Not the best photo by any standards but means something to me which I feel is always an important part of enjoying photography.
The nest box is less than 100 m from my house and was put up 3 yrs ago. This is the first year the box has been used for breeding. It started with 4 eggs (we had a video camera in the box) and has resulted in 3 youngster fledging, 2 females and one male. Though one of them didn't seem to want to be in this photo.
We are not sure what happened to the 4 egg, it wasn't in the box when we ringed the chicks at 2 1/2 weeks old.
This was taken last weekend at just before 6am.
It's also the first photos with my new 1D MkIII
1D MKIII
400 5.6L + 1.4x
f8
ISO800
Tripod
Landie as a hide.
What a wonderful record shot for you to have of "your" Kestrels. I had Kestrels this year in one of my Barn Owl "A" frame boxes, although they only fledged one youngster.
Well done for putting a box up and great that it is being used.
A fellow "Landy" nut hey, I use mine as a hide as well, they are just great are'nt they
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4 repliesThe nest box is less than 100 m from my house and was put up 3 yrs ago. This is the first year the box has been used for breeding. It started with 4 eggs (we had a video camera in the box) and has resulted in 3 youngster fledging, 2 females and one male. Though one of them didn't seem to want to be in this photo.
We are not sure what happened to the 4 egg, it wasn't in the box when we ringed the chicks at 2 1/2 weeks old.
This was taken last weekend at just before 6am.
It's also the first photos with my new 1D MkIII
1D MKIII
400 5.6L + 1.4x
f8
ISO800
Tripod
Landie as a hide.
What a wonderful record shot for you to have of "your" Kestrels. I had Kestrels this year in one of my Barn Owl "A" frame boxes, although they only fledged one youngster.
Well done for putting a box up and great that it is being used.
A fellow "Landy" nut hey, I use mine as a hide as well, they are just great are'nt they
Regards
Rob
Cheers
JR
Mark