Psilos Bird Journal
Tuesday March 4th 2008
     
"A sunny passion" page 2
 
I have a very real passion for ducks. I dont care if they are wild or captive to me beauty is beauty. Today the light is beautiful creating some wonderful colours on the water. In the reserve I can get down really low and do some of these ducks justice.
Pochard male
     

Pochard female
 

Smew
Even a pigeon in the right light comes under my scrutiny today. A rare event indeed!

and a male Greenfinch sits and poses for me.

Back at the mere and the geese have just arrived. I saw these geese feeding in fields close to Curlew Lane earlier. I could watch the patterns they make in the sky all day.
The Whoopers are on the move too but sadly not in my direction. Increasing numbers are taking off and flying to feed in the fields over the far end of the reserve. Time for me to move if I am to catch any decent flight shots today. A large number of swans are feeding on the lakes way beyond the hides with it seems, plenty of aggressive behaviour.