Cool place, i would love to live in a house on the beach again.Last night. Kowa 6.5 x 32.
Mike
Fortunately humans have organized this well enough that we can go around with bins watching other animals trying to eat. Nice Burrowing Owl.I thought it interesting. We all need to eat.
If I may, where do you live? Anyway, they are, but fortunately for us, the house is a perfect vantage point for watching birds in flight, being a few hundred feet above sea level. There is a sedentary kestrel pair that we have been seeing regularly for a couple of years now, they often fly and hover in front of our house and we are able to observe them from inside in the house without even going out on the balcony. Sometimes they are above us, more often they are under us, but seeing them hovering and hunting is always spectacular.Nice.
Kestrels are a tough subject here, as the ones I’ve encountered were pretty skittish, and don’t seem to care much for being looked at.
Amazing experience yesterday. Unfortunately I was not able to take pictures in time, I preferred to enjoy the moment only through the binoculars. We were having dinner with a couple of friends on the small terrace by the sea of the house I mentioned in the post above. It was about 9 pm and it was starting to get dark. I had the view behind me. At one point I heard strange, sinister calls, similar to those that seagulls sometimes make in agitated and nervous situations, so I turned to look at what was happening behind me. I noticed a large, dark, brown-looking silhouette perching on the telephone tower. I thought it might be one of the kestrels that live in the area or perhaps a black crow, instinctive thoughts that rationally I realised made no sense because the dimensions were quite different and it was late. Anyway, I immediately got up to get my binoculars and check what it was. When I brought the monarchs to my eyes, I couldn't believe it: earwigs, huge and majestic size, just a few dozen metres away from me I had a large, stupendous and terrific eurasian eagle-owl. Perhaps the bird I most wanted to see but did not think I would meet so soon. The owl stood still for about a minute and, enchanted, I managed to get a good look at it, then just as I was about to take a photo it flew away. An unforgettable experience, perhaps the most exciting animal encounter I have ever had.If I may, where do you live? Anyway, they are, but fortunately for us, the house is a perfect vantage point for watching birds in flight, being a few hundred feet above sea level. There is a sedentary kestrel pair that we have been seeing regularly for a couple of years now, they often fly and hover in front of our house and we are able to observe them from inside in the house without even going out on the balcony. Sometimes they are above us, more often they are under us, but seeing them hovering and hunting is always spectacular.
In the pictures you can see the view from the house, i.e. landscape often flown over by kestrels
Maybe. Raptors can have favorite perches, as some Great Horned Owls in my neighborhood do, but you'll just have to find out whether this is or becomes one of his. Thanks for sharing this beautiful story.Do you think there is any chance of seeing him perched on the same spot again?
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A beautiful Puffin at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve, Yorkshire.
Watched through SW NL Pure 10x42's and picture taken using a FujiFilm X-H2s with a 150-600mm lens @ 600mm
On reflection it was probably a mistake to tell it an Andre Van Duin joke.Beautifull, somewhat sad / melancholic expression on it’s face. Sweet.