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Jackdaw,collecting nest material.

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Posted by Phil Mclean on April 25, 2010 at 7:06 AM
Jackdaw,collecting nest material.
Taken from my garden hide as the bird pulled bits of rotten wood from this stump to line it's nest hole in a tree.
Canon 1D Mk11N,300mm canon lens,1/250 f8 and iso250.

Phil. :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Good stuff !
Watched 'em pulling hair off a horse yesterday!
JohnR
Posted by Bob Cox on April 25, 2010 at 10:20 AM
That's a mouthfull , good picture.

Bob.
Posted by David Taylor on April 25, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Excellent behavioural shot with a great BG.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by David Sewell on April 25, 2010 at 12:01 PM
No real nits from me, possibly a tad more space on the right?

David
Posted by Karen Summers on April 25, 2010 at 12:53 PM
good shots and good exposure to
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on April 25, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Very well captured Phil,
the eye contact is amazing :eek:
:wavey:
Bertl
Posted by Philip Newman on April 25, 2010 at 2:17 PM
yes great stuff Phil, a bird rarely photographed and this is excellent, welldone. :toast: :toast:

Phil Newman
Posted by Paul King on April 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM
We tend to forget these little beauties. Nice one Phil
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM

Yes, the eye looks very good, spot on exposure and slight nit re the space around the bird covered.

Andy...
Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Lovely shot Phil :toast:

Minor nit re space already mentioned.

Nice to see a picture of a bird I really like :smile:
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 26, 2010 at 6:15 AM
Greta capture but I would just add that the nesting material is a little bright on my screen but difficult to balance with the colour of the bird which is detailed very well.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on April 26, 2010 at 7:51 AM
Hello Phil.

Super shot and no nits from me, love the lighting and detail.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Mark Green on April 26, 2010 at 1:37 PM
no nits from me, cracking shot of a very difficult subject.

:smile:
mark.g