My early birthday present is going down a treat! If I'm not snapping away with it, Jake is - we can't put it down!
Since I've upgraded from the D60 to the D5000 I've only ever used my 18-55mm lens, it's served me well thoughand I think I've gotten some brilliant photos with it. But after our trip to Kielder and a growing interest in birding started we knew a longer lens would be highly beneficial. Obviously when unemployed there's no way we were going to afford one, but seeing as my 22nd is coming up on the 12th and I'm shooting a wedding on the 6th, Dad very generously got me a Sigma 70-300mm Macro lens :)
Best. Gift. Ever.
I can't wait to use it at the wedding! On the online forums I've heard good things about this lens at weddings.
Anyways, here's what we've caught on camera between the 26th and 29th at St Marys.
We are complete beginners in the birding world and would greatly appreciate any help with identifications :)
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| A Cormorant? That we almost fell off the cliff in the awful weather to try and get a quick photo! |
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| Curlew + Oystercatchers. |
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| A Turnstone? Mid-jump! |
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| A very lazy Guillemot? who, had we tried, would probably of let us pet him. He seemed not to be able to fly..:/ |
We also saw some Yellow-Browed Warbler and Redstart which were too fast for our unpracticed hands. I look forward to going out next week and seeing what else we might find. I'd love suggestions of new areas to visit too, we are common visiters to Holywell Dene, St Marys and occasionally Woodhorn, but live in Blyth.
- Danielle
The bird you haven't got the foggiest about was the bird i put you on to as we passed. I don't know if you watched it's antics but you would have seen it suddenly shooting into the air for no apparent reason then coming back to land , quite often in the same place. I stoos and watched and enjoyed it for over thirty minutes catching insects. That was the clue......it was a Spotted Flycatcher, which i did tell you at the time !!!! lolol.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to heve this fixation for Chaffinches !! none of the birds you mention are. I will give you a clue on one of them, it's a House Sparrow but i won't tell you which. You can try and look it up, it will help with your practice i.d. ing.
Best of luck with your birding.
Thank you, yeah we remember but just completely forgot what you'd said in all the excitement. lol
DeleteThanks for the comments on my blog.
ReplyDeleteWe've all been there with the id struggles.:-) Just takes time and practice and we can all learn.
I use a 70-300mm lens and it serves me quite well.
Nice pic of the Spotted Flycatcher. There were lots about last week. Cheers. Brian
Thanks so much for visiting our blog!
DeleteWe appreciate it. Nice to know the 70-300 was a good choice then!.