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Gaina  

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Nature taking its course

Journal Entry: Tue May 13, 2008, 7:22 AM
  • Mood: Happy
  • Listening to: PC fan
  • Watching: Computer Screen
If I never see so much as one starling for the rest of this year, my bird of the day more than makes up for it....

I was doing some homework when I heard an almighty racket coming from the car park so I opened my blinds to see a beautiful male Sparrowhawk on his prey. Half a dozen adult blackbirds where challenging the hawk to give up its (very dead) prize. I grabbed my video camera and got a few seconds of very dodgy footage before the sparrwhawk stumbled under the conifer bushes with his prize. Time to grab the 350D

I snuck round the corner where there's a very handy view of the front garden and the blackbirds where still going nuts so I figured I could get round to the front without making the hawk drop his food (he's hunting a lot at the moment so probably has chicks to feed and I would have felt awful if they lost a meal because I made one stupid mistake).

I snuck round to the front garden where I found him eating his meal in the undergrowth so I sat and watched him take his fill, while I was snapping away (it was extremely windy so those photo's didn't come out well). I hid practically iniside the conifer for a good 20 minutes, and then I was rewarded with this....



He's actually on a trailer about 10 feet away from me. I thought once he heard the camera fire off he'd get spooked, but no he was actually very calm.

**sigh** Getting back to homework is so mundane after that! haha.

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  • Current Age: Born March 1973.
  • Current Residence: UK
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: L (size 16 in English!)
  • Print preference: Matte
  • Interests: Graphic Art, Reading, Photography, Songwriting, Singing.
  • Favourite movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Finding Nemo, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000
  • Favourite band or musician: SLIPKNOT
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock and Heavy Metal
  • Favourite artist: Tracey Emin, Banksy, Monet, Lowry, Stubs, HR Giger, Dali, Klimt
  • Favourite poet or writer: Philip Pullman, Roger McGoff, Edgar Allen Poe
  • Favourite photographer: Anton Corbijn, Mario Testino, Lord Lichfield (RIP).
  • Favourite style or digital art: Impressionism
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • Shell of choice: cowrie
  • Skin of choice: any colour is good for me ;-)
  • Favourite game: life
  • Favourite gaming platform: planet earth
  • Favourite cartoon character: Jack Skellington
  • Personal Quote: 'OOK!'
  • Tools of the Trade: Wacom Intuos 3, Photoshop CS2, Canon Ixus 50/EOS 350D, Sigma 70-300, 105, 10-20

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*Quaddles-Roost:iconQuaddles-Roost: 23 hours 2 minutes ago
Thanks muchly for fave :hug:

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=inshaala:iconinshaala: 4 days 5 hours ago
Hey, thanks for the fav.

I recently got into "folk punk" - quite entertaining to listen to. Check out Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy's and Gogol Bordello. Just thought i would share to a fellow "musical explorer" ;)

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*NatureShooter:iconNatureShooter: 5 days 15 hours ago
:faint:

Thank you for adding my image to your Favorites List. V E R Y much appreciated.

:bow: :worship: :D

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*Quaddles-Roost:iconQuaddles-Roost: 6 days 20 hours ago
:clap: :bow: :clap: :bow: :clap:
:D Thanks for fave :D
:clap: :bow: :clap: :bow: :clap:

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I'm so close to heaven, This hell is not mine!

My photos *In-the-picture Stock *quaddles
My husband`s photos *quaddie
Clubs: *PsychedelicTreasures ~artsweetart *Le-Visage
*Quaddles-Roost:iconQuaddles-Roost: May 5, 2008, 5:46:05 PM
:iconflowerdanceplz: Thanks for faves :iconflowerdanceplz:

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I'm so close to heaven, This hell is not mine!

My photos *In-the-picture Stock *quaddles
My husband`s photos *quaddie
Clubs: *PsychedelicTreasures ~artsweetart *Le-Visage
*NatureShooter:iconNatureShooter: May 5, 2008, 8:56:16 AM
:clap:

Thank you for adding my images to your Favorites List. Much appreciated.

:sing: :worship: :faint:

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*NatureShooter:iconNatureShooter: Apr 27, 2008, 9:36:56 AM
:faint:

Thank you for adding my images to your FAVORITES LIST. Very much appreciated.

:sing: :D :dance:

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*d-minutiv:icond-minutiv: Apr 26, 2008, 1:16:14 AM
thank you :)

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~MOTul:iconMOTul: Apr 19, 2008, 9:43:14 AM
dear miss chicken, nice gallery :)

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*devknu:icondevknu: Apr 14, 2008, 1:39:24 PM
Many thanks for the fav :)
~THEDOC4:iconTHEDOC4: Apr 13, 2008, 2:21:39 AM
Manythanks for the :+fav:'s
*EarthHart:iconEarthHart: Apr 8, 2008, 2:07:41 AM
:bow: Milady, thankee ever so for the sextet of favours you's bestowed on me work, they's all muchly appreciated :hug::cuddle::rose:

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*fantasio:iconfantasio: Mar 31, 2008, 2:14:37 AM
thanks for your comments, very appreciated!

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