Wild Birds of Europe

evelakes wrote in post #19572802

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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29TC​5ie itchi kingfisher by richard evers, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2752​KmSkingfisher in the morning 3 by richard evers, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2752​Kp7kingfisher in the morning 8 by richard evers, on Flickr

Thanks for your making-off !

2 meters , first i observe them for a few days at a distance, and then i did the setup in their flightpattern, and they landed on the treebranch i put in the flightline.

Experimenting with slow shutter Gannets:

sidknee wrote in post #19572274
Even more amazing, the first visit, that I'm aware of, to my little bird pond in front the hide............about 8m away from me
It stayed for three minutes and caught a couple of what I think are dragonfly larvae, made my day!

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Fantastic, you were very lucky

sidknee wrote in post #19572501
Pretty lucky to have captured for sure, the sparrowhawks nest in the same wood as the buzzards but a couple of hundred metres further down the valley and that's all done with by this time of year. It does look like the sparrowhawk is looking beyond the buzzard rather that at it.
I've spent thousands of hours at the hide and have had a camera trap there for many many thousands of hours, never seen or recorded a kingfisher there before. How lucky was that to be there for the 3 minutes it did come for. Unbelievable, in fact!
Thanks Levina!

Lester Wareham wrote in post #19572688
Sometimes you get lucky.

We had a walk over somewhere we often visit and suddenly had dozons of Red Kites zooming around. A bit latter we had several Buzzards doing the same.

They were all in a concentrated area trying to get height.

The Follow deer were in rut, we could hear the males bellowing in the woodland. It maybe one had died and body attracted the birds.

There are places around that have hides, some don't allow dogs, they can be good.

pcs wrote in post #19572716
With many hours you make your own luck. Ir's like the expression " the more I practice the luckier I get" .

Louis Pasteur said luck favours the prepared. That’s basically the same as what Patrick says here. And it’s absolutely true.

sidknee wrote in post #19572883
Thanks so much for the kind words Levina, not a sign of it again, I wonder how long I'll have to wait for the next one?
Is there such a thing as the perfect photograph? I've got to think there is always something better, because there is, that keeps me going out there. Definitely!

Yes, exactly! It’s the imperfections that keeps us going and trying, again and again.

evelakes wrote in post #19572802

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/97611076@N06/50c0o​934b8 setuo 2 by richard evers, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/97611076@N06/7o528​1p870 setuo 1 by richard evers, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://www.flickr.com​/gp/97611076@N06/pGm72​93t75 2018-07-24_12-32-54 by richard evers, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/29TC​5ie itchi kingfisher by richard evers, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2752​KmSkingfisher in the morning 3 by richard evers, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2752​Kp7kingfisher in the morning 8 by richard evers, on Flickr

Great to see the set-up. And a wonderful set of images!

sidknee wrote in post #19572885

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red kite

What an amazing pose, Sid. Like he’s actually looking at you!
The light also hit him really nicely here.

evelakes wrote in post #19572963
2 meters , first i observe them for a few days at a distance, and then i did the setup in their flightpattern, and they landed on the treebranch i put in the flightline.

Very cool!

pcs wrote in post #19572976
Experimenting with slow shutter Gannets:

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On a boat on the North Sea again?
These are really beautiful birds.
I’m curious about your experiment with slow shutter speeds though.

evelakes wrote in post #19572963
2 meters , first i observe them for a few days at a distance, and then i did the setup in their flightpattern, and they landed on the treebranch i put in the flightline.

great work Richard, well done!

Lyn2011 wrote in post #19572983
Fantastic, you were very lucky

Thanks Lyn, I was indeed!