It's amazing. i go out for 1/2 a day to photograph wildlife and get nothing worthwhile, then 400 yards from home I manage to see this! A kestrel waiting and watching it's potential breakfast , make a successful catch and then pose nicely on an electricity pole for me!
watching and waiting for the perfect moment to strike
2738 kestrel watching and waiting by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
take off:
2741 take off by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
the attack:
2745 attack by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
a split second late with the capture, just a flurry of wings:
2746 gotcha by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
breakfast is served:
2750 breakfast by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
the taming of the shrew?
2751 the taming of the shrew by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
2nd helping
2757 kestrel breakfast by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
watching out for other predators (or me)
2772 watching me by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
pause for breath
2791 pause for breath by sickbag_andy, on Flickr
hope you like them (sorry about the gory bits for those who like voles).
C & C welcome
Andrew
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full english breakfast , kestrel style
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full english breakfast , kestrel style
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Re: full english breakfast , kestrel style
That certainly is some catch Andy- Well done- Bob
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Re: full english breakfast , kestrel style
thanks bob - do you mean for me or the kestrel?Bobbybefc wrote:
That certainly is some catch Andy- Well done- Bob
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Re: full english breakfast , kestrel style
When I lived out in the countryside both of our two cats used to catch, and eat, loads of voles and similar things.
When they'd eaten too many they took great delight in vomiting-up the last one eaten on the fire-side rug as a present to us, the vole (or mouse etc.) was usually inside-out and back to front.............without a head, no feet and no stomach.
Nice.
When they'd eaten too many they took great delight in vomiting-up the last one eaten on the fire-side rug as a present to us, the vole (or mouse etc.) was usually inside-out and back to front.............without a head, no feet and no stomach.
Nice.
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