One bird that I try to photograph each winter is the Redwing.
Similar to a Song Thrush with red sides is the best way to describe the species. It visits the British Isles from October through to April.
The single images here are of one bird I found whilst walking through a wood.
I had been following a small flock of them as they flew along a tree line and this one kindly hung around long enough for me to get these shots.
The collage images were taken of several Redwing, which I found in one of the likely places you will observe them. The floor of an orchard where they were eating the apples that had fallen.
13 comments:
Beautiful photos.
The redwing must be similar to our robins. In the fall they munch on all the berries and fruit trees. THey especially like the Sargent Crab. One fall they covered a small tree so that it looked like a ball of Robins.
Merry Christmas
Thanks Mary, yes they are about the same size as your Robins.
Hey Roy...does look like our Robin and feeds on the old apples to!!
We are functioning on deprived sleep, because of a 9 year old excitement over Christmas morning.
Been shot by Nerf guns and and now lego bulding is under way!!
Gorgeous shots of the Redwing. Merry Christmas to you and yours. And I wish you all the best in 2011.
Lovely shots of a great winter visitor Roy.
What a beauty, Roy.
Hey GG, you need to keep your head down, these nerf guns are lethal.{:)
Thanks Eileen, Merry Christmas to you and yours and a Happy New year.
Thanks Keith, always nice to see these and the Fieldfare.
Thanks Emma.
Looks a bit like our immautre Robin Roy.
Yes Evie, it is something like that, but not such a red chest.
What an interesting bird. It looks like a cross between a thrush (i.e. our American robin)and a warbler!
Yes Kathie its just like a thrush with red down the side, thats the best way to describe it.
It migrates from northern Scandinavia for our winter.
Sort of like your robins with a striped vest :-) Beautiful bird...glad you got some photos for us.
Thanks Mary, yes he was a nice specimen and very obliging "for a Redwing".
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