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Tawny Owls

I,ve been watching a Tawny Owl nest over the past couple of weeks ,which is in a crack in one of the main limbs of a large tree . Its on a bank and through the binoculars you can see into the nest , when the parent was on eggs she could bee seen in the hollow limb but blended in really well , dozing in the warm sun.

The young are visible now with the parents leaving them alone during the day, within a few days they will leave the nest and clamber into nearby conifers.

It must be a good year for Tawny Owls as The nest box i put up a year or two ago also has a nesting Tawny in it .

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May 5, 2014 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Tawny Owl, Tawny Owls 2 Comments

An Afternoon in Hereford

After trying to catch the hares boxing early in the morning – with no success . Late afternoon was my next best chance to see if anything was going to happen, as it was only two separate hares turned up , the first was way out in the middle of a field of winter wheat , it could hear the camera’s shutter going even there , constantly looking across to where we were in the pickup.What happened next really surprised me , the hare looked our way and sprang up running directly towards us , only veering away yards from the vehicle. untitled shoot-082

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March 18, 2014March 20, 2014 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Hare, Hare sat, Hares, running hare 1 Comment

When it all comes together – Almost !

I spent Saturday in Hereford , its the end of February and the Hares now start to have mating on their mind, in some ways this makes life a bit easier for me as they’re not so wary. and there’s a good chance of some action shots , with them running around and boxing.

Saturday went well from the off with three Hares in one field and happy to stay there just moving around every now and then , we even had one come through the hedge behind us within ten feet – only to beat a hasty retreat as soon as it realised we were there !

Only one fly in the ointment, i forgot to check the settings on the camera , the record file size was set to small – aaaaarrrgh ! but as it was they turned out OK. Weirdly when i switched it to RAW the focus success hit rate went down, a topic of discussion for you Mr C.

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February 23, 2014 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: action shots, Hares, three Hares 2 Comments

A gap in the weather

Saturday started off on a not too promising start , with early downpours and windy conditions. But later it brightened up and joy of joy – Blue Sky – i nearly passed out !

The Hare thing wasn’t going too well with some missed opportunities , i had one come around a corner right in front of me , surprising the Hare and me !

Out on the fields one did the decent thing and sat still for a moment , a stroke of luck ,as most of the time you’re reacting to sudden surprises ,But each time i learn a bit more and think next time i’ll crack it !

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February 17, 2014 by timpad Categories: UncategorizedTags: Hare, Hares, windy conditions Leave a comment

Buzzard Table

Just a quick glance up the garden and i saw the Buzzard was feeding on the bird table , on seeing me it flew off , giving me time to set up the camera with a wireless trigger – keeping the trigger in my pocket i went inside and carried on with some work while keeping an eye out for its hopeful return . It was almost 5 oclock before it returned, with fading light i pressed the trigger , hoping the range was not too great.

The shutter speed was down to 1/13 of a second at Iso 800 but the result wasn’t too bad considering it was a spur of the moment thing !

After i had retrieved the camera the Buzzard was back again by 5-30 till 5-45 pm.