Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Frame grabs from a video shot in my garden. A couple of bits of chicken skin - didn't last long! My cat's a bit nervous... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Beats blue tits and peanuts any day! Superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Wow, excellent stuff MOTCO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thanks chaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajpearson Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Is it actually yours or a wild one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 It, or they, are wild inasmuch as they live around the Chilterns. They aren't strictly native but were re-introduced in the 1980s I think. Red Kites were native but were killed off by farmers and gamekeepers. These are descended from Norwegian birds I seem to recall. They are very common in the Thames Valley, along the M40 by Oxford and Stokenchurch, along the M4 in Berkshire, and here in the Chilterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajpearson Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I have seen a few out in the wilds, just not sure if you were into falconry etc. They are magnificent creatures, we have an abundance of buzzards around at the moment, but the dogs do not allow them near the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 There are some common buzzards around and they co-exist with the kites quite happily. I am not into falconry, although it is looks fascinating. What is interesting is that the kites are often mobbed by magpies - quite ironic because magpies get flack for being predators themselves. Kites are raptors, but lazy ones and will usually go for carrion rather than actually kill something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 We have lots of raptors around here. I have a few dead birds that have flown into our windows. I suppose if I put them in the middle of a field, set myself up in a corner with a long lens I may get some good pictures. If only I had time!. Tractors playing up again, the drive belts keep jumping off. So I decide to leave it and use the ride-on to cut in front of the gites and that cuts out. One of the safety switches seems faulty. I've only got to find out which one. It will go if I wiggle them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 SWMBO and I visit HERE Great to see so many kites feeding. Well worth a visit if you are close or on holiday down here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 SWMBO and I visit HERE Great to see so many kites feeding. Well worth a visit if you are close or on holiday down here Ah, yes. That was featured on 'Countryfile' I seem to recall. Kites' soup kitchen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User0083 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Stunning! Although here's a video of me and my kite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clansman Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Awesome shoots .........not surprised the cat is worried !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User0083 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 They are awesome and amazing. Had wife trying to find out cat last week, could see an owl in the tree, wanted torch to see it. It came out the tree, across our house to another tree... I asked if she'd found the cat. Could her Hine squeaking away and sounded stuck. There was the cat on the roof... Stuck, owl flying near him. He's now called "Owl Food" and not allowed out past dusk! Did you have any special camera set up or was it just shots on a chance? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 I bought a Kodak Zi6 miniature video camera to fit to my roll bar on the car a few years ago. It didn't do that job too well because its shape makes it hard to mount rigidly. However it does shoot at 60fps in 720p HD so I set it up on a tripod near the garden wall where my Good Lady puts the odd scrap out for the birds, and these are individual frames from about 3 minutes of footage. I have some better ones now I have learned the software; I shall put them up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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