Close up and personal...(RK)

[MJ224]

Red Kite portrait at The Bird Centre, Botanical Gardens, Wales...

[blackfox]

Super close ups

[antpitta]

Beautiful plumage (to quote Monty Python). Very nice shots.

[Olybirder]

That's definitely close! Very nice Mark.

Ron

[MJ224]

Thanks all. Taken with the OM-5, and 12-100mm. Pot shots really, the tricky bit was removing the netting from in front of the boid.....in Lightroom, not the nest box..

[Ian]

They can be really striking close-up! Are the ones with the white heads the males?

Ian

[MJ224]

Birds can be very difficult to sex, unless they are specifically plumed. Answer is I don't know, I might google it, but be sure, he can, and she can...

[davcoll]

Wow.

Dave

[wornish]

These are superb images.

[BDennis]

Great photos.

We loved that place so much we went twice on our holiday near there.

Bill

[MJ224]

Well worth the visit. I hope to catch them flying next week...