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Thursday, 9. July 2009, 23:34:53
cricket, butterfly, heron
Wednesday, 8. July 2009, 23:43:25
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Tuesday, 7. July 2009, 22:22:46
gulls
Gulls are such a common sight locally that (other than the chicks) I rarely spend any time photographing them. I took this sequence at lunchtime, just before weather didn't so much break as utterly collapse. The afternoon and early evening were punctuated with torrential downpours and some localized flooding. So much for a long hot summer. The photos were taken at a local village pond.
First a couple of single birds in flight. These are black-headed gulls (so called because of the brown head plumage which they display in summer):
Black-headed gull
Black-headed gullWhile I was watching the birds, someone started feeding them slices of bread. The inevitable chaos ensued as the gulls (black-headeds and heron gulls) swarmed to grab what they could.
Gulls in motion
Gulls after bread.
Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.
Sunday, 5. July 2009, 00:09:40
kestrel, hedgehog, 3D
Even the kestrels, it seems, are succumbing to the heat. I went in search of them this afternoon but the skies were empty. I had nearly given up hope of seeing any when, in the distance, I spotted a familiar outline glide into a tree.
Kestrel in a treeShe was not feeling particularly cooperative and by the time I'd got within a reasonable range, she took to the wing. Just a short flight, until she found a perch up on one of the street lights by the main road.
Kestrel on a street lightShe moved away from there, and I lost track for a while. Just before I left the site I decided to sit down for 10 minutes, with the sun behind me, to see if she'd reappear. She didn't. I packed up the camera, turned and stepped about three yards. She been perched behind me, on a low fence by the rail along the race track.
Kestrel on a fenceThat was this afternoon. Tonight, no foxes; but one of the hedgehogs decided to tolerate the camera as it went in search of snails (I could hear the crunching whenever it disappeared under the shrubs).
Hedgehog
Oh, and one more of the the 3D series...
Click to enlargeCamera note: all kestrel shots taken with the EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens. The rest were taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
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