Or willow tit but I think it is a marsh tit as they don't get willow tit around Leighton moss or it's the other way round they get willow tit and not marsh tit I can't remember now.
Phillip.
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Posted by Larry Corbett on November 4, 2006 at 1:15 PM
It's a Marsh Tit with good detail in the feathers but in harsh lighting and a touch tight in the frame
I have a feeding station in a wood which has both Marsh and Willow, a few years back I tried to get both marsh and willow on the same perch at the same time but never really acheived my goal, I do have them on the same perch seperately on slide somewhere in the "slides for scanning pile" which is about 400 slides deep
for the record this is a Willow Tit, notice the back of the head and the experts call it dull matte black but up close it is a bit of a browny grey colour
Posted by Larry Corbett on November 4, 2006 at 1:16 PM
and this is a Marsh Tit which has a back of head like yours a shiney black cap
of course it's the call which is the usual give away.. a marsh sneezes and buzzes where as a willow just buzes ..next to my computer I have a pair of Zebra Finches in a cage (for company) they sound very much like Willow Tits.
Hope this helps
Posted by John Gardner on November 5, 2006 at 4:22 PM
Nice image Phil, though a bit tight for my taste. You've held the whites nicely (whereas Larry's blown his on both shots) and lots of sharpness and detail throughout.
John
Posted by Larry Corbett on November 5, 2006 at 5:52 PM
John
my shots aren't the ones up here for critique, they are here to show the differences between the two species.
FWIW they were both scanned in from slides, my scanner (Nikon Coolscan V ...blooming rubbish should have bought a Canon) tends to blow the highlights, the slides have plenty of detail in the whites...
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4 repliesPhillip.
Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 800mm
Color Mode: Mode II (Adobe RGB)
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Color Temp. (5300 K)
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
AF Mode: AF-C
1/250 sec - F/8
Exposure Comp.: -0.7 EV
Lens: 800mm F/5.6 D
Sensitivity: ISO 200
I have a feeding station in a wood which has both Marsh and Willow, a few years back I tried to get both marsh and willow on the same perch at the same time but never really acheived my goal, I do have them on the same perch seperately on slide somewhere in the "slides for scanning pile" which is about 400 slides deep
for the record this is a Willow Tit, notice the back of the head and the experts call it dull matte black but up close it is a bit of a browny grey colour
of course it's the call which is the usual give away.. a marsh sneezes and buzzes where as a willow just buzes ..next to my computer I have a pair of Zebra Finches in a cage (for company) they sound very much like Willow Tits.
Hope this helps
John
my shots aren't the ones up here for critique, they are here to show the differences between the two species.
FWIW they were both scanned in from slides, my scanner (Nikon Coolscan V ...blooming rubbish should have bought a Canon) tends to blow the highlights, the slides have plenty of detail in the whites...