Hunting the Hunter II

**Loupey** · 03-06-2007, 02:03 PM

I also got this. The meal was a mouse (half gone) this time.

Image quality may look a little off - this image is a rather severe crop even after shooting it with a 600mm. The softness across its butt is a foreground branch that I didn't see. Only a one shot opportunity

**Knight** · 03-06-2007, 04:44 PM

Boy your on a roll with thes Kestrels. You sure your not letting this one out of a bird cage to photograph when you want to lol

**payn817** · 03-06-2007, 05:37 PM

He probably is. It's just a trained "free flight" pet. Still, I love these birds, so I don't mind seeing it at all, they get better each time.

**Loupey** · 03-07-2007, 11:09 AM

LOL guys!

I tease my daughter all the time about letting me tie a string around the foot of her beloved dwarf hamster so that I can let it run circles to see if the hawks take notice.

Ok, so I was serious when I asked her the first time

**Bevb** · 03-07-2007, 11:13 AM

I agree, I can look at these birds all the time, these kestrels are so pretty.

You sure are lucky having these and the Hawks so regular in your area.

**scott-devon** · 03-08-2007, 09:34 AM

Very nice shot, I sure like those Kestrels.

**Loupey** · 03-08-2007, 09:01 PM

thanks, Bev and S-D. I used to think that we didn't have any interesting birds here. Now I feel fortunate.

Here are a few from yesterday. One female with her catch. I followed on foot as she flew from tree to tree (4 total) as I tried to keep up. She definitely did NOT want me anywhere NEAR her and her treasure. These are all very agressive crops just for illustration purposes.

thanks again, everyone!