Was playing around with some of the young Buzzards in my area the other day. This particular bird have me intrigued, as it is very very small (somewhere between a Sparrowhawk and a normal Buzzard) and also almost orange on the breast. Obviously it indicates a male, but maybe also a Steppe Buzzard (not a bird we see in Denmark).
As it's rather shy I had to use a little trick to get it close. I put my stuffed Eagle Owl (Mr. George Bush - I think it was named here in the forum )next to my car, and right away the bird came in for one close look, and then disappeared again.
20D + 500/4; iso400, f5, 1/640 (cropped some 5% from each side).
Hi Helge,
Looks good to me.
Interesting what you say about it being a small youngster. We have had a small youngster appear here in the last week or so. In fact when I first spotted it I took it to be a sparrowhawk, but when I put the binos on it, it had too much of a buzzard's face to be a sparrowhawk
John
Posted by Mark sellings on January 5, 2007 at 5:23 AM
Hi Helge,
Nice flight shot - light a bit overcast but the stare is good - would prefer the wings more open although appreciate he wouldnt be able to glide very well like that!
cheers
Mark
Posted by Rob Howard on January 6, 2007 at 7:33 AM
Hi Helge,
Love this shot.
I have a shot like this in my mind's eye but as yet have not managed to see it in the view finder!!
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5 repliesAs it's rather shy I had to use a little trick to get it close. I put my stuffed Eagle Owl (Mr. George Bush - I think it was named here in the forum
20D + 500/4; iso400, f5, 1/640 (cropped some 5% from each side).
Looking forward to se many of you on Sunday,
cheers Helge
Looks good to me.
Interesting what you say about it being a small youngster. We have had a small youngster appear here in the last week or so. In fact when I first spotted it I took it to be a sparrowhawk, but when I put the binos on it, it had too much of a buzzard's face to be a sparrowhawk
John
Nice flight shot - light a bit overcast but the stare is good - would prefer the wings more open although appreciate he wouldnt be able to glide very well like that!
cheers
Mark
Love this shot.
I have a shot like this in my mind's eye but as yet have not managed to see it in the view finder!!
Great work
Well Done
Regards
Rob
A wonderful flight shot, and a very interesting story to go with it!
Thanks for sharing.
great capture keep them coming. Interesting story I will see if I can spot any small Buzzards in Aberdeen.
John
Aberdeen.