Hooray! I bought a new lens!
Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary
Those who regularly read me know that my last tamron 150-600mm A011 broke at the most inopportune moment. So I had to buy a new lens. And it is much better, it is felt that it is of higher quality, more practical and more reliable.
So yesterday I finally went to the forest.
The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Entering the territory of the old cemetery, I heard a quiet whistle and saw a bullfinch flying. This female sat on a bush with an ash tree and began to eat its seeds. This is strange ... because they only eat fatty ash seeds when it's very cold. And there was a lot of food, for example, there was a bush with rowan berries nearby. I met the male a little further, he whistled fussy and flew from tree to tree.
This woodpecker was so carried away by this tree that he did not pay attention to me. The weather was warm and even insects were flying, so he most likely found insects under the bark.
The Siberian chipmunk (Tamias sibiricus)
What a surprise! Chipmunk! The fact is that these fluffy guys go into hibernation at the beginning of October. But apparently because of the prolonged warm weather, they are still stocking up and waiting for frosts. It's good, the more supplies they make, the easier they'll get through the winter.
The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
This female little woodpecker was part of a mixed flock of birds. And she examined the twigs so diligently that she was not even afraid of me. She was literally a meter away from me!
The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Wow! Here is one more "winter" birds I met. There were about 6 birds, they sat on the top of a tree, sometimes they flew from branch to branch. Nearby there was a mountain ash, but they did not touch it, most likely they were already full and just rested.
The long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Well, of course, these attractive guys, how could it be without them.
The great tit (Parus major)
And, of course, what about the forest, without these numerous yellow-bellies?
The Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
Making my way through an impassable windbreak, I went down the hill to cross the river. There is such a place that on one side there is a quick passage, but it is flooded, a swamp, and you can only walk along an inconvenient fallen tree, which is also slippery. Or go around this place, walk for a long time, go around the hills, but without risking falling into a swamp. Yes, I often walked along the tree to quickly walk, but yesterday I was still making the route of a future bird tour, I can't know who will come to it and what physical capabilities unfamiliar people have. Therefore, I took a long, but not dangerous path.
And now, going down the hill, I caught a glimpse of a white spot in the distance. At first I thought it was just a piece of birch. But it stirred. It was an owl. She brushed off her feathers and looked around.
The willow tit (Poecile montanus)
And this tit explored the trees shattered by the winds.