Bird photography
Back in the forest
The bird photography starts now.
I have started putting out food at our spot, where we hopefully get the nutcracker to come down.
It’s a hope, not a promise.
But that is where everything begins.
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📷 Canon EOS R6 · EF300mm f/2.8L USM +2x · f/5.6 · 1/8000s · ISO 2500 · 600mm · 2026-09-16
Bird photography
Day two
Today was day number two after the break.
I started yesterday, and then I had a single bird visiting.
A jay, with a whole smorgasbord laid out just for himself.
Today he got company.
Two more jays, which I took to be a pair, and suddenly it wasn’t a smorgasbord any more but a fight over the seeds.
A whole gang
A whole gang
Then the coal tits arrived.
A whole gang of them, in and out, down and up, never still for more than a moment at a time.
They land on a stump, bend their heads, call, and are gone again.
The chaffinch, on the other hand, was more shy.
It didn’t come down for any seeds, not that I saw anyway.
Bird photography
What I didn’t see
And then there are always the ones who are there anyway.
The Merlin app found a few that I missed completely: a siskin, a treecreeper and a goldcrest.
The goldcrest I have only managed to photograph once.
It usually sits in among the branches of the spruces, well hidden.
But if you’re lucky it’s down on the ground, pecking for food.
That’s when you get your chance.
📷 Canon EOS R6 · EF300mm f/2.8L USM +2x · f/5.6 · 1/800s · ISO 1600 · 600mm · 2026-09-16
Forest bathing
Forest bathing
One more thing.
It feels good to get out into the forest again.
Forest bathing.
Relaxation.
Call it what you like — it does the same thing to me every time.
Photos from today’s adventure
