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One of my favourite birds eased the pain of a shopping trip to Morpeth on Saturday morning.\u00a0 Why a painful shopping trip?…well, going to order a pair of reading glasses was my acceptance that my eyesight (at least my near vision) isn’t what it was when I was younger.\u00a0 I do a lot of reading, but I’ve reached the point where my arms simply aren’t long enough to hold things far enough away for me to be able to read them, and I can’t grow longer arms…<\/p>\n
As we approached Morpeth, it was comforting to realise that my vision, beyond a few feet, is still fine, as a distant flock of birds resolved into a group of at least 38, outrageously beautiful, Bohemian Waxwings<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 There really isn’t too much in the way of subtlety where Waxwings<\/strong> <\/em>are involved and, shopping trip completed, I positioned myself with camera.\u00a0 Take a few shots…move closer…take a few shots…move closer.\u00a0 Then the inevitable happened and the birds moved closer to me, and too close to focus on (with the camera, not with my eyes!).\u00a0 Before that though, I did manage just under 300 images \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n