Buzzard Photo Special (includes mating sequence)

By Words | Published April 20, 2010

I've enjoyed a good couple of days watching the local buzzards flying out over the fields, being mobbed by rooks, skimming over sheep, and – this evening – mating high in the tree tops. This is a small selection of shots. Most were taken from a long distance and some shots are heavily cropped.


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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16 Comments

  1. debplatt April 20, 2010 at 11:04 pm #

    Wow!

  2. Words April 20, 2010 at 11:04 pm #

    My thought exactly. I was tracking the second buzzard as it flew over to the tree and just carried on shooting. The complete sequence of around 36 shots covers 16 seconds.

  3. Ukwildlife April 20, 2010 at 11:04 pm #

    Nice stuff words 🙂

  4. Words April 20, 2010 at 11:04 pm #

    Thanks Neil!

  5. Cynthia23 April 21, 2010 at 4:04 am #

    WOW! Is Right! Great shots!! :up:

  6. gdare April 21, 2010 at 5:04 am #

    😮
    What about their privacy? 😛 😆

    Nice shots :up:

  7. RobinL April 21, 2010 at 6:04 am #

    Great sequence 🙂

  8. SittingFox April 21, 2010 at 7:04 pm #

    Excellent! To see one buzzard in the southeast would have seemed remarkable a few years ago, and to get sequences like this absolutely unheard of!

  9. Words April 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm #

    Darko, if they want privacy they shouldn't go to the top of the highest tree in the vicinity with a view for miles!

  10. Words April 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm #

    Adele, we're very nearly tripping over them at the moment. There are two locations I visit, both about a 15 minute walk at lunchtime, where there are small colonies of them.

  11. Words April 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm #

    Cynthia, thanks!

  12. Words April 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm #

    Robin, thanks!

  13. Words April 21, 2010 at 10:04 pm #

    Erwin, thanks :cheers:

  14. cakkleberrylane April 21, 2010 at 11:04 pm #

    In spite of their name, they are really beautiful birds. Ours are black and nasty looking. Very well captured! That hot needs to win a prize!

  15. Words April 22, 2010 at 12:04 am #

    Lois, they are wonderful in the air. We seem to have so many locally that they are causing quite a stir.

  16. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Excellent great lovely :up: