Paris, france

April 2021, Southern MD

Male serin (Serinus serinus) singing while perched on a branch.

Samiec kulczyka (Serinus serinus) śpiewający na gałęzi.

Swanston street 21/08/07

A Swamp Sparrow perched along the Nature Trail in the Bash Kill Wildlife Management Area.

Standing on a small bridge I could see and hear a Dipper singing on the river side of the bridge and had a Kingfisher perched on the stream side

Barn Swallows in the nest

Split Point lighthouse

Oil 5"x5"

Wren in Alexandra Park, Dennistoun, Glasgow

It's finally starting to feel like spring and this robin was in fine voice last weekend.

Singing

This beautiful girl has a rich mixed heritage.

Her middle name is Singing Bird.

She is up at dawn to feed her sheep and

kitty has hitched a ride in the feed pail.

The lambs are curious about this new,

westie puppy she calls White Cloud.

At the old bridge in Heidelberg

Minolta MC Rokkor PG 50 1,4 (1973)

Here is our juvenile magpie, Kiri, singing a song, and you will also hear another bird in the background. It's a juvenile butcherbird on our clothesline. It's not long fledged, and still has the red gape. It visits with and without its parents for a feed during the day.

Kiri now visits without her parents, Caruso and Nellie.

Forgive the shaky video and listen to the singing!

This was a photo taken at the WTP Monday fortnight ago where my camera button refused numerous shots. The photo was very soft, but I was pleased to secure one shot after many missed opportunities.

Yashica Mat

Fomapan 200

Rodinal 1+50

Edited in Lightroom and MS Photos

Picture 15 of my favourites review in my older pictures...

I love looking for opportunities to photograph wrens, especially in spring when it's easier to catch them in full song, they usually love the camera! (That's if they stay still long enough).

I wasn't 100% successful on this trip though, as the best I could do was one that was creeping along a branch and the one that was singing didn't turn out too well. The thing to remember is to keep your ears open as they love singing usually on top of something. Most wrens I will walk past if I feel I don't stand much of a chance and i will stop on any and wait patiently if I feel I stand a good chance.

One of my first pictures of a wren was from my Garden in 2007, the only time they actually nested here. This may have been taken with a 6m pixel camera, but it was that close, I still use it in my favourites, but mostly for sentimental reasons.

Charlestown Meadows

Hamelin Pool, WA

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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Taken at Bali Zoo Gianyar, Bali - Indonesia in Jun 2019.

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Taken at RSPB Blacktoft Sands, Goole. Yorkshire.

I noticed that the bird liked one particular perch and waited for it to come back . I got lucky when a car pushed it back to me.

Maggie is having a sing.

Grackle

Red Winged Blackbird, High Park Toronto