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Male Sparrowhawk evacuating his bowels... Charming...!!! ;-DDD
Have been taking part in the annual RSPB "BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH" this weekend, and today, much to my pleasant surprise, this handsome fella showed his face.
For the first few shots I managed to rattle off he was quite some distance away (and I had to crop the image considerably), but he seemed very calm and chilled and soon flew closer and landed on my garden fence ...and gradually I managed to carefully edge closer and closer until I was around 15ft away and able to snap these - the best of the session.
And, all things considered, I am quite happy with the results, especially as I was taken quite by surprise...! :-)
Nikon D7100 + Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD
@ 300mm
f/7.1 @ 1/80 @ iso 1000
(tweaked in Smart Photo Editor)