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in air rodent transfer by white-tailed kites


Posted by ricardo00 on Fri May 01, 2015 3:40 pm

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During mating, the male white-tailed kite goes out to hunt for rodents (either mice, voles, etc) and brings them back to the female.  He may either transfer his catch to the female on the nest or on a limb or even in the air.  Unfortunately most of the in-flight transfers occurred to far away to photograph until this one.  I used my 500mm
f/4 lens with my Nikon D7100 (settings were 1/5000, f/4 and ISO 640).  Thanks for looking!

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by Graeme Guy on Fri May 01, 2015 8:10 pm
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This looks like some pretty good behaviour and action captured. It is a pity the crop or frame is so tight



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