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Wheatear in flight

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Posted by Nigel Blake on April 19, 2008 at 6:08 AM
As I have been so busy with commissioned work heres one done last year, I was hoping to get a repeat opportunity to work with Wheatears at the same place this year, sadly the dung heap where they usually have a migration stop-over is not in the same place so access and light (high trees imediately south of new heap) is not so good.
The fence post had a 2" hole bored in the top and it was filled with meal worms to keep the birds visiting.

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Posted by Justin on April 19, 2008 at 6:15 AM
Superb.

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Posted by Paul Inglis on April 19, 2008 at 7:32 AM
Hi Nigel,

Very, very nice!
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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 19, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Cool shot.

Phil.

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Posted by Paul Thomas on April 19, 2008 at 7:51 AM
Excellent.

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Paul
Posted by Frederic Desmette on April 19, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Nice! :toast:
Frederic
Posted by Austin Thomas on April 19, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Very nice Nigel. Well done.

Austin
Posted by Anthony House on April 19, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Nice work Nigel :smile:
Posted by Vincent Jones on April 19, 2008 at 11:23 AM
You don't see many flight shots of this species. Well planned & brilliant taken. Inspiring :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM
First I've seen of one of these in flight...nicely done Nigel :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on April 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM
I think this could have been a little better with the bird not flying "out of the frame" so much.
The left side of the picture could be "stretched " a little to accomodate this with it being being a full frame posting.
Just my opinion. No big deal.
John Robinson
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 20, 2008 at 3:22 AM
Well caught sir, hard enough to see one let alone shoot one flying.

Tim
Posted by Dawn Monrose on April 20, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Very nice! Great background too.

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Posted by Mark Sisson on April 20, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Works well for me: good work all round.

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Mark
Posted by Ian Mason on April 20, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Lovely - never seen one.
Posted by Ian Hay on April 20, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Good work,I hope i see my first of the year soon!

Ian Hay
Posted by Paula Graham on April 26, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Wonderful shot, as per usual.