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Owls, the debait

10,000 Birds

I love great bird photography, I truly do. Photos that capture great behaviour, and the incredible beauty of birds. But as she stayed and mice were being tossed out, she decided it wasn’t for her, and she left the birds, and the group. Great photographs also inspire me to try and do better with my own photographs.

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Starlings and Eagles

10,000 Birds

It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. It was the only bird I could see through the narrow slit in the blind, and so, as a bird-watcher, I watched it. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird.

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