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Riphath — American Kestrel

Published: 2012-09-16 21:11:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1754; Favourites: 144; Downloads: 0
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Description The day we went to release the Mississippi Kites, the Raptor Rehabilitation Center had Luke out for people to see. Luke is a American Kestrel, he is at the center because he is a imprint which makes him fun to be around but unlikely to survive on his own.

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Comments: 15

mttomimages [2013-03-28 14:22:06 +0000 UTC]

This is one of my favorite birds. I have a photo of a female on my Gallery, taken at a HawkQuest photo shoot. Love what these organizations do!

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Riphath In reply to mttomimages [2013-03-29 02:33:07 +0000 UTC]

Luke is one of my favorites, he always wants to get close to you. Which makes him fun to be around, but a real bugger to photograph... LoL.

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FoxyFauna [2013-02-17 17:37:31 +0000 UTC]

Such a cute widdle birdie!!!

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Riphath In reply to FoxyFauna [2013-02-18 16:02:14 +0000 UTC]

He is! And very fun.

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josephacheng [2013-01-27 08:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Very good take! I'm guessing 70-300G?

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Riphath In reply to josephacheng [2013-01-27 16:30:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank You! Very close guess... 4.5-5.6/75-300

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josephacheng In reply to Riphath [2013-01-28 00:33:42 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see. Good thing the focus wasn't at infinity.

I don't want to offend, but I've used that lens and the focusing at 300mm set at inifinity is terrible! Good thing I had only borrowed it... that night (I was shooting the moon), I promised myself that I would by a real tele (and I did )

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Woodswallow [2012-09-17 12:35:09 +0000 UTC]

What a beauty, it is so colourful Wonderful photo!

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Riphath In reply to Woodswallow [2012-09-18 02:56:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Darkendrama [2012-09-17 11:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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RizianLarc [2012-09-17 04:57:44 +0000 UTC]

Such a lovely creature
He looks charming ^-^

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Riphath In reply to RizianLarc [2012-09-18 02:55:56 +0000 UTC]

Yes, he is pretty and awesome which would make him pretty awesome.

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SilverVulpine [2012-09-16 21:26:51 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous shot of a really cool creature!

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Riphath In reply to SilverVulpine [2012-09-17 10:01:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank You Sir

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SilverVulpine In reply to Riphath [2012-09-17 13:24:10 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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