Jay Today

 To say that the resident Jay at Stithians southern cut-off were camera shy would have to go down on record as an understatement,  Often seen flying by but not stopping if there is even a single window open on the hide and until this morning I have never snapped one here before..... ( IF you want to work with Jay go to Tehidy where they are abundant and reasonably approachable)

Well there has to be a first time for everything and today was to be the day that the Jay gradually moved in branch by branch until it was within range to make a short flight down onto the ground under the feeders to grab a couple of peanuts and was then immediately away over the tree canopy not to be seen again.

I had been busy watching the trees behind the feeders for approaching Woodpecker that were showing well again today so I got an early view of the Jay inching its way forward and was able to pick off shots as it moved between the branches using a Nikon 500mm lens fitted with a 2x Tele-converter which increased my focal length to 1000mm to improve the subject size in the full  frame images.

Other subjects worked on with the same lens assembly included a male Reed Bunting, Blue tit, Sparrow and a lively Robin posted below