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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #750 on: March 11, 2020, 23:21:21 »
I was quite pleased with this one.
The wind had proved challenging for the other birds, but was just what the Kestrel likes

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Bent Hjarbo

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #751 on: March 11, 2020, 23:32:26 »
Nice
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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #752 on: March 11, 2020, 23:34:56 »
Quote from: Bent Hjarbo on March 11, 2020, 23:32:26
Nice

Thanks Bent
My arm ached at the end of today's shoot (I take that as I sign I was so absorbed in what I was watching that I forgot the wieght of my kit)
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #753 on: March 12, 2020, 05:50:17 »
Peter, love the Pygmy KF with frog.  We call them Dwarf Oriental here and I have never seen one  >:( .   Sign of the times that my Kingfishers, Bee Eaters and Rollers will always choose a wire over a branch if hunting is just as good.
Lots of great images in this thread.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #754 on: March 12, 2020, 07:33:53 »
Quote from: ColinM on March 11, 2020, 23:21:21
I was quite pleased with this one.
The wind had proved challenging for the other birds, but was just what the Kestrel likes

Great shot, Colin !
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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #755 on: March 12, 2020, 17:39:13 »
Quote from: John Geerts on March 12, 2020, 07:33:53
Great shot, Colin !

Thanks John.
Because I was following the action through the viewfinder, it was only afterwards that I realised the wind was strong enough to allow the Kestrel to "glide" in a stationary position, rather than fluttering its wings to hover like they usually do.
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Peter Connan

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #756 on: March 14, 2020, 11:05:19 »
Quote from: tommiejeep on March 12, 2020, 05:50:17
Peter, love the Pygmy KF with frog.  We call them Dwarf Oriental here and I have never seen one  >:( .   Sign of the times that my Kingfishers, Bee Eaters and Rollers will always choose a wire over a branch if hunting is just as good.
Lots of great images in this thread.
Tom

Thanks Tommie. I agree about the perches, it happens to me most of the time too.

The African Pygmy is not the same species as the Oriental Dwarf, although they do indeed look very similar.

Mine is Ispidina Picta, yours is Ceyx erithaca

Lovely shots Elsid and Colin
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #757 on: March 14, 2020, 11:19:19 »
Thank you Peter for your comment.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #758 on: March 14, 2020, 11:39:20 »
This turdus merula posed for me at 3.5 m.
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #759 on: March 17, 2020, 17:13:14 »
Two for Tuesday
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #760 on: March 18, 2020, 16:15:59 »
Grey Crowned Crane
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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #761 on: March 18, 2020, 18:30:02 »
A very nice bird photo  ;)
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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #762 on: March 18, 2020, 20:24:03 »
Quote from: elsid on March 14, 2020, 11:39:20
This turdus merula posed for me at 3.5 m.

Lovely
And a seemingly unfair name for something as perky and beautiful as a blackbird Elsid
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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #763 on: March 18, 2020, 21:00:00 »
You first...
...no you first!!

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ColinM

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Re: [Theme] Show Birds
« Reply #764 on: March 18, 2020, 21:16:23 »
Sometimes (with enough patience) things just fall into place
British Kestrel, 300mm PF D500

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