Interestingly, this lizard had lost its tail - poor Stumpy :(
During the week I had a wander around Bushy and the Red Deer stags were roaring. However, this Fallow Deer Buck was having a rest and looked decidedly sleepy.
Today I went back to Barnes; it was good to catch up with some fellow birder/photographers that I hadn't seen for a while.
The weather forecast had promised full-on sun by the middle of the day; the weather forecast - was wrong!! Dull and cloudy except for about 3 minutes.
This brief spell of sun did coincide with a hovering Kestrel though; quick adjustment to the camera settings finally produced these shots.
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very impressive. right place right time eh
Love the kestrel, Tricia! And the fallow buck. And Stumpy. The kestrel in the second shot looks beuatifully delicate and beuatifully ferocious at the same time.
cheers,
Wilma
Love that head shot of the Lizard Tricia. (I still aint seen one yet :( )
Those Kestrel shots are cracking, especially the second one.
Been dull and cold here today; maybe tomorrow will be better.
Hi Tricia, A very nice post with a lot of nice shots. I love the deer picture, and yes he was very sleepy! The kestrel shots are cool too it is just a pity you did not get a blue sky ;-)
Great photos of the kestrel. The patterns on the under-wings and tail are beautiful. I'll swap you some sunshine for a bit of rain please - which is badly needed out here right now :-)
handsome little falcon tricia. You caught it just right.
You probably know Lizards lose their tails when attacked by a predator, the tail keeps twitching, and distracts the predator.
Wow Tricia. Incredible Kestrel shots.
in awe of those kestral shots.just brilliant
Sheila
Nice photos, especially the lizard close up
Great kestrel shots! The lizard will regenerate the tail eventually. It looks like it regenerated in the past at one point, by the slightly different texture and color at the base of the tail.
Wonderfully detailed photos :)
Wonderful shots once again Tricia.
Those Kestrel shots are brilliant Tricia.
Pete - thank you. We were willing it to come closer and it seems to have noticed!
Wilma - thank you. The Fallow Buck looks very peaceful :)
Keith - you will have to come down sometime; perhaps next season now when we're more likely to see the lizards.
Chris - thank you. A blue sky would have been lovely :)
Mick - I'd love some sunshine but mostly we're getting just grey skies and very little rain - at least in my part of the UK!
Warren - thank you. Thank you for the lizard info too - it looked as though it lost its tail a while ago.
John - thank you - it really did pose for us.
Sheila - thank you very much
Neil - the lizards will let you get quite close as long as you don't cast a shadow over them.
Janine - thanks. Ah I didn't know that so thanks for the information.
Glo - thank you
Roy - thank you too.
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