Tree sparrow

Many of the visitors to Bempton Cliffs were surprised to see me spending so much time photographing the sparrows. The reason, of course, is that they are tree sparrows and it was a species I had not previously photographed. The birds were very obliging and now I have a bulging folder full.

This bird was bathing right beside the footpath. It does rather remind me of a JR shot, and I have even cut the reflection off

David

Nikon D300, 600mm Nikon, 200 ISO, 1/1250 @ f4.0

David you managed to find a nice little pool,smashing looking bird and a very good capture.

Nice one David. Does look familiar With this weather, most of the stuff around here is bathing in mid air !
Last time I was at Bempton it wasn't a reserve !
JR

When I saw it I thought "Oh yes, that pool again!"

Yeh, agreed, gannets are boring, tree sparrows like this are cool.

Hi David, like the detail, especially the eye and the wet plumage works well. Good choice on the DOF too. Was this in the car park?

TFS
Steve

Hi Steve,

No it wasn't, although there were a lot of puddles like it in the car park at the time. It was in a puddle where the path from the visitor centre meets the cliff top path. On a warm, sunny day it was crawling with people, but still the sparrow came to bathe.

David

One of Bempton's must see birds, I have photographed these many times, but never in a puddle. I like the shot, David, different from the usual spug shots we see from here.

Andy...

Nice to see a tree sparrow out of its tree....great shot David!

Nick.