Potential tenant

[flavio]

Judging by the amount of broken egges I found lately I assumed it was the right time to make a nesting shelter for wild birds. It is also a nice family project to carry out during the weekend. For the last couple of weeks the new "appartment" has been empty and bird-clients didn't seem to be interested.
Yesterday evening as I walked out to water the plants I saw this magnificent bird (a white breasted kingfisher, I think) just sitting there. I went back, grabbed the camera and, he was still there waiting for me. Nice birdy!
It checked out one side, It checked out the other side and after a couple of shots it suddenly flew away (while the camera was recovering between shots, of course) showing he awesome blue plumage. We didn't talk about monthly rent and I hope it will be back with its family.



Camera: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)
Aperture: f/4.3
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire


Camera: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.3
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire




Camera: Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[leonaashlee]

Wow Flavio, those are wonderful...and great story. I'm always so interested to see your threads because I know I can always count on you to make them beautiful and interesting. Thank you for starting my day off so well. It's 3:30 am here....uugh

[lyacadajar]

the news is out...he will surely come back with all his buddies! nice shot, and that new 'birdy home' looks neat!

[Heaterguy]

Nice shot Flavio. That bird seems to be establishing itself as king of the castle.

[starjo]

i'm not usually one for birds, but this guy is very pretty. i'd have to say the 3rd shot is my favorite.
nice work!

[fstopMike]

Beautiful bird. I hope he decides to take up residence in your yard. Then we'll get more shots of him.

[flavio]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

Wow Flavio, those are wonderful...and great story. I'm always so interested to see your threads because I know I can always count on you to make them beautiful and interesting. Thank you for starting my day off so well. It's 3:30 am here....uugh

I know a picture is worth 1000 words but still I belive that another few tens of words won't harm the pictures. I'm glad you mention you enjoy both the text and the images. THANKS!
BTW, 3:30 AM isn't that a bit early? Any particular reason you can share with me?
In this sense: you are my hero!
I struggle with waking up between 6:30 and 6:45 AM.

[flavio]

Originally Posted by lyacadajar

the news is out...he will surely come back with all his buddies! nice shot, and that new 'birdy home' looks neat!

Rent is cheap, great location and free food and water.
We keep our fingers crossed.
Thanks for looking and commenting!

[Fred flyfisher]

Great idea flavio. Maybe I'll try that next spring. We're well past the broodng stage here. Nice shots you got of the prospective tenant.

[flavio]

Originally Posted by Heaterguy

Nice shot Flavio. That bird seems to be establishing itself as king of the castle.

Hopefully so!

Thanks Heaterguy!