A quick flight from the nest in the wall to a pole, then another short flight to the trees. Its flight is a sort of ‘wave’; it dives, then flutters the wings, always chasing insects, in a tireless coming and going. It often stops on a old rail, near the nest, with an insect in its bill, moving its tail.
In these days I’m working in the garden (I’m trasplanting flowers, potting up seedlings, moving containers…) and often I become aware of it from its shade moving in the ground. This morning, while I was turning the corner of the house, we were about to collide!
It’s a very talkative bird, the air is full of “hweet… hweet”
It’s my resident chiffchaff (along with its mate and, probably, its chicks).
1, 2, 3) the chiffchaff having a break on its favourite rail
4) tomatoes in containers moved in a sunnier area
5) potted seedlings
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Comments
rainymountain wrote:
Don’t your Chiffchaffs say “Chiff chaff, chiff chaff”? A bit monotonous, continuous and quite loud. They lived in the hedge at the back of our garden in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
HollyBee wrote:
Interesting bird. Good-looking tomato plants. I’m glad I’m not the only one who still has seedlings! :)
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
cristina wrote:
@ rainymountaun – no, it’s hard for me to recognize any “chiff chaff” in the voice of these birds, I will pay more attention.. I continuosly hear calls like these .
@ hollybee – oh, I’m so often late!
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
Good looking tomatoes and seedlings. Your images are always so pretty with an old world flavor.
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
anelson wrote:
nice description of your gardening companion.
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
cristina wrote:
@rainymountain – Pembrokeshire… I remember a summer holyday in Tenby / Dinbych-y-Pysgod, the tides and the Costal Path. It was many years ago… happy memories!
Posted on 17 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
Cherokee_Motley wrote:
@cristina…. What type of camera / lens combo are you using to get such wonderful shots? I have a nice camera but your ability to frame and focus on wildlife is incredible!
Posted on 19 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
cristina wrote:
@rosemarieGardener – interesting comment, I’m wondering what could be an ‘old world flavor’. Sometimes I forget that we folians are living so distant!
@rainiymountain – yes, I have heard the “Chiff chaff, chiff chaff” too :)
@Cherokee_Motley – It’s very kinf of you, thank you! I think that, living in this solitary place, I’m just learning to observe. I have taken these photos using a 6 years old compact camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3, with Leica lenses. I haven’t it anymore, because three days ago the dog has stolen it, chewed and dug in the dirt (it’s a long story about the dog). So, having already some accessories, I’ve bought another one (model DMC-TZ30), and now I have to relearn to use it , because the new model, of course, has been improved. But it seems rather easy. BTW, this camera has a very good wide angle (24mm), a 20X optical zoom (the old one was 10x) and a 40x digital zoom.
Posted on 19 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
flowerweaver wrote:
What a cute bird, with an equally precious name!
Posted on 19 Jul 12 (10 months ago)
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