Happily Ever After
Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running
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Snappy New Year
by admin - 15:11 on 01 January 2013
The new year began with another attempt to snap a few crested tits, this time in the company of Squirrel James who was desperate to leave behind the drink-sozzled survivors of last night's Hogmanay celebrations at Chez Squirrel.
Rubber boots were de rigueur in a forest left sodden by recent rain, but we were lucky in that no more than a few spots fell during the ninety minutes we braved the cold and damp.
Coal tits were in abundance but cresties were there too, briefly in picturesque poses. Two survived quality control, though I'll hope for sharper images as the year progresses.
James's trained squirrel also made several appearances during which he cached at least half a pound of hazelnuts.
The final snap is my last one of 2012 – a blue tit seen through That Bloody Window. The Rural Retreat's birds have been shamefully neglected since the new feline residents came to stay so I intend to take more notice of them in the future.
Proof that drama doesn't just happen in the wild was provided this morning when an instant disappearance of feeding birds drew my attention through the window and towards the sparrowhawk (I think) lurking beneath the hedge. It flew away, grasping an unfortunate victim in its talons, before I had a chance to turn the Pentax on it.
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