Posted by John Robinson on September 21, 2012 at 6:42 AM
Buzzard (juv) Baited.
Had great fun yesterday with this one. Baited with a dead pigeon I found on the road. This young bird would very cautiously approach the pigeon and then at the last minute a bit of wind would lift one of the pigeons tail feathers and off the Buzzard would go. Would have made good video.This happened three times in 4 and a half hours in the hide. The bird was calling all the time and I guess the parents would normally "teach " them how to deal with a dead bird. I suppose they have to learn some time. Never did get the bird feeding.
D7000
Trusty old 50-500mm Sigma (bit battered now)
400 ISO
500 th sec, @f 11
Nearly full frame.
Paint Shop Pro levels Image guru and CZM
All comments welcome.
Cheers
JR
Note- On the biggie you can see the blue botttle the bird was more interested in !!
Posted by Bob Johnson on September 21, 2012 at 7:41 AM
Nice one John with great comp
Bob
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 21, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Hello John.
Excellent capture and love the moment with the wings raised.
Love it John. In particular the light on the eye area has given the eye a lot of depth and a really 'menacing' look.
Posted by David Sewell on September 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Great detail in the feathers, that 50-500 still delivers the goods for you.
David
Posted by Nick Mckeown on September 21, 2012 at 1:11 PM
That Siggy "Biggy" may be battered but it ain't bust thats for sure! Tons of detail and love the pose. Laughed when I read about the nervousness of the bird at the feather movement!
Nick.
Posted by John Robinson on September 22, 2012 at 6:16 AM
Thanks all. When you get it right with the bigma its ok. Get it wrong and its very wrong
Surprised it didn't get over a thousand views ! Thought it was better than the jay pic !
JR
Posted by Neil Burton on September 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Nice one John, nice pose.
Posted by Phil Ellard on September 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Cracking John, lovely to see and well captured
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 22, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Great pose on this one, John. One of my bogey birds is the Buzzard, as soon as I break that 100yd barrier off they fly
Discussion
10 repliesHad great fun yesterday with this one. Baited with a dead pigeon I found on the road. This young bird would very cautiously approach the pigeon and then at the last minute a bit of wind would lift one of the pigeons tail feathers and off the Buzzard would go. Would have made good video.This happened three times in 4 and a half hours in the hide. The bird was calling all the time and I guess the parents would normally "teach " them how to deal with a dead bird. I suppose they have to learn some time. Never did get the bird feeding.
D7000
Trusty old 50-500mm Sigma (bit battered now)
400 ISO
500 th sec, @f 11
Nearly full frame.
Paint Shop Pro levels Image guru and CZM
All comments welcome.
Cheers
JR
Note- On the biggie you can see the blue botttle the bird was more interested in !!
Bob
Excellent capture and love the moment with the wings raised.
David
Nick.
Surprised it didn't get over a thousand views ! Thought it was better than the jay pic !
JR
Great pose on this one, John. One of my bogey birds is the Buzzard, as soon as I break that 100yd barrier off they fly
Andy...