The humblest harbour visitor, temporarily airborne
For me, this was the shot of the day.
The whole place was stiff with freshly-graduated graduates and their families arriving in waves to get photo-ops for their beloved brainy youngsters in graduation gowns.
This wee bird, oblivious to all such artifice, was doing his sparrow-thing, picking up scraps here and there and flitting to and fro from the old slip - pictured here - and some creels behind me.. Who doesn't love House Sparrows? They've given me free micro-entertainment for many years. And some decent pix too.
This one doesn't bear too close examination so better not to pixel-peep it. The camera hadn't run enough frames to plot its inward track with accuracy so the bird's face and bill were in need of hefty OOF plastic surgery.
The humblest harbour visitor, temporarily airborne
For me, this was the shot of the day.
The whole place was stiff with freshly-graduated graduates and their families arriving in waves to get photo-ops for their beloved brainy youngsters in graduation gowns.
This wee bird, oblivious to all such artifice, was doing his sparrow-thing, picking up scraps here and there and flitting to and fro from the old slip - pictured here - and some creels behind me.. Who doesn't love House Sparrows? They've given me free micro-entertainment for many years. And some decent pix too.
This one doesn't bear too close examination so better not to pixel-peep it. The camera hadn't run enough frames to plot its inward track with accuracy so the bird's face and bill were in need of hefty OOF plastic surgery.