Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus
Canon 800mm f6.3 for 1/160th @ iso800
Ian and I had gone out looking for Barn Owls to photograph, darkness was coming on fast as the sun off into the west was almost touching the horizon. We knew a juvenille Cuckoo had been seen and photographed, but the meadows cover a large area and I for one was not walking about looking for a Cuckoo, juveille or not !
As I recall we stood by a bank, and as we stood looking about for either Short eared owls or one of the resident Barn Owls - Ian noticed that the Cuckoo had fluttered past him and plonked itself on the foliage. Iso high and shutter speeds getting lower each second that passed we manage to grab a few shots of the bird.
Ian and I had gone out looking for Barn Owls to photograph, darkness was coming on fast as the sun off into the west was almost touching the horizon. We knew a juvenille Cuckoo had been seen and photographed, but the meadows cover a large area and I for one was not walking about looking for a Cuckoo, juveille or not !
As I recall we stood by a bank, and as we stood looking about for either Short eared owls or one of the resident Barn Owls - Ian noticed that the Cuckoo had fluttered past him and plonked itself on the foliage. Iso high and shutter speeds getting lower each second that passed we manage to grab a few shots of the bird.