Monday, June 14, 2010

Morden

At least 5 Hobbies flying around the area, rather oddly all were 2nd calendar year birds.
This one looks like it could still pass as a juvenile from underneath, although looking very closely at the body feathers there does seem to be a small splash of colour around the vent area


Very brown upper parts on this bird which might have been the same bird as above, it certainly hasnt done much in the way of moult with just a few scattered adult scapulars and rump feathers. The white blobs on the primaries show up well


The juvenile tail feathers can be seen well on this bird


This one is much more advanced having moulted all of its body feathers and its tail also by the looks of things. The wings are still its originals but it should be replacing them very soon.



Juv Great Spot with its red crown


Roe Deer