<\/span> <\/p>\nQuite at the opposite end of the scale size-wise is the little grebe. They spend much of the time beneath the surface and have a tendency to pop up in quite unexpected parts of the water. This one paused on the surface just long enough for a couple of frames. The final two shots are of a pheasant, taken at the end of the day, in fairly poor light and at a horrible distance. these are big crops. I've included them becuase of the movement\/pose. It's rare to see a pheasant in almost vertical flight like this. It had just flown across the water and was banking upward to land on the field.
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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":[980,989],"tags":[1179,709,207],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-heron","tag-little-grebe","tag-pheasant","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