On my first photography outing of 2017 I saw this female kestrel take shelter in this hole from a jackdaw that was mobbing it. It was about 150m from me, but as I have very few (in fact, I think only 1!) images of them I decided to see whether I could get close enough to photograph it. As I got gradually closer, I kept expecting to see it lift off and disappear into the distance, but it never did, and was perfectly happy for me to get to about 10 yards away! I spent the next hour watching and photographing it. As well as getting frame-filling images of it, I was also keen to include the hole it was sitting in, which ended up being my favourite photo of it. A good start to 2017!
Nikon D800, Nikon 400mm f/2.8 VR lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
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Not sure what I like the most. The bird or tree. I’ll settle on both, nice one Oscar
Thanks Douglas!