A little Long Tailed Tit, caught at the dining table doing a very good impression of a ballet dancer. Look closely, he is standing on the very tips of his claws.
He also has a BTO ring on.
@teiko@countrylassie Thank you Emilie and Leslie, a BTO ring is put on a bird by the British Trust for Ornithology or someone who is licensed by them. They are normally put on nestlings, but sometimes mist nests are used to catch adult birds. There is a wide variety of sizes for different birds, and a serial number on the ring, from which if someone like Lesley finds a dead ringed bird, and the ring gets back to the BTO or the adult bird is mist trapped and released again, then it gives them information such as the age and how far the bird had moved from where it was ringed.
I think they have been doing this in the Uk since the 1940s, and have discovered some amazing facts regarding ages of certain birds, where different populations of certain birds migrate to, and also some really long distances covered in a very short time.
I don't know what it's called but there is a similar organisation in the USA.
@markp I looked it up, apparently US and Canada both report bands here: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/bblretrv/
What fascinating lives they lead. Makes me think of the breathtaking documentary Winged Migration. They are all around us, leading complicated lives and we know so little about them!
Thank you Hazel, the camera was the Sony A77 with the Sony A mount 70-300 lens.
I also have a A7 which I think has a similar mount to yours, I have bought the adaptor that let's me use all my A mounts on the A7.
I am not 100% sure but I think there is a similar adaptor so use can use the larger Sony lens on your camera.
Thanks for the info. I'm now thinking that maybe a larger lens than the 55-200 I already have could be a bit top heavy for my camera. Your photos are lovely and I'm rather envious!!!!
I think they have been doing this in the Uk since the 1940s, and have discovered some amazing facts regarding ages of certain birds, where different populations of certain birds migrate to, and also some really long distances covered in a very short time.
I don't know what it's called but there is a similar organisation in the USA.
What fascinating lives they lead. Makes me think of the breathtaking documentary Winged Migration. They are all around us, leading complicated lives and we know so little about them!
I also have a A7 which I think has a similar mount to yours, I have bought the adaptor that let's me use all my A mounts on the A7.
I am not 100% sure but I think there is a similar adaptor so use can use the larger Sony lens on your camera.
Thanks for the info. I'm now thinking that maybe a larger lens than the 55-200 I already have could be a bit top heavy for my camera. Your photos are lovely and I'm rather envious!!!!