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| Posted: Mon May 28th, 2012 09:59 |
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blackfox
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heres one taken from the path beside the lake robert a couple of weeks ago ,hope it meets your expectations . Attachment: KESTREL 1. RODENT 0..jpg (Downloaded 55 times)
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| Posted: Mon May 28th, 2012 10:24 |
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Robert
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Amazing Jeff, never seen one like that before. I can see why the RSPB are guarding the Terns 24 Hrs a day.
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| Posted: Mon May 28th, 2012 17:09 |
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jk
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Great picture Jeff. I wont ask how many hours of waiting patiently. But well worth it.
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| Posted: Mon May 28th, 2012 17:46 |
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blackfox
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spotted it hovering over dunes ,ran down path ,got underneath it 30 secs,bird flew off about 100 feet away dived in for vole ,15 secs ,flew off with vole ., i burst off a load of shots as it flies past ,10 secs .all over in less than a minute j.k.:hi: i will post one of last weeks pics tomorrow,where i spotted one landing on a wire and despite the wife saying it will fly off, i managed to get underneath it while it regurgitated its meal Attachment: glad i got that off my chest.jpg (Downloaded 44 times)
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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2012 03:31 |
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richw
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Robert wrote:blackfox wrote: Export the image in Lightroom and open in photoshop or iPhoto, that'll let you know if Lightroom is the problem. Might be an embedded color profile, Safari doesn't handle these, Firefox does.
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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2012 03:57 |
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Robert
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Thanks Rich, will look at that later, off to capture some flowers!
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| Posted: Tue May 29th, 2012 15:15 |
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Constable
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I agree. The sand eel is brilliant. Not sure I can see the eye though.  Ed
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| Posted: Wed May 30th, 2012 04:31 |
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blackfox
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any better Attachment: rhapsody in blue.jpg (Downloaded 32 times)
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| Posted: Wed May 30th, 2012 11:08 |
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Eric
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Robert wrote:Amazing Jeff, never seen one like that before. Back in the 1980s I spent several nights on the NNorfolk beach as a protection warden for the Little Terns that nest there. The reason for 24 hour in our case was two fold....first, egg collectors (they are prized trophies) don't work 9 til 5...quite the reverse! Second Little Terns make a scrape in the sand/shingle beach making their eggs almost indistinguishable from pebbles....til you step on one. But they are a stupid bird. They make the scrape below high water. So in Norfolk at least, twice a day for several days over the peak breeding time the high tide can wash out the nests....destroying the eggs. So we as wardens use to mark the scrapes, lift the eggs and keep them warm in our pockets tilll the tide receded enough to replace them. Mums came back blissfully unaware their offsprings had been in human pockets rather than under the cold North Sea. It's no wonder they are on the endangered list which such poor field craft!
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| Posted: Wed May 30th, 2012 11:31 |
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Robert
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Interesting Eric, I had a chat with one of the wardens, he mentioned a similar strategy. The Little Terns seem unable to distinguish which areas are submerged by the higher tides and seem not to make any effort to keep to higher ground. The birds themselves seem to have difficulty finding their nests or scrapes, hovering for some seconds before plummeting down to the nest. On occasions they relaunch still with Sand Eel in beak to search again for the right nest. I can see they are contributing to their own demise.
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