February 6, 2006
More campus birding
My walk to work through the wooded Orsay campus continues to produce good quality birds. I've now heard the Black Woodpecker a few times, though have only had one flight view so far. The weather has been grey and overcast all week, which makes digiscoping tough, but got a little closer to a Short-toed Treecreeper:
I'm also seeing Crested Tits sporadically, but none have been camera-friendly so far. The large diversity of trees makes the campus excellent for finches: Siskins seem to be everywhere, and a small flock of Bullfinches often assembles outside my office window.
This Hawfinch was sharing a tree with a Brambling - shame I only had my bins with me to take this photo!
Postscript: the next day I did manage a distant shot of a singing Crested Tit, though obviously I hope to improve on these...
