Birds in flight at the feeders

[nanila]

There are two things I love about this photo of the bird feeders in our garden in rural Worcestershire, UK:
1) Each of the five birds pictured is a different species. L to R: goldfinch (butt), great tit, house sparrow, blue tit, chaffinch.
2) Four of the five birds are in flight! The chaffinch went on to extract a peanut from the feeder whilst hovering. I didn't know they could do that.

Comments

[redsixwing]

I'd like to add a thing to admire:
Each bird is doing something different! What a great shot.

Your local birds are adorable.

[nanila]

Yes! The long-tailed tits, especially. I shall endeavour to get a good shot of them when they mob the peanut feeder over the next couple of weeks. :)

[redsixwing]

Good luck! :D

[weofodthignen]

Beautiful birdies, thank you!

[nanila]

I'm glad you enjoyed them! :)

[stheno]

Wow, what a great moment you captured! Thanks for sharing!

[nanila]

It was wonderful to discover on the memory card after I'd been hanging about taking many shots!

[allekha]

Great shot! Such pretty birds.

[nanila]

They're so lovely. I feel lucky we get such a variety here as we're not that far out of town.

[cesy]

Nice!

[nanila]

\o/ :)

[shirebound]

That's an awesome shot!!

[nanila]

Thank you! Lucky, too. Patience was rewarded.,

[yourlibrarian]

Agreed, I didn't know any bird could hover that long other than hummingbirds. And very cool getting the motion shot as well as the diversity of birds at the feeder! Looks like it's a spot with great viewing :)

[nanila]

To be fair, it was a lot less graceful than watching a hummingbird at a feeder. :p Yes, it's near enough to the hedgerow to provide quick cover when they get spooked, but near enough to the house that I can get a clear view. Perfect for all of us!

[jesse_the_k]

Amazing!

[nanila]

It was rather exciting to watch them all cartwheeeling about and chattering to each other!

[rain_gryphon]

You have such a wonderful variety of little birds there!

[nanila]

Yes! The children went out to fill one of the peanut feeders we have that's a little bit more hidden away, and the tits and sparrows were sat in the branches above them, chirruping away fearlessly as if to say, "Hurry up, little opposable-thumb owners, we're hungry!"

[turlough]

What a fantastic photo!!

[nanila]

Thanks! I do feel lucky that we get such a lot of little feathered visitors.