I made my way out to the "nature-centre" at mid-morning again today, the scene of yesterday's amazing Buzzard encounter. I have been baiting the Buzzards for the last 10 weeks or so by placing a road kill rabbit carcass down and trying to entice one of the local Buzzards down in to photo range and yesterday it had worked. I know that they have been down to feed before but not while I have been "in residence" so to speak. Yesterday was my lucky day! I am writing this whilst sat in the "pit" yet again hoping beyond hope that I will have a repeat....... could I be that lucky? I investigated the rabbit carcass as soon as I got here and it has been well and truly picked over with a large amount of flesh taken. Whether that was today or not will determine if I have another encounter and opportunity today. However it is obvious that a buzzard has been down to feed again in the last 24 hours so my long detailed and planning, preparation and work has paid off and will continue to you.
In the meanwhile I am having some real fun with the resident Nuthatches after deciding that the only way to get some good photos was to use some fill flash. I am getting some sumptious results with fabulous detail. It's great to be able to look at them and almost post live from the hide.
Keep checking back because I will be constantly updating this post during the session......... who knows, there may be a buzzard!
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