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Friday, 28 September 2012

Squabbly starlings and a scruffy blue tit

Starling
© Sharon Whitley

The latest in the garden bird series - this is especially for Pete Woodruff of Birds2Blog fame who I know loves these squabbly visitiors to the garden (not!!) I've been getting quite a few of these in the garden (link here).  If you've never seen these birds roosting in the Autumn and Winter evenings (and I haven't for real yet but hoping to do so soon!!) just take a look at this!  I can't wait to see this for real, just amazing and such a beautiful sight....watch right to the end, nature itself for a work of art!





and just thought I'd share a photo of a visitor to Gary's garden last month - this poor little blue tit was going through the molting process and was looking a bit worse for wear - in fact definitely the scruffiest little bird I've ever seen in my life but I'm sure he's showing off a spanking new set of feathers by now bless him!!


Thank you to those who gave advice about photographing artwork and printing cards - definitely need to look at how I'm photographing my artwork and will look into printing out my own cards too!

Off to check out all your blogs now, til next time.............
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26 comments:

  1. Pete Woodruff28 September 2012 at 22:23

    Ahhhh....Just switching off to go to bed Sharon, then I saw you'd posted this, the painting say it all about the Starling with it beak full open.

    Great stuff....sleep well!

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:47

      haha thought you'd appreciate it - I don't believe that you dislike them that much though !

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  2. myra anderson28 September 2012 at 23:31

    wow! what a fantastic painting and what an interesting bird!

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  3. Judy28 September 2012 at 23:36

    Love the starling! And the scruffy little bird made me laugh, poor fellow!

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:48

      thanks Judy - I laugh every time I look at that photo - my little punk blue tit!

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  4. Judith Farnworth Art29 September 2012 at 08:31

    You are getting a lovely series of birds together here Sharon and I really like this one... the expression is fantastic!

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:49

      thanks Judith - this was my second attempt at a starling - the first was really bad!!!

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  5. Sue Clinker29 September 2012 at 10:42

    Poor blue tit - I photographed a robin going through his molting process in my garden a couple of months back but he was much more presentable than this little chap!!

    http://pencilpix.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/2407-feeling-sorry-for-himself.html

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:50

      thanks for the link sue - they certainly do look a bit worse for wear when they go through the molt don't they!

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  6. Unknown29 September 2012 at 12:21

    Another gem, keep them coming.

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  7. Studio at the Farm29 September 2012 at 16:38

    They certainly are squabbly! I saw a smaller murmuration yesterday, driving home from work - fascinating to watch. :)

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:51

      thanks Kathryn, I'm looking forward to seeing the spectacle for real, it must really be fascinating it's like they're dancing, just gorgeous

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  8. KonstantinaP29 September 2012 at 16:56

    The video was amazing!! Nature is the greatest artist of all. Thank you for sharing Sharon.
    Your painting is fabulous, I love it this winning little fellow :)
    I'm glad to know that you are about to print your cards!!!
    Hugs and smiles.

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:52

      thank you Konstantina you always say such lovely things, yes nature is the greatest artist of all

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  9. Brian Rafferty30 September 2012 at 07:53

    Sharon.Lovely painting as always..starlings when studied are fascinating and handsome birds.You are in for a real treat soon when the big flocks assemble.Marton Mere at Blackpool is a great place to watch as also is Leighton Moss.Keep up the god work.

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:53

      thanks Brian, Gary's going to take me as soon as they start happening regularly - may bump into there again!

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  10. RH Carpenter30 September 2012 at 13:32

    Great painting of an annoying bird :) I've seen some of the migration patterns in the air around here but not like this video. Hope you continue to get pretty visitors to paint at your feeders.

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  11. barbara l. hale30 September 2012 at 19:29

    I so enjoyed my visit to your blog. Your bird and dog portraits are second to none! Thanks for your visit to my blog and your kind words. I so appreciate positive feedback. It is funny that you posted the video of the murmuration. Seeing that in person is on my bucket list.

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:56

      thank you barbara - it's lovely to see you here, what a lovely comment, I hope you get to see your murmuration soon, I'm hoping to in the next few weeks...

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  12. Chris Stovell1 October 2012 at 09:51

    Now that is a scruffy little blue tit! What a lovely blog - I'm so glad you visited mine so that I can now enjoy yours. I heard the tawny owl in our garden just as I was dropping off to sleep last night, but I have managed to spot him yet.

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:57

      Hi Chris thanks for visiting, how wonderful to have a tawny owl in the garden! I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to my blog!

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  13. Findlay Wilde1 October 2012 at 20:14

    The Starling video is so so amazing. Thank you for posting it. From Findlay

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    1. Sharon Whitley4 October 2012 at 00:58

      Glad you enjoyed it Findlay - I hope you get to see it for real some time

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