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Samual Stone's Image
Samual Stone (UK) watches as a jackdaw brings stones to its nest.
Samual had been keeping an eye on a hole in the trunk of a half-fallen willow tree in London’s Bushy Park.
He’d seen a pair of jackdaws visiting with their beaks full of hair taken from the coats of local deer.
Jackdaws are highly intelligent and adaptable. They build new nests each year from all sorts of materials: twigs, branches, feathers, wool, moss, mud and animal dung. This pair kept adding rocks to theirs.
Samual was fascinated by the way in which the jackdaw had seemingly organised them into a size order in its beak.
Behind the lens
Samual Stone
UK
Samual is an amateur photographer based in London. His approach is to try to capture and celebrate local wildlife.
Image details
- Nikon D5500
- Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 lens
- 1/500 at f6.3 • ISO 800
- Bushy Park, London, England, UK
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