{"id":2040,"date":"2011-09-02T23:09:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2040"},"modified":"2013-11-08T18:38:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T18:38:02","slug":"on-the-wing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/on-the-wing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

After something of a break I spent some time at one of my favourite haunts up by the racecourse. On the few occasions I have been there recently it's been quiet, and today seemed to be following the recent pattern. I did at least manage this shot of a female blackbird in full flight., which was nice to get.
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And then a little while later a sparrowhawk flew overhead, though at too great an altitude to get more than a quick reference shot.
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It was getting close to the time to leave when finally I spotted something a little more interesting. Indeed I had almost reached the car park when I saw it.
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The kestrel (a male) then dropped down into the corner of the parking area \ud83d\ude42
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From there it became a game of fence-post hopping, with me always trailing a safe distance behind.
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And a good close-up as it finally flew out across the fields.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,980],"tags":[51,1152,1154],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","tag-blackbird","tag-kestrel","tag-sparrowhawk","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