Unsettled Skies

Thursday 16th of October

I'm not sure whether regular readers have noticed a change in picture quality recently. I have a new spare camera and have now been using it over a week.

It's a Canon Powershot SX510HS. 

I got it because it is now a discontinued item and is being sold off cheaply.

The pros are brilliant close up quality.

At 30 x 15 magnification it can still pick out distant objects.

It can still take a good picture of the moon, and is much lighter to carry.

The cons are, it doesn't have a viewfinder only an LCD screen.

After yesterday mornings rain it cleared up enough for a walk round Blairmount pond.

Here are some pictures taken from my garden and round the pond.

View towards Cairnsmore of Fleet

Crows

Another view towards Cairnsmore of Fleet

Lots of birds around.

Interesting clouds overhead.

Clouds gathering to the west

View to the Cree from Doonhill Woods

Now a number of waterfowl on Blairmount Pond

Autumn's fall in Doonhill Woods

The changing clouds over Cairnsmore finished my wee walk.  

  

Blairmount Cygnets - Update

It's Thursday the 5th of July.

It's about two weeks since I took this video and this post of the family.

This is how they're progressing today.

Someone is feeding them, every time anyone comes to the water inlet, they're quick on the scene.

There's seed and crumbs around the area.

I begin snapping away.

Two of the cygnets seem to stick like glue to each other.

The other looks like an individual.

I wonder whether it's anything to do with what sex they are ?

The first little part of this clip was a week ago, the rest is now.

They still stick quite closely to the parents.

This one looks quite bored with it all.

After taking a few more pictures, I notice some other activity.

This duck suddenly appears out of the blue..................

.......................and four crows make an appearance above me (one flew away almost immediately)

This pair seem to be doing a lot of conniving.

A couple of interesting wild flowers/plants on my way back to the house.

Back home, a red rose has broken off the rosebush. 

I've rescued it to brighten up the window above the sink.