For sure, thanks, that’s a good point.
Thinking about it I’ve been going out pretty late in the day; still seems light enough outside to me but I think the camera may have other thoughts about that.
And yes, speaking of manufacturing luck I have been eyeing birdbaths! Doubt the falcon will be dropping in but plenty of little guys around that wouldn’t mind a free drink I bet.
When it comes to luring ‘wildlife’ even with a tame cow that will eat out of my hand I used some bait to attract one of our Galloway steers to get him where I wanted.
This turned out OK:
But had to be quick… like a fat kid on a cupcake he was… 
Aaaww!! Look at those ears! What a cutie…
His name is Hamish 
Wouldn’t Mickey suit him better…?
I mean…
I can see it, but I think he might be a panda in disguise and spying on us for the CCP 
Besides. Don’t mention the Mouse if we aren’t paying royalties… We don’t want to get sued
The mouse isn’t a mouse anyway, he’s a possum Hamish is one cool little dude, may he grow up tall and strong and wise.
Eeeeh…I was thinking of a totally different Mickey… Yeah, that’s right! 
Damn! They are going to come for Hamish now, won’t they? 
We’ve been amazed at the variety of little feathered friends our water bowls have attracted - most coming along for a bath, rather than a drink.
PS - I vote for “Sooty” 
We went to the Pacific Airshow on the Gold Coast to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Great show!
When it comes to wildlife photography there are some essential requirements for good photos: knowing your camera and its limitations, a lot of patience, good light (golden hour is pure magic imho), luck and most importantly knowing the behaviour of your subjects.
For birds you can set up a feeder or hang up food in a free standing tree that is not too tall which helps with perspective and separation. Personally I prefer natural branches over feeders that are often plastic or metal.
Snapshot of the sea at Miami Beach this morning:
A very unusual sight for a land-locked person like me.
Perfect example of luck even though I was too late for the best light (almost sunset, pretty cloudy)
Great capture. I love watching crows chasing raptors. It like watching a WW1 DF…
That’s too cool.
Thanks, yeah that was pretty cool. Unfortunately I was about an hour too late and missed some spectacular light with the low sun coming through a break in the clouds as well as some pretty cool birds.
I talked to some ornithologists that were at the location and I had just missed the sea eagles, there also was a pair of golden eagles but they had already settled for the night when I arrived.
I created a quick collage:
