Fencing hopping crow in slow motion
A quick video of a crow hopping from post to post, at 1/4th normal speed.
Crow take off slow motion video
I’ve been playing with my Pentax WG-2 compact a bit recently, mainly to try get some underwater footage, but it also has a slow motion mode on the video. The resolution is only 640×480, but it slows things down my 4 times. I tried it out on this crow as it took off, and its…
Feeding marsh harrier video
Here is a video I filmed on my Pentax K5 DSLR of a marsh harrier feeding on a dead rabbit, while being harassed by a number of crows. Be sure to click on the expand video arrows/button to view full screen!
feeding marsh harrier from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.
Magpie, Crow and Jay
A few shots from back in the summer. Some bread had been thrown on the floor and I noticed some magpies hanging around. So I settled down in the shade nearby and waited. Corvids are usually wary and there is no exception at Wat Tyler Park so I had to stick on the teleconvertor and/or…
Red Kites and Raven at Gigrin
The main attraction at Gigrin, is of course the Red Kites. There are lots of them! Its hard to get them with a clean background, by which I mean one with no other kites in the background – not a common problem with BOP! I got a few though: I also managed an ok shot…
Pyramidal orchid, sedge warbler and a grooming crows
Back In July, on the same day as I took the photos in the last post, I photographed this pyramidal orchid in Wat Tyler Country Park. I got some close ups. And tried a top down shot. On the reed bed walk was this sedge warbler. In the trees opposite this pair of crows were…
Goldfinch and crows on a cloudy day
Yesterday in the poor weather there was little about in Wat Tyler CP apart from a couple of crows. So I camped out at the bird feeders and got probably my best shots of goldfinches (though that says more about the low quality of the photos I’ve taken before). I had to shoot at ISO800…
Carrion crow
Last week I came across a couple of crows in the morning sun.
One of the resident crows displays some leucism with some with some white feathers mainly on the wings.
Broad Haven – Jackdaw, rook and rock pipit
Here are some photos from my trip to Pembrokeshire in Wales. We stayed in a coastal town/village called Broad Haven. On the sea wall one day I found a tame jackdaw. There were some rooks around too. Around the cliffs were some rock pipits I spotted a linnet too. We had a walk round the…