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Cuckoo
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Cuckoo

Location
Chartham, Kent
Date taken
11/05/2007
Equipment used
Nikon 8800 +1.7converter
Jaff
Getting a photo of one of these fellas is a real achievement IMO.

Nice one and well done!
Jaff
 
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Thanks for your comments...
I was rather fortunate that this bird perched in the top of a tree where I was fishing. The next day I took my camera and tripod and managed to get the same spot, and the Cuckoo duly obliged :)

Tricky shot, wind howling, branches waving and only a limited view through the branches. This all made focussing very difficult, so I zoomed in using the digital as well as optical and managed to get focus on the bird, not on the twigs waving about.

Right place, right time,and I "did it right"

Going again on Monday, so will hope the bird returns...

Den
 

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