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Nankeen Kestrels & White-necked Heron's photo's (BIF)

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vass
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Some pictures from today of Nankeen Kestrels and a some White-necked Herons from not too long ago. Lot's of grey cloud around today but managed a few keepers of the Kestrels.

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Martin.au
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Those first two shots! Freaking WOW!!!

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Thanks Martin, There was meant to be a third lol my error. Here it is anyway, it's too late for me to edit the post

Martin.au wrote:

Those first two shots! Freaking WOW!!!

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I'll echo Martin, "Wow!"

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Mr. Mouse's very bad day. Excellent set!

Cheers,

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Great set of images.  Really nice to see the E-M1 holding focus on the bird as it flies toward the camera.

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Wonderful series of photos!

Dave

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especially on the first three, looks like that lens and camera combo is doing a good job for you. These are great BIF, especially with the payload he is carrying!

vass wrote:

Some pictures from today of Nankeen Kestrels and a some White-necked Herons from not too long ago. Lot's of grey cloud around today but managed a few keepers of the Kestrels.

He also looks larger than our American Kestrel shown here.

American Kestrel nursed back from a bad fall before fledging.

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Nice pictures, what shooting mode are you using ?

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I think they're probably similarly sized. Prey is a similar size in both cases.

Ahh

Nankeen - 31 to 35cm long

American - 12 (dunno about that) to 27cm long.

Wow. That's a little falcon.

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Excellent series of images. Very well done.

Cheers

Dennis

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Martin.au wrote:

I think they're probably similarly sized. Prey is a similar size in both cases.

Ahh

Nankeen - 31 to 35cm long

American - 12 (dunno about that) to 27cm long.

Wow. That's a little falcon.

Yes I think about 19-27cm (on our side of the world about 7-8 inches), I could not believe the first one I saw in the wild was actually a Raptor, it looked more like a Sparrow at first glance.
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Dial in M (manual) and CAF

olyham wrote:

Nice pictures, what shooting mode are you using ?

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Love those Kestrels Vas and nice BIF's, very well done. Different Heron's than what we have and interesting in the details of them. Well taken and great to see.

All the best next door Vas, fine shooting.

Danny.

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Thanks Danny and thanks all for the comments

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Great shots, not a lot of fun for the mouse

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