Hit And Miss

The two photos show how difficult it is to photograph an Owl taking off without using an electronic beam to trigger off the shutter. Apparently there is a half second delay from the brain telling you to press the shutter and the actual flash going off. In that half second the Owl has flown about a foot which means you end up with a great shot of its talons as in the photo! You have to pre – empt its take off when firing the shutter and eventually you get it right and the shot you were after comes off.

This week it has been bad weather and lots of time working on the new Pennine DVD so not much birding. In the garden two different Sparrowhawks have been regulars. The Nuthatches come occasionally and on the third we had a record seven Chaffinches together – not a very high figure for this common bird but we have never had many Chaffinches in this area.