One flew over

This bird has been around my parents house for a week even calling at 3.30am . It is very flighty and I cannot get close unless it flies over. Poor conditions I was shooting at +2 stops and still had to add exposure in lightroom. 1d2n sigma 500

You've done well here , given the conditions . No many inflight shots of these about...

Hi Craig,

I only ever hear Cuckoo and very rarely see them so congrats on the capture, good to capture it in flight too.

Andy...

Not heard, let alone seen, one round here for over twenty years. Excellent capture.

I have only ever seen a couple so to get one in flight is quite something

Dave

Nice capture,this is a rare bird in my part of Lincolnshire.

Keith.

Bizarrely I was having no luck with this bird so went for a walk trying to see Grasshopper Warbler and got a different Cuckoo in better lighting conditions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peregrinebirdphoto

Well done Craig,and the flickr images look even better.

Phil.

Very well done to get this - a rare sight indeed.

Well done Craig not an easy subject.

David

not easy to find let alone get.

Nice one Craig


I have never managed one let alone in flight

Yes indeed, a rare capture in flight. flickr ones are even better

Very difficult species to take any decent images off, you have done really well here!
Rene de Heer