[x]

Browse More Like This

More from ^cakecrumbs

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

#ILoveAnimals
The club for animal-lovers

#SkyAndNatureClub
Home for Sky and Nature Lovers

#ForTheAnimals
Animals for the Win!

#Special-Groups
The 1st groups guide on DA

#Love-For-Animals
Peace, Love, and ANIMALS!

#Nature-Trail
҉ - Nature Lovers

Details

Submitted: January 21
Image Size: 341 KB
Resolution: 1000×656

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 9
Favourites: 51 [who?]
Views: 447 (0 today)
Downloads: 1 (0 today)

Camera Data

Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 600D
Shutter Speed:1/1024 second
Aperture:F/5.6
Focal Length:250 mm
ISO Speed:100
Date Taken:Jan 20, 2013, 4:10:03 AM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
Sensor Size:4mm

Shop For This Camera

[x]

Young wings can fly higher than you knowby ^cakecrumbs

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

Juvenile Australian black-shouldered kite (Elanus axillaris).

Yesterday I was going for a bike ride with my husky and encountered this bird at the start of the track. I thought it was a nankeen kestrel at first glance, as I've seen them one suburb over before and they hunt identically, but soon realised it was too large and did not have the black bands on its tail. I have never seen one in the area before, and have never seen a raptor of any kind so close to my house.

By the time I got my camera out and got my boyfriend to take control of my dog, I only got about 10 seconds to get it in focus and fire off a few quick shots before it saw me and flew off. This is the best of a bunch of poor shots.

Title comes from a Ruby and the Romantics song.