birds in flight using Nikon D300

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taken at the international bird of prey centre a few years ago. it has now close. taken around year 2009. just 3 of the many photos taken

 

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Excellent shots. They are all great but I really like the last one.

 

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Thank for the nice comment.

A bird set of photos I was lucky to get was a Pregrine Falcon in a high speed 150mph dive. I read they can do over 200mph

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start of the dive had to machine gun the camera in hope of getting something



touching about 120mph only part into dive


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the actual bird

 

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I understand this is a burrowing owl not native to the UK



but arn't I a sweetie


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Yes the IBPC (INTERNATIONAL BIRD OF PREY CENTRE) was a great place to go. Not only did they do conservastion but took in ones smuggled into the country and retrieved at airports etc

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sadly no longer open to the public. I have very fond memories of the visits there. At least I still have loads of photos of the birds that were there at the time

ICBP – The number one attraction in Gloucester and Gloucestershire

www.icbp.org

 

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Eagle Heights in Kent. smaller ,when we went, than the above but still good place to practise birds in flight

Nikon D800 and nikon 24-70mm lens

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Homepage | Eagle Heights

Wildlife Foundation home to one of the UKs largest Bird of Prey Centres, currently we have a collection of approximately 100 raptors

www.eagleheights.co.uk