Hi,i went to Carr mill this afternoon primarily to photograph the cackling goose but also to take shots of dragonflies.There was no sign of the goose or even any Canada geese.I think the boats with water skiers had frightened them all away.None at the arches either!I saw numorous dragonflies at the Sandy bay area but couldnt get any sitting still in the reed beds.As i walked away i realised i should have tried to focus manually on the airborn ones because the autofocus wasnt picking them out even though they came within a yard of me at times.Very frustrating only having a bridge camera. I wondered what your thoughts are on seeing any Waxwings this year as i missed an opportunity to photograsph them during the first big freeze last december.I heard a group of unusually sounding birds at the top of crank rd,near houghwood golf and,sure enough,it was a small flock of Waxwings.Unfortunately i was still getting used to my camera then and i was in movie mode and the screen was telling me the card was full as id just been making a movie.I didnt realise then that if id moved the dial to any other mode i'd have still had space for more photos.I guess any appearance depends on the failure of the trees to produce enough of their favoured berries in the Scandanavian regions they originate from?
Hi Andrew. It's difficult to predict the appearance of Waxwings, because they are an irruptive species, which only occurs in big numbers every now and again. Last year was by far the best year that I can ever remember in St Helens, they seemed quite easy to find. Prior to that I'd only ever seen one flock of Waxwings in St Helens. So I would say that the chances of seeing another irruption like last year is very unlikely, but we might get the odd bird.
Hi,i went to Carr mill this afternoon primarily to photograph the cackling goose but also to take shots of dragonflies.There was no sign of the goose or even any Canada geese.I think the boats with water skiers had frightened them all away.None at the arches either!I saw numorous dragonflies at the Sandy bay area but couldnt get any sitting still in the reed beds.As i walked away i realised i should have tried to focus manually on the airborn ones because the autofocus wasnt picking them out even though they came within a yard of me at times.Very frustrating only having a bridge camera.
ReplyDeleteI wondered what your thoughts are on seeing any Waxwings this year as i missed an opportunity to photograsph them during the first big freeze last december.I heard a group of unusually sounding birds at the top of crank rd,near houghwood golf and,sure enough,it was a small flock of Waxwings.Unfortunately i was still getting used to my camera then and i was in movie mode and the screen was telling me the card was full as id just been making a movie.I didnt realise then that if id moved the dial to any other mode i'd have still had space for more photos.I guess any appearance depends on the failure of the trees to produce enough of their favoured berries in the Scandanavian regions they originate from?
Hi Andrew. It's difficult to predict the appearance of Waxwings, because they are an irruptive species, which only occurs in big numbers every now and again. Last year was by far the best year that I can ever remember in St Helens, they seemed quite easy to find. Prior to that I'd only ever seen one flock of Waxwings in St Helens. So I would say that the chances of seeing another irruption like last year is very unlikely, but we might get the odd bird.
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