{"id":1230,"date":"2008-10-19T23:10:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T22:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1230"},"modified":"2013-11-19T00:29:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T00:29:33","slug":"the-kestrels-are-excelling-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/the-kestrels-are-excelling-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"The kestrels are excelling themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I may be having little luck with the foxes (one snatched shot tonight), but the kestrels are quite another matter. We had more garden waste to recycle, so after a quick visit to the local recycling facility it was down on to the Downs. The kestrels were out in force. We saw at least four during the afternoon, and I spent much of the time trying to get to the right side of the light. It can be infuriating having a perfect angle, with the kestrel hovering 20 or so feet away, but with the sun directly behind the bird. So I spent quite a lot of time scrambling around trying to find an angle to work from. I&#39;ve added a small selection to my Kestrel album, today&#39;s photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089071.html\" target=\"_blank\">starting here<\/a>. Here&#39;s a sample:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089145.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/kestrel_1910089145.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Kestrel in flight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089238.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/kestrel_1910089238.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Kestrel photographed into the sun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089259.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/kestrel_1910089259.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">The right side of the light<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089268.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/kestrel_1910089268.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Wing power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/slides\/kestrel_1910089272.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/kestrel\/album\/kestrel_1910089272.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Total control in the air<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a small side note, we seem to have two hedgehogs in the garden at the moment. Here&#39;s one from last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/hedgehog\/album\/slides\/hedgehog_1910089024.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/hedgehog\/album\/hedgehog_1910089024.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Hedgehog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i> <br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" 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