Hi Dave - how are you? Keeping well I hope. I've had Sparrowhawks take many birds in the garden over the years but this is the first time a Red Kite has come down, albeit briefly. Close up they are certainly b****y big birds! Mind you, I still get excited when I see one. One of these days I'm going to crash the car as I'm too busy watching the sky!!!!
Cheers Paul - it is just a pity they were taken from indoors thru glass. I confess I was a little dismayed that it was a female as the last time they nested round here the female would take up to 8 birds a day from the garden. It is surprising how bold they can be too when they have little'uns to feed.
Hi Neil - good to hear from you and thank you for the compliment. As you know my bird photography is not great but quite pleased with these. I confess that the weather is holding me back a bit but it won't be long before I'm back out there.
Thank you David. For the last couple of years, as you know, it has been touch and go as there is always so much to do here. Apologies - it was never my intention to spoil your meal but I'm glad you liked the shots anyway
Cheers Wurzel - if I don't get cracking soon I'm going to be even further behind than you've ever been
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I've got loads of diaries to catch up on too! Makes a change for me to get some decent bird shots, doesn't it?
Thanks M - I totally agree but I guess they have to eat. Just wish they wouldn't do it on my patch!!!
One of the reasons for my slow start this year has been the weather but also the fact that I have been renovating some garden furniture. Can you believe it was 6 years ago that I painted all my garden furniture bright pink? Well, here are a couple of bits after I finished with them:
I worked on them during the warm spells last month and whilst doing so managed to see 7 species of butterfly in the garden which I don't think has happened before in March (probably because I'm usually somewhere else looking for butterflies elsewhere). I was too busy to photograph them all but these are a few shots for the record: