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    Think the neighbours might complain if I start shooting the birds on their roof with a rifle instead of a camera!

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    Think the neighbours might complain if I start shooting the birds on their roof with a rifle instead of a camera!
    They wouldn't hear/notice a .177 air pistol

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    Great pics @GravelBen . What do you shoot with?
    Yeah nah bro

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    Cheers @phillipgr, I use a Nikon D7000 SLR. Most of the bird photos are shot with either a Tokina 400mm f5.6 or Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 lens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GravelBen View Post
    Cheers @phillipgr, I use a Nikon D7000 SLR. Most of the bird photos are shot with either a Tokina 400mm f5.6 or Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 lens.
    Cool mate. Most of that is a foreign language to me but interesting nonetheless. I get to see some pretty awesome stuff when I head into the hills; sometimes I think I should invest in a good camera to capture some of it.
    Yeah nah bro

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    Fabulous pictures in this thread - amazing features that we rarely see in our birds

    Often see this guy at the yards -
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    Backyard birds -

    Sits on the lawn or house most days - dirty buggar shit all over the garage door yesterday when he took off


    If you are going to sit round for a couple of weeks - might as well smell the roses
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    Herons used to walk the sides of our pool and pick beetles from the skimmer
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
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    spent hours n hours trying to get a decent pic of a hawk. Ended up snapping this out the window of the ute on the way home.




    Nz Harrier Hawk 2 by nz300wsm, on Flickr

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    Fantastic shot!! Man they are built for it arn't they

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    Black-billed gulls hanging around the house yesterday:

    Seagull by gravelben, on Flickr

    Seagulls by gravelben, on Flickr

    Seagull by gravelben, on Flickr
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    Very Plump!Name:  bird.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by phillipgr View Post
    Thanks mate, that was in Fiordland on my trip just before.
    Is that the north arm? Like the pic of the pork I used to have them at home 25 years ago, I am working to get them back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kiwi-Hunter View Post
    Is that the north arm? Like the pic of the pork I used to have them at home 25 years ago, I am working to get them back.
    KH
    Sorry mate. That's lake Manapouri you can see in the photo.
    Yeah nah bro

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    Quote Originally Posted by phillipgr View Post
    Sorry mate. That's lake Manapouri you can see in the photo.
    Not that far north ,hope arm.
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