In reply to i love robins:
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
In reply to Linda257:
That's impressive ILR, is it a Little Owl ?
I have only photographed Barn Owls, not for want of looking...
In reply to SnappyMac:
Fabulous photo ILR. Well spotted and captured. One to be proud of ...
In reply to Tigerss:
In reply to Billysdad:
My window cleaner is very lazy. Hasn't cleaned windows to back door in months. I'll give myself a good telling off, and get around to cleaning them, seeing as I am now photographing out of them so often with birds around. Like this one...
I heard a Red Kite screaming away, as I munched through my breakfast, this morning. Several choice words were spate out, as I had intended putting out some chicken bones and skin for them about 15 minutes earlier. As I rushed to back door and looked up automatically to see if the kite was circling our house (they always seem to call out as they circle our house prior to swooping into garden to pick up food), I noticed the Red Kite was actually sat in top of oak tree at bottom of garden. Rush back into living room to grab camera.
7:45am. Very cloudy - actually drizzling. Dank light conditions. Red kite behind twigs. See how neatly I lined up my excuses.
After this first photo, I realised what all the screaming was about. This Red Kite was actually screaming at another Red Kite who was circling around behind it.
Having finished its screaming hissy, it started to turn around to face its adversary.
There is always a twig or two in the way, making focusing on target difficult. The Red Kite continued to turn.
Having completed its turn, it eye-balled the other kite.
Then screamed at the other Red Kite. Was it a 'Hello sexy, want to make some babies?' scream? or was it a 'Clear off you or I'll give you what for!' scream?
I could see that it was thinking of taking off.
Unfortunately, camera/lens focused on twigs.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.