Hi to everyone
I have recently joined the RSPB and have set up quite a few feeders in my garden and enjoy practicing my photography (keen amateur) and I generally have my camera set up on a tripod pointing at the feeders while I do some work on the pc so excuse the photo as I was a little over exited when I saw a red kite in the sky outside its not easy grabbing a camera on a heavy tripod change the setting try and bend it up at the sky and take a photo I have normally only seen these birds when I was working in the Chilterns (I do not know if they are popular around here) I would have taken it off the tripod but that takes time as its not on a quick release and I did not want to miss the shot or 2 so i thought I just had to share this then may be I can find out if we can expect to see some more of them in the near future i am near farmers fields close to the Milton Keynes to Leighton Buzzard by pass road if that helps I call south Milton Keynes
I have put the 1st pic in to show how far away he was the others are just cropped
Thank you in advance for looking
Rodney
Rodney Lewis
My Photos
Hi Rodney
Nice to get a photo of a Red Kite. They do seem to be spreading out quite a lot from their original area of reintroduction in the Chilterns. I live in the Thames Valley not far from Reading and they are over every day but they still give me a thrill.
Good luck with your bird photography.
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Tony
My Flickr Photostream
Hi TeeJay
Love your pics too they are great shots of the red kite must be a nice set up you are using as well as being a good photographer my son spotted 2 today so sounds promising I shall keep a look out and keep you all posted
Best Regards
Hi Hazel
Managed to go through half my pics and just uploaded about 20 of the better ones I had a lot of throw away ones Ha Ha
Best regards
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Hi stich uploaded a few more pics to my albumn from my few hors ast the lodge the other day binned quite a few tho and still got the other half ro look through its suprising how many pics you clock up
Hi Alan uploaded a few more pics to my album from my few hours at the lodge the other day threw quite a few tho and still more to look through
Hi Northernlass thank you for your comment I have added a few more photos to my album
Hi Alan
I took some photos in my garden and is this a pigeon or a dove please and what type thank you I shall put photo below
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put a few more pics in my album threw lots away and stil got more to go through
Had a quick look at your album. Some nice shots of the Great Spotted Woodpecker. They make nice colourful subjects for photos don't they.
Your pigeon is a Wood Pigeon btw.
Hi TJ
Thanks for that so I have 3 of them been putting some large bread out for them as they a bit heavy for my tree which leaves the smaller birds to get on with there feeding