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Woodpecker and birds in the hand A female Grey Headed Woodpecker at Onuma this afternoon. There were some amazingly tame birds around today. I gave up digiscoping after a Nuthatch perched on my Scope! Someone had left sunflower seeds out for the birds out in the forest and I had Marsh Tit, Nuthtach and Varied Tit perched on my hand eating the seeds. It was amazingly difficult to get a decent shot as it was a bit dark and the birds were hyperactive. Here's my wife with a Varied Tit in her hand.  The pic above was sharpened in photoshop. The focus on the camera was particularly frustrating. The camera focuses on the background not the foreground (I forgot to readjust the settings). Here's an unedited one (with my hand).  The Marsh Tit and Nuthatch pics were even more blurry and out of focus. Elsewhere in Onuma were Bullfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Whooper Swan and Jay as well as the usual commoner Ducks. Earlier we were in Yakumo to try and get some shots of the Eagles. Lots of Stellers in nice unobstructed poses but unfortunately none were near anywhere we could safely park (the road width decreases markedly in winter as snow piles up at the sides and seafood bearing trucks speed by every 2 or 3 minutes). Last winter there was a car park with great views of the Eagles but today there was only 1 in the same place. This was the immature Stellers below which was hiding behind some branches anyway.  Not much else at Yakumo as it was only a brief stop. We started the day at Kamiso. It was bitterly cold next to the sea but in the brief time we stopped I got Glaucous Winged Gull, several species of Duck including lots of Goosander and lots of Grebes out to sea (mostly Red Necked and Black Necked though a few may have been Slavonian). Got back and checked the Test score expecting England to have lost and was amazed they hadn't. Mind you they lost 2 wickets at the end just as I started to listen to the online commentary. If England can rescue this I may think Liverpool have a chance against Barcelona. 18:58 - 17/12/2006 - post comment
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