The birds they mock me

[muppetdave]

Am absolutely gutted. Last weekend I was at my parents and my sis's bf said that the swallows in one of the stables were just fledging (when he'd put the horse out a few hours previous), so off we trundle but alas they had fully flown and were chasing around so no jor - better luck next year. Took this one though which I thought was a bit of fun - struggling to make a really moody B&W conversion though to make it more spooky!

[jimmy156]

muppetdave said:

- struggling to make a really moody B&W conversion though to make it more spooky!

Hope you dont mind, its quiet at work so i did a quicko edit on it.

[paul911]

Had a great day out at a bird of prey centre today. Including a studio session, first time I have used controlled flash! C&C welcome

1. Red Tailed Buzzard


2. Harris Hawk


3. And a cute falcon


Will upload some more when I’ve gone through them

[central]

paul911 said:

1. Red Tailed Buzzard

No such bird.

It's a Red Kite

[Dogsey]

central said:

paul911 said:

1. Red Tailed Buzzard

No such bird.

The Raptor Foundation beg to differ.

central said:

It's a Red Kite

However I do agree with you here.

[paul911]

Thanks chaps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk

said:

…are known as buzzards in Europe, but hawks in North America.

[paul911]

Red Tailed Buzzhawk


Harris Hawk


Burrowing Owl


Little Owl

[Nineoneone]

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[Penny-lope]

Some from my holiday







And this little chap fell asleep after my son sat stroking him for 15 mins

[minky monkey]

Popped into the London Wetlands Centre yesterday.

[minky monkey]

Horrible sky that day.



And again.

[LongQ]

We're not coming any closer .....

[paul911]

I seem to have a thing going on with Red Kites / Hawkes . Wild and free taken at Gigrin Farm

[Dogsey]

paul911 said:

I seem to have a thing going on with Red Kites / Hawkes . Wild and free taken at Gigrin Farm

Very nice Paul, same place I took these, unfortunately we got to the site about 15 minutes after the feeding started so missed most of the display. We're just in the process of buying a house about an hour from there though so I'm looking forward to getting up there again next year!

[minky monkey]

[minky monkey]

A few from a visit I made to the Farne Islands.


The smell was something else..






I've reworked this one, extending the canvas at the top and cloning in the background to give the birds more room as they were too close to the top in the orginal shot.

[xrrr]

A few from me...

Taken through the kitchen window on a wet day:


Taken at the Red Kite centre in Rhayader, Wales:


Lilac Breasted Roller from a recent holiday in Africa. I stalked it for about 10 minutes and fortunately it stayed on the branch! (sorry about the over large watermark)

[minky monkey]

The robin looks abit bedraggled!

The last one is the stand out shot for me though, very nice indeed.

[Penny-lope]

Guess who was at the zoo yesterday

[CVP]

This is lovely, superb timing

minky monkey said: