Tags:   Saxicola rubicola Stonechat Schwarzkehlchen Singvogel Passerine Bird Vogel Spring OM-1 MFT Muscicapidae

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Tags:   Rancho San Antonio

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Love spring aspen leaves. Especially when it is raining.

NB. We moved here for the Pacific coast's promise of rain...but I know not everyone loves rain.

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Tags:   rain Populus tremuloides aspen tree quaking aspen trembling aspen spring aspen leaves Nikon 2x teleconverter Nikkor 500 f/4 lens Nikon D5

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Some birds I captured between January and April this year
Einige Vögel, die ich zwischen Januar und April dieses Jahr fotografiert habe.

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I waited with my camera rested on the v of my tripod and eventually he raised his stunning crest and spread his tail wide . What a beautiful bird possibly blown off course and arriving on Greatstone beach a few hundred yards from my home .The bird only stayed for a day and a half and then was on its way again . Hoopoes are thrush sized birds with long, broad, rounded wings, slightly down curved bills and unique fan-like crests that open over the top of the head. Their calls are soft, quick, poo-poo-poo notes, which give them their common name. They do not breed in the UK and only arrive here when they over shoot their intended destination in Europe (or Africa) . A much prized sighting by photographers and birdwatchers alike and certainly a real treat for Nicky and me .

Tags:   150-600 7D Add animal bird Canon depth DOF field flickr Grahamparrywildlife kent Kentwildlife mk2 new outdoor photo sigma Sunlight Sport UK up Viewing greatstone Hoopoe

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