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Special Delivery

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Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Special Delivery
This is the female of a pair of crossbills which have nested near my house and have raised a chick. They must of been early layers as the chick is quite a size and very demanding. Its special to me as i don't have a record of them breeding in my area before.
Here is the female displaying their typical acrobatic ability. I have one of the male sat perfectly happy upside down just like it would normally (sadly it was so low light yesterday i couldnt get a sharp image even at ISO3200).

D700 500mm f4.5+1.4xtc ISO1600 1/125s
Posted by Paul King on May 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM
if they were where they normally are for me!! that is some tripod you are useing :jump:
Posted by Barry Southon on May 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Paul

Well spotted and captured I like to see the activity shots.

:wink:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 18, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Here is one of the male, note this ones a record shot.

These trees are only about 18 foot tall Paul
Posted by Tom Smit on May 19, 2009 at 1:53 AM
Nice shot(s). They are real acrobats.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 19, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Nice pictures. Well seen and captured.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on May 19, 2009 at 5:25 AM
Lovely pair of shots, really interesting and shows the birds behaviour well.

Well seen and taken!
Posted by Paul Hobson on May 19, 2009 at 3:53 PM
good behaviour and nice shots, they are certainly super birds

Paul Hobson