Difficult as it may be to believe, the sun shone for just about the whole day today. Enough anyway to get me tramping across fields in search of the local raptors. The first sequence is a of a male kestrel I spotted at Sheepcote Valley early this morning.
Later in the day (well, lunchtime) I took a walk around the back of the university campus at Falmer. I know that there are buzzards in the area, and sure enough a pair were active over the playing fields, much to the consternation of the ever-present herring gulls.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
derWandersmann
16 Feb 2013Nice shots, Words …
I wonder if herring gulls taste like herring?
SittingFox
16 Feb 2013Beautiful buzzard! Hopefully it has enough sense to avoid picking a fight with the gulls!
Wulpen
16 Feb 2013LOVELY SHOTS
Words
17 Feb 2013Erwin, thanks!
Words
17 Feb 2013dW, I doubt our local herring gulls would even recognize a herring if it slapped them in the face. Tuna sandwiches maybe, but herring! Nah!
Words
17 Feb 2013Adele, they get chased around a bit (crows were mobbing them earlier in the day), but it's probably no worse than trying to use the London tube in rush hour.
derWandersmann
17 Feb 2013It's a relief to know I don't have to be more careful than normal with my jar of pickled herring in sour cream.