seagull – Ciaran Buckley Photography

Birds Part II, the quest for plumage.

For the last few months I’ve been trying to get out into nature and move as silently as possible so that I can get some decent pictures of birds. Compared to my previous post I made about birds I think these pictures are of a higher standard, I hope you enjoy them.

A tit in the sunshine.

A blue tit on a branch

Not sure what this bird is.

a chaffinch hanging around in the garden

The mighty crow looking handsome.

The mighty crow looking handsome.

It turns out that Robins are pretty comfortable in front of the camera and enjoy having their picture taken.

The mighty Robin looking handsome.

The mighty Robin looking handsome.

The mighty Robin resting on a wire.

The robin red breast hiding in some underbrush.

The mighty Robin looking handsome.

The mighty Robin looking handsome with his feathers looking puffed.

Seagulls are an interesting bunch, I always think that if they could speak they would hassle you for cigarettes.

The notoriously camera shy seagull turns his back on me.

A flock of gulls.

I’ll take you under my wing(quite literally) and teach you to be a fully fledged member of seagull society.

an faoileán

I never knew starlings would be so so photogenic, I was really happy with how the last starling picture turned out.

I really hope you get as much enjoyment out of looking at these pictures as I got out of taking them, well anyways that is enough rambling out of me so let me know what you think in the comments.

Also I’ve gotten quite lazy with posting to the blog recently so I’ll do my best to get the thumb out, keep it out and post more regularly.

Peace and Love,

The Great Hairy One.

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Coimbra, the city of Hills.

These are some of the picture of Coimbra that I have taken in the last few weeks. Its a really cool city but incredibly hilly which doesn’t agree with my feeble legs. But apart from the hills it has a really nice Botanical Garden, one of the Oldest Universities in the land and some nice parks and views so all in all its not a bad place to live.

Some ducks going for an evening stroll on the Mondego River.

This guy(or girl) lives in a pond in the Botanical Gardens in the University of Coimbra

for some reason this rose was growing upside down

a seagull swooping down to catch a fish

a statue of Queen Isabella looking out over Coimbra

The view from the top of one of the many hills in Coimbra

The Clock tower in the university

The view from the University as the sun sets.

One of the many churches in Coimbra

The university of Coimbra in the sunshine.

Parque Verde Street Lights — A slow exposure shot of the trees in the lights in the park to get the star effect.

Rio Mondego Sunset Blue Skys — The Mondego river just before sunset

Sunset Parque Verde Coimbra — The walkway next to Mondego River river just as the sun is setting.

Rio Mondego Golden Hour — The Mondego River just after the sun has gone behind the hills

I really hope you enjoyed these picture, I was really happy with how they turned out but they are by no means perfect and my quest to take a perfect picture goes on. That is enough from me for now let me know what you think in the comments and feel free to share them with your pets or whom ever you think might enjoy them.

Peace and Love,

The Foxy Prophet.

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Friends of the Ornithological Variety.

A-well-a ev’rybody’s heard about the bird bird bird bird
B-bird’s the word oh well-a bird bird bird
Bird is a word oh well-a bird bird bird
Well-a bird is the word oh well-a bird bird bird

If you are still reading this fair play to you, I was going to put the full set of lyrics to that song but I don’t think anybody wants that. So if you haven’t guessed by now today lesson is being brought to you by the letter B for bird.