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    Quote Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post
    I don't claim to be any kind of photographer but thought it was cool bumping into this fella while out walking the pooch.Attachment 76412
    That photo there was at the Kaituna cut @Pointer
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    Quote Originally Posted by john m View Post
    Thats an impressively strong branch to hold a fatty like that without breaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dynastar27 View Post
    did that one end up in the oven
    no doubt covered in Tomato source :-)

    Ooops - from Page #1 :-(

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreamer View Post
    Great shot Zeb
    Had one of these magnificent Birds sitting on our Pergola - just 3m from front door last week.
    Wife feeds birds her left over bread - (90% sparrows) wax eyes etc - and these Native Falcons get the odd one.
    Had one have a go at the Aussie Terrier on our front lawn a few years back too.
    If I was to come back in another life as a creature - this is my #1 pick

    We have a pair living up in Native beech approx 1500m behind us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    Chaffinch by Ben, on Flickr

    Chaffinch by Ben, on Flickr

    Kereru by Ben, on Flickr
    Top rate Photography - a credit to you
    Can I ask what you are using ??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    Great shot Zeb
    Had one of these magnificent Birds sitting on our Pergola - just 3m from front door last week.
    Wife feeds birds her left over bread - (90% sparrows) wax eyes etc - and these Native Falcons get the odd one.
    Had one have a go at the Aussie Terrier on our front lawn a few years back too.
    If I was to come back in another life as a creature - this is my #1 pick

    We have a pair living up in Native beech approx 1500m behind us.
    That would be pretty cool have a pair living that close to you mate.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreamer View Post
    That would be pretty cool have a pair living that close to you mate.


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    Yes - when I was 10-16 yrs age - we had a pair in Tekuiti - they nested in a big old dead Rata.
    They used to dive bomb me whenever I walked past - could feel the wind from their attack - that is how close they got.

    Same locality the 1st confirmed sighting that the Blue Wattled Crow (Kokako) was not extinct after all !!
    By "yours truly" when I was 11 years old (1968/9)

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    not my photo - camera were not invented back then - apart from Box Bronies
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    Top rate Photography - a credit to you
    Can I ask what you are using ??
    Thanks - I use a Nikon D7000 (which is getting on a bit now but still does the job), those photos are with an 18-105mm lens which is usually a bit too short for bird photos but those ones were friendly and let me get close enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    Thanks - I use a Nikon D7000 (which is getting on a bit now but still does the job), those photos are with an 18-105mm lens which is usually a bit too short for bird photos but those ones were friendly and let me get close enough.
    Yes - I would have thought you would of had a bit more zoom than that - great work !!!
    Clarity is pefect
    Anyone on here using camera adaption (or IPhone - Android) on Spotting scopes ??
    thinking it might be my up and coming lazy old man retirement hunting in "very near" future

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    Yes - I would have thought you would of had a bit more zoom than that - great work !!!
    I have an 80-200mm and a 400mm for things a bit further away but I don't usually take them too far into the hills because of the extra weight and bulk on multiday trips.

    Here is a whole album of my bird photos to browse through if you're interested: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXCA3Hb
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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    I have an 80-200mm and a 400mm for things a bit further away but I don't usually take them too far into the hills because of the extra weight and bulk on multiday trips.

    Here is a whole album of my bird photos to browse through if you're interested: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjXCA3Hb
    Impressive !!
    All shot with the Nikon ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    Impressive !!
    All shot with the Nikon ??
    Yip, most with the D7000 and some with the old D80 I had before it.

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    We have a resident NZ Falcon at work flying around catching sparrows that are feeding on the feed pad.Bloody impressive to see but too fast for my little pocket camera.
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    Very cool, always been a bit of a part time twitcher but your talent shows how even the starling is taken for granted!

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    DSC_9223 by Ben, on Flickr

    Bombs away!
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