This is my entry to the #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 156 - the theme being small birds.
In my village, there is a stretch of water called the Great Pond of Stubbing. Running alongside it is a single-track lane with two stone pillars at the entrance.
There's lots of people out dog walking in this area, so when people are passing through, they leave bird seed on the stone pillars. Within seconds, the birds will fly down for a food feast.
The robins are usually the first to feed, and unfortunately, they chase the other birds off, which is quite frustrating for the other birds and for me taking photos.
The only bird that didn't seem to be too scared of the robins was the nuthatch. Both birds went for the black sunflower seeds, so there was plenty of food to go around for all of them. I only meant to stay for a few minutes, but people stopped and chatted to me, so I ended up staying for an hour. It was a good way of making friends. I then left the birds to enjoy the food.
The robin left as well!
Thank you @nelinoeva, @melinda010100, @barbara-orenya and the #featheredfriends team for running the contest.
Lovely photos of these cute birds. You have a fast lens!
The photographer isn't so fast though.😁
Great close-ups of the robin and the nuthatch. I can imagine how many more birds would come if the robin let them. 🙂
I just need more patience! 🙂
Red Robin always reminds me of Christmas cards, perhaps something from childhood receiving from England family a reminder of days everyone used snail mail.
Nuthatch not a bird we see either so both delightful photographs to share.
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Thank you @joanstewart. I only used to see the odd one or two nuthatches. I got really excited seeing them. There's quite a few at this spot, so I'm getting a bit blase now. 🙂
Once you know what is in the neighbourhood it is fun looking out for them.
Yes, absolutely.
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