Black Kite (J)
Walked into the rear balcony in the afternoon to see ths juvenile Black Kite perched on the parapet. Gingerly stepped back to get the camera hoping the bird would not take off. Got lucky, it didn't. You cannot get any closer to a healthy wild bird. It stood barely 8 feet from me yet refused to fly off giving me a chance to get a number of shots before mama appeared and called out to it. Since the 300mm prime was on I had to actually step back to get it full. This is obviously an uncropped shot. It remained in the same place long enough for me to go downstairs and get frontal shots of it.
Black Kite (J)
Walked into the rear balcony in the afternoon to see ths juvenile Black Kite perched on the parapet. Gingerly stepped back to get the camera hoping the bird would not take off. Got lucky, it didn't. You cannot get any closer to a healthy wild bird. It stood barely 8 feet from me yet refused to fly off giving me a chance to get a number of shots before mama appeared and called out to it. Since the 300mm prime was on I had to actually step back to get it full. This is obviously an uncropped shot. It remained in the same place long enough for me to go downstairs and get frontal shots of it.