The Nuthatches keep coming and coming and it's not in the least bit difficult to get shot after shot but the Buzzard, well he's a bit more difficult to pin down. I would have had a better day today if I could have visited in the morning but unfortunately I had to pay a trip to the dentist, annoying things these tooth abscesses. It's on the mend hopefully!
I paid a visit late afternoon, you have to put the time in to "get lucky". The worse bit of luck you can have though is for the Buzzard to be sitting there as if he's waiting for you to arrive. This is exactly what happened this evening, as soon as I got to the site I discovered him sitting on low branches behind the caravan. He saw me first and off he went but he didn't seem particularly stressed and flew across my front before flying in to, or over the wood behind me. I quickly filled up the feeders and squeezed in to the pit to wait for his return. I couldn't believe it when after only a few minutes, a fox appeared in the field again. This time it was further away and I watched it looking for something to eat with its head cocked on the side. Still nice to watch him acting naturally though. I hoped it would come closer but unfortunately not on this occasion. Like I said yesterday, nice animals but they have some nasty behavioural habits like raiding chicken coups etc. which are bound to make them unpopular with lots of people. Very interesting to watch them though.
I have to confess that I am not really fond of grey squirrels, they are not native to the UK. They do loads of damage to birds, trees and.... well they are just a nuisance and they don't belong here. They are illigal immigrants who have taken over at the expense of our natural Red Squirrels, they rob birds nests and eat all the nits like hazel at the expense of our Doormice who would be far more common without them. They breed really well and if you get rid of one, another will replace it within a day or so. At my feeding site they must have eaten most of the food that I have left out for the woodpeckers and jays. Its hard to leave enough food, you absolutely can't feed enough to keep the squirrels happy, more food ...... more squirells! Having said that, some pretty good portraits taken today.
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