Oscar writes: In September I spent a week in Yellowstone National Park with my family. Mountain Bluebirds were everywhere there, so I spent a bit of time trying to photograph them one afternoon while we were at Mammoth Hot Springs. This one briefly perched on a small pine tree, and I took this as it…
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Oscar Dewhurst – another Red Deer
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Oscar writes: Another one from Richmond Park a couple of weeks ago. On this morning there wasn’t really any mist, but the temperature was cool enough for this stag’s breath to be condensing, looking yellow as the sun shone through it. Nikon D800, Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR lens
Oscar Dewhurst – Red Deer
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Oscar writes: I’m back at uni in Durham until Christmas now, so won’t really be taking any photographs until then. Luckily I still have plenty from the past year that I haven’t shown here yet! Here’s one taken a few weeks ago; I spent several early mornings in Richmond Park before I left for uni,…
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Owl
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Oscar writes: This is another taken of my local Little Owls where I spent some time earlier in the summer. This was taken early one morning after I’d spent a while looking for them without success. I then noticed one of the owlets hunting around a fallen tree trunk on the ground. I lay down…
Oscar Dewhurst – Bittern and Marsh Harrier
Oscar writes: When I spent some time at Minsmere in the spring of 2014 one of the things I saw but never managed to photograph was the confrontations between Bitterns and Marsh Harriers. Whenever a Marsh Harrier hunting over the reed bed happened to pass near a Bittern’s nest the latter would shoot up out…
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Egrets
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Oscar writes: This was taken in the same place as last week’s Little Egrets, but this time shows both both birds as one chases the other through the water. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
Oscar Dewhurst – Little Egret
Oscar writes: This Little Egret was being chased around by another bird on a small pool in the reeds. This was taken just as it landed again in the water. Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens, Nikon 1.4x TC
Oscar Dewhurst – Hobby
Oscar writes: This was taken from outside the Bittern hide at Minsmere during the spring. On warm days the Hobbies would hunt over the reed bed for most of the day, delighting visitors with their antics. I spent several hours in there trying to photograph them as they hurtled past the hide at lightning speed!…
Oscar Dewhurst – Oystercatcher
Oscar writes: I had been sitting in the East Hide at Minsmere for most of the morning with not much to photograph other than a couple of flyby Avocets. This Oystercatcher circled around the scrape a couple of times calling, and I was glad to see I’d got one image with its beak open. Nikon…
Oscar Dewhurst – Linnets
Oscar writes: While I was at Minsmere walking around the scrape one morning another photographer pointed out a family of Linnets that he’d been photographing. The parents were gathering food and then feeding the recently-fledged chicks on the path so I lay down and started crawling closer. Before long the adult male returned and was…