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Together Again by lennycarl08, on Flickr
Itsed65 wroteNot a camera I was expecting. 4/3d's might be something I should look at more.Back for another breeding season
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BkBridge Park by Garagespec, on Flickr
dcstep wroteWow! Nice shot, DC."Grey Ghost", male Northern harrier showing off near Denver, Colorado
M_Six wroteThe Sony a9 III is like "cheating", making it pretty easy, once your get in the right place and a subject cooperates.Wow! Nice shot, DC.
Magpie are very common birds around Denver. They are scavengers, but very gregarious and actually colorful and attractive.
When two wildlife photographers meet in Colorado, one will ask, "See anything?" and the other will say, "Just a magpie!"
Here's my recent black-billed magpie. (I love the bokeh that my Sony 600/f4 generates.)
I'll try a few more times to resurrect this thread. Oh, that flower is called a Persian Silk blossom on a Persian Silk tree.
I've been watching this kestrel for several weeks and know several of its favorite perches, near Jordon Rd, in Cherry Creek State Park,
Colorado. On my way to work, I always check to see if its on one of the perches and I'm often rewarded with a shot. So knowing your subject is important. Also, being patient and waiting the 15-minutes for it to spot potential prey and take off is essential. Kestrel are surprisingly tolerant and are not disturbed as I sit in my car, close by, while other cars pass and some pedestrians come close, so long as they're not too close and don't focus on the bird.
I can't ID that bird-prey from underneath, but I think it's a chickadee or a sparrow. It's a bird-eat-bird world. The kestrel has to constantly watch for Merlin, Cooper's hawks, red-tails hawks and others that might eat it.
I have a bird feeders in my back yard and every now and then all the birds will just disappear. If I search around the trees, I'll sometimes spot a red tail hawk lurking. They fear the hawks more than the local cats that happen by.
