The birds they mock me
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Only an enthusiastic amateur but the challenge of photographing birds is something I enjoy
Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens
D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/ktm_wolf/Photography/DSC_0472.jpg)
Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens
D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/ktm_wolf/Photography/DSC_0472.jpg)
the_lone_wolf said:
Only an enthusiastic amateur but the challenge of photographing birds is something I enjoy
Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens
D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/ktm_wolf/Photography/DSC_0472.jpg)
Managed to catch this guy (apparently a Rock Kestrel?) on Chapman's Peak Drive in SA a while ago, took lots of different photos as he swooped around and hovered, this is my favourite as I was shooting just as he looked directly down the lens
D5000 + Cheapy Tamron 70-300mm lens, resized to fit screen
![](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/ktm_wolf/Photography/DSC_0472.jpg)
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JSS 911 said:
Taken out in the New Forest this morning,campers and walkers put nuts on the gate posts so you get a variety of wild birds come into feed
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5150983267_804797fdf3.jpg)
3 by sinky 911, on Flickr
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4 by sinky 911, on Flickr
Nice! Can I ask what lens you are using?![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5150983267_804797fdf3.jpg)
3 by sinky 911, on Flickr
![](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/5150983513_a874e26090.jpg)
4 by sinky 911, on Flickr
Funnily enough, in the last couple of weeks we've been visited for the first time by a Nuthatch and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker ourselves on our birdfeeder in suburban Warrington. Been feeding the birds for a good 5 years consistently, so it is a bit of a coup as they each come back a few times a day.
I've got some photos through glass - two sets of double glazing - as I can't get into the conservatory without them scarpering as the birdfeeder is only 6ft from the conservatory. So, the photos are a bit out of focus, and compared to yours they are not worth posting - but I shall persevere until they get tame enough for me to get a bit closer.
JustinP1 said:
JSS 911 said:
Taken out in the New Forest this morning,campers and walkers put nuts on the gate posts so you get a variety of wild birds come into feed
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5150983267_804797fdf3.jpg)
3 by sinky 911, on Flickr
![](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/5150983513_a874e26090.jpg)
4 by sinky 911, on Flickr
Nice! Can I ask what lens you are using?![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5150983267_804797fdf3.jpg)
3 by sinky 911, on Flickr
![](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1059/5150983513_a874e26090.jpg)
4 by sinky 911, on Flickr
Funnily enough, in the last couple of weeks we've been visited for the first time by a Nuthatch and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker ourselves on our birdfeeder in suburban Warrington. Been feeding the birds for a good 5 years consistently, so it is a bit of a coup as they each come back a few times a day.
I've got some photos through glass - two sets of double glazing - as I can't get into the conservatory without them scarpering as the birdfeeder is only 6ft from the conservatory. So, the photos are a bit out of focus, and compared to yours they are not worth posting - but I shall persevere until they get tame enough for me to get a bit closer.
A few from the weekend.
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5237767358_992d67914f.jpg)
bird take off by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5237765922_f8c7ebf30d.jpg)
Bird bridges by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5237764140_29679a5f81.jpg)
sea bird by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5237762178_2d28f7625f.jpg)
sea bird 2 by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5082/5237767358_992d67914f.jpg)
bird take off by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5237765922_f8c7ebf30d.jpg)
Bird bridges by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5237764140_29679a5f81.jpg)
sea bird by G.A.D, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5237762178_2d28f7625f.jpg)
sea bird 2 by G.A.D, on Flickr
Edited by Gad-Westy on Monday 6th December 20:40
A bit further away than the lone wolf when I took this pic of him hunting in a sea lagoon.
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5240824023_78eda97fda_b.jpg)
Kestrel by Hairy Cornflake, on Flickr
![](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5243/5240824023_78eda97fda_b.jpg)
Kestrel by Hairy Cornflake, on Flickr
Hairy Cornflake said:
Where was this taken, if you saw it in the UK i'd be very jealous but I assume this was in Egpyt or somewhere in Europe? Nice pic anyway
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