Mr Blackbird

We are lucky to have several pairs of blackbirds that visit our garden - presumably nesting in the hedgerow on our boundary. When they all arrive together it can be a bit noisy, but they seem to tolerate each other reasonably well.

I cut the grass the other day and since then they seem to have been visiting more frequently (either that or I couldn't see them for the long grass before!)

I did get some shots on Thursday of them picking up bits and pieces and some larvae of some description - but I didn't blip them. Now, when I want them to, they don't seem to be picking up bits!

It got quite dark so I had to crank up the ISO and use max zoom and aperture - so the pic is quite soft. It was also raining, shooting through the patio door. In LARGE you can see the rain drops on his back.