Mr Mallard

This is a replacement for my earlier pic as unfortunately it upset a couple of people and I would never want to do that. I feel upset myself now because this is the last thing I would want to do on 365. This was taken last week at Priory

[❀ Lynn]

Mr Mallard is lovely....but so was the photo that upset a few people. It is life and we cannot deny such things exist. I am sorry you felt you had to take it down.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Just thought I should add something here as you have decided to replace your earlier shot. You have taken so many wonderful wildlife shots that I am sure have drawn many people's attention to the beauty of the natural world and so you have no need to be upset. You are a great advocate for wild-life, I know that. And a picture of a dead or distressed creature can serve a purpose if it's to draw our attention to cruelty or greed which we could act upon in some way. As for Mr Mallard, well he looks very appreciative of your portrait!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

I agree completely with @tishpics you have taken some really stunning wild life shots, keep them coming. You have caught his green iridescent head perfectly.

[Hazel]

Lovely capture of the mallard - I did not see the previous shot but I feel sorry that you were upset by folks' reaction to it, Rosie.

[Judith Greenwood]

Oh dear I can't imagine that you did anything inappropriate - life isn't always as beautiful as Mr Mallard and we have to take responsibility.

[Shirley Banford]

Hello Mr. Mallard. This is a beautiful shot Rosie. I didn't see the other one either, but I trust you completely.

[Rosie Kind]

@quietpurplehaze @judithg @sabanford Thank you for your confidence in me as I would never want to upset anyone on here. However, I posted a nice pic of a male chaffinch who is obviously not well. I think he has bumblefoot which means that they lose their feet and ability to walk around properly. This sadly results in them not being able to feed as they are ground feeders and they die. There is nothing that can be done for them and I try to let the RSPB know about them so that they can determine the extent of the disease. The little chaffinch let me pick him up as I put some seed on the ground for him but he fluttered out of my hand and fell onto his beak before righting himself. I found it upsetting but couldn't bring myself to kill him and a couple of people said that a vet would probably help him but from experience the vet let our valuable cockatoo die because they didn't operate on him in time so I am certain that they would not be able to do anything for the chaffinch. I'm afraid it upset me even though the chaffinch looked OK but the comments obviously upset me and I didn't want to have anyone else commenting in this way so I deleted it. Hopefully, the poor little bird has been put out of his misery and is no longer suffering