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Frosty morning
IanF

Frosty morning (Accipiter nisus)

Present from day break sat on the back of the garden bench. I felt a bit sorry for it as we have a heavy frost this morning. Hand held through the kitchen window 1/25 f5,6 ISO400 EV -0.33 with lens hood resting against the glass.
Location
Back garden, Billingham, Cleveland. UK
Date taken
30th November 2008
Scientific name
Accipiter nisus
Equipment used
Canon 40D+Canon 400mm f5,6
Fantastic shot. Good details of the feathers. Just love preditors. There so skilfull in catching there pray.:t::t:
 
Beautiful image of this bird and how accommodating of it to be eating the woodmice and not your garden birds.
 

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