{"id":1846,"date":"2011-02-12T23:02:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T23:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1846"},"modified":"2013-11-09T19:18:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T19:18:26","slug":"kestrel-feeding-photo-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kestrel-feeding-photo-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrel Feeding Photo Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I spent the afternoon watching kestrels. The light was good, and the kestrels were hungry :chef: Perfect.<\/p>\n

The first one I spotted was some distance away and although I tend to prefer 'close' shots, this one (a female) was hovering against a perfect backdrop of clouds.
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I started to follow her as she scanned the ridge of the valley, gradually catching up with her as she paused in search of prey.
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I eventually lost track of her, but a male was even more cooperative.
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He disappeared into the valley, leading me on another trek across through stubbled grass and brambles. I'd lost sight of him, but my general direction was good. Too good. I disturbed him feeding.
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He came down within view, and this time I was more cautious in my approach. He was aware of me, but I perched down low and resisted moving too close. The prey is a vole. The rest of the photos here tell their own story.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990],"tags":[1152,337],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","tag-kestrel","tag-vole","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t