hope that he is still with us but it looks as though he could be moving back towards Africa any time now. The BTO's tracking project is throwing up some very interesting facts, for example one of the tagged birds is already moving south and is now in Belgium having spent only 6 weeks in Norfolk! As they say on the BTO website, a short summer.
So today, I picked up a Rabbit from Terry, my plan is to bait an area daily and encourage the resident Buzzards to come and feed on these free offerings, then of course I hope to be able to photograph both the Buzzards and Foxes once they are used to the regular supply. I chopped up the Rabbit in to pieces and then left them in the field close to the edge of the wood as I walked up to the hide. I spent a pleasant hour or so in the dimness of a cloudy evening. The Jay came to call, as usual his arrival was given away by the Blackbirds alarm call. He perched up in a tree just above me and had a look down to see what was on offer. Then down he came to eat a couple of peanuts and he flew off quickly with a day old chick. Blue Tits, Great Tits, Blackbirds and Nuthatches came to feed and I took a few photos. The light was not good but in the end I was quite happy with this lovely Blue Tit image proving hat even our common species are well worth photographing. Then as I walked past the Rabbit pieces only one of he 5 were still there, very interesting and exciting proving that these freebies are going to be well received. It was probably Crows but i m sure that more warry feeders like Buzzards will see the crows feeding and take their cue from them....... eventually.
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