A Tale of Two Birds

I have heard that some tribes pronounce "birds" as "boyds". I wonder who they are; probably folk from the colonies.

Anyway.

I don't often photograph birds, and I'm not very good at it either. It is not my thing, as the vocabularily challenged would say.

Taking photos of birds also requires longer lenses than I usually carry, and I have become too lazy to lug that sort of big and heavy things around.

Having said that, yesterday I fluked two passable shots of birds. First, one of a European robin (Erithacus rubecula), roodborstje in Dutch:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/400s}

And then one of a great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), grote bonte specht in Dutch:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/320s}

It was being noisy, hammering away at a tree, and annoying as well, as it insisted on keeping the tree between itself and me for most of the time. I got a shot in the end, though.

Here's an older photo (from too far away, or taken with too short a lens) of a black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), zwarte specht in Dutch, for comparison:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/60s}

It is different; it is black.

Thanks for watching!