whistling kite

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whistling kite

managed to snap this raptor in the wetlands this cold morning :)

GeorgeP
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Nice one, aa. The cold weather sortie paid off handsomely. Feathers look a little tired, don't they. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

George
Melbourne, VIC

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thanks george :)

Birdgirl2009
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Great shot. Were you really that close or do you have a super long lens?

aa
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thanks birdgirl, not a very long lens i'm using my 300mm lens with 1.4xtc and it's flying very low :)

Birdgirl2009
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Lucky you! I had one fly very low over me once when I was walking home from school without the camera

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