Visited Watlington Hill as staying overnight in Thame. Kites very busy clearing up remnants of picnics. One appeared to have an egg or golf ball. Liked the last picture as it shows how the kite uses the secondary feathers as flaps to manouevre in the dive.
Showing posts with label bird of prey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bird of prey. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
More Red Kites
Today, there was blue sky and sunshine, which helped the birds against the sky giving more colour and contrast but made them more difficult to photograph against bright hillside backgrounds.
The first 2 images below show the birds against the attractive background of the Chiltern Hills and Woods. In the last 2 images the birds are progressively closer so the background is more out of focus. (all at 2500th sec, f2.8 ISO400 )
Red Kites
We visited Watlington Hill on the way to talk at Wallingford Photographic Club and the Red Kites were in superb form. The first image was one of many where the kites came very close to inspect us. The bland sky was not in our favour. However, the good thing about being on the hill is that you can photograph the Kites against a background and you get top, underneath and sideway views.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Visit Raptor Foundation St Ives
A few images from the flying sessions at St Ives. The falcons are always my favourites and this Lanner was no exception performing very well. The Kestrel and Eagle Owl also kept to pretty predictable paths. The Bald Eagle was from a static display while the Little Owl was meant to be flying but was too worried by an overhead wild Buzzard.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Falcons and Kites
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Owls
Four very attractive species of owl photographed at Hawk Conservancy Centre on Thursday - lovely setting but very difficult for the camera to pick up the owls as they fly through the trees. Two noctornal owls with dark eyes, the Ural Owl and Tawny Owl, and two crepuscular owls with amber eyes, the Eagle Owl and Snowy Owl.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
A few more images from our Birds of Prey day.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Long-eared and Tawny Owl
Friday, April 23, 2010
Lakenheath birds
A few pictures from today's trip to Lakenheath Fen on the way back from collecting work from the Gallery in Watton. The birds were a bit distant and there was a considerable heat haze. There were up to 6 Marsh Harriers and 10 Hobbies in the air at once some of the time. A wonderful sight. I am not sure what the Hobbies were feeding on as I only saw one damselfly (a red one) but the air was thick with Alderflies. There was also a Cuckoo in full song - the first I have heard this year.
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