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Looking for Lunch

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Posted by David Kjaer on October 19, 2008 at 6:25 AM
Looking for Lunch
One reason for the decline in Chough numbers in the UK is the lack of livestock especially sheep grazing to the very edges of our coastal areas where there droppings encourage beetles etc on which the Chough feed.

However when you view these birds probing for their lunch you can't help wondering why evolution hasn't changed their feeding habits a little.

Taken South Wales - Canon 1D MkIII + 300f2.8IS + x2 extender iso 400 f8 1/400 (Small crop)
Posted by PhilH on October 19, 2008 at 6:46 AM
Great behavioural image with detail held well in the blacks....

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Posted by John Robinson on October 19, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Good stuff.
Chuffed with that shot I bet . :frown:
JR
Posted by jack chapman on October 19, 2008 at 9:51 AM
tricky bird, very nice behavioural
Posted by tony flashman on October 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Ive still to see one. as with all "black" birds difficult to shoot. You've held the detail well on this one.

Tony :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on October 20, 2008 at 2:50 AM
Interesting eating habits and a nicely taken shot.

Matt
Posted by Robert Lawrence on October 20, 2008 at 7:06 AM
Very nicely done David. I was trying for these on saturday, saw plenty but it was so windy that I couldn't get a decent image.
Robert
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 20, 2008 at 5:20 PM
A bird high on my wishlist! Nice one David.
Rene de Heer
Posted by Fran French on October 24, 2008 at 3:40 PM
A lovely behavioural shot David, great low viewpoint and eye contact.

Fran

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