Yesterday we had a lovely though windblown walk round Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens. The sky was perfect blue and it was mild. The wind did mean that leaves are falling before we can really appreciate the colours on the trees, but the fallen leaves are lovely to look at.I spent some time under a tree, watching a treecreeper as it crept over the branches, looking in the nooks and crannies for food. The only birds I photographed though were the pigeons, some of which enthusiastically fed from Crafty Green Boyfriend's hand.... This pretty pigeon is likely to be the offspring of one of the white doves from Gorgie City Farm that bred with a normal feral pigeon.
Nice photos Juliet. We have a resident tree creeper but this time of the year the G s woodpecker gives him a hard time.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos. I decided to stay at home yesterday, but went out this morning and found some excellent images around and about Leith. Watch for their appearance over the enxt few days :)
ReplyDeleteHi Juliet! Autumn is one of the most colourful periods of the year. In our countries we are so fortunate to have four seasons. When I lived in Indonesia we only had the wet season and the dry one. In a way it was boring.Thanks for visiting. Yes there are too many disasters at the same time.
ReplyDeleteooh Crafty i love that picture of the pigeon eating out of your boyfriend's hand. that's incredible, beautiful. hope all is well.
ReplyDeletehi juliet, look at the pose that pigeon gave you!!! so angelic!!!! steven
ReplyDeleteThat picture of the autumnal ground is sublime. Its something I often try to recreate in art :)
ReplyDeleteReally windy here today too. And the leaves are dry so they are flying.
ReplyDeleteTreecreeper is my mum's favourite bird. I quite like them too. :o)
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos -- and what a delight, that the pigeon fed from your boyfriend's hand. :) And I love the way fallen leaves look, too -- and the way they crunch when I walk in them.
ReplyDeleteHi Juliet
ReplyDeletegreat shot...it reminded me of the pigeons in St Marks square in Venice...sitting on the kids' heads...they weren't that fussed about it...
Happy days
So cool, the bird feeding from your hand. Looks like you had a very nice day at the gardens.
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I think this is one pigeon perfectly willing to be bribed to have its photo taken.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures. I especially like how you captured the second photo. It's not easy to take pictures of animals especially birds. -- www.prettyfirefly.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a variety of colours in those fallen leaves!
ReplyDeleteLove that carpet of leaves - so colourful. Our treecreepers are very busy these days preparing for winter I guess.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very pretty pigeon.
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