ARCHIVE 392 – ROOK ON THE HIGH STREET
December 20, 2018 8 Comments
Rook preening on a street lamp in the main street of Penzance, Cornwall; 25 Apr 2012.
We were sitting at a table on the upper floor of a café, enjoying the interesting and lively view over Penzance’s main street.
Two Rooks came and perched on street lamp brackets immediately outside the window. I had a feeling they wouldn’t stay there long, and so rather than reaching for the Nikon, I used the little G11 which was already in my hand. One of the Rooks left almost immediately but I managed to train the Canon’s telephoto onto the other bird which, despite all of the hustle and bustle in the street below, started preening.
Rooks are crows, and more usually birds of the open countryside. I like crows anyway, but noisy colonies of these birds – rookeries – in the tops of tall, rural trees are for me one of the great joys of spring. So seeing them here above this busy shopping street was a surprise, albeit that Penzance is not that large a town. And having the bird set against the window display of the shop on the other side of the road added to that.
Technique: Canon G11 PowerShot at 140mm (equivalent); 400 ISO.
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