Jay by Liz Cooke

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This beautiful bird was busy collecting material for nest building. A member of the Crow family, they are normally shy and therefore difficult to spot, living in the woods. However, this one was happily twig-hunting on an open grassy patch of land and I was able to get quite close to him.

Category: Wildlife	Views: 182

Category: Wildlife

Views: 182

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Camera	Lumix DMC-FZ30
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Date Taken	1335049200
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License	All Rights Reserved

Face-Off Statistics

Number of face-offs: 3

Won

33%

Lost

33%

Drawn

33%

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23/06 2012

10:03

David Pamphilon

Beautiful wildlife image excellent colors and details Liz
16/05 2012

07:39

Sjoerd B

Great shot Liz. Love these birds. They are so gordious.
30/04 2012

23:44

David Gill

Excellent capture Liz, such great detail and color. D
29/04 2012

22:41

Paul Crook

Wow! I know how rare these Jays are (especially in Derby). Beautifully captured and colours are spot on.
29/04 2012

10:30

Jeremy White

Thanks for your illuminating me with your technical details for this shot. I've now got to ask my boss if I can go home to change my underpants since I just wet myself laughing!
28/04 2012

23:50

Otto Dwiyanto

Nice angle and great moment
28/04 2012

19:25

Paul Primus

Liz , the Dolmen is only a 10 minute drive from my home and St Fagans is about 7 mins next time your here call Dawn and me sumirp@fsmail.net
28/04 2012

18:21

Rick Rae

Nicely done Liz. Rick
28/04 2012

09:01

Sudad Al-Ajili

Lovely scene Liz, beautiful framing, Great shot.
27/04 2012

21:33

peter hopson

hi liz lucky to get a clear shot of the jay as you said a shy bird , nice clear and sharp shot,pete,
27/04 2012

04:05

Peter Ansara

Nice sense of nature Liz!
26/04 2012

22:27

Fraser McCallum

Great work to catch these tricky buggers. Love the crisp details.
26/04 2012

21:21

Jim Henderson

excellent pin sharp shot Liz
26/04 2012

20:07

John Hampsey Pettigrew

nice shot liz,well captured...we have the blue jays here but i can never get close enough...ps the corvette is nice but i prefer mustangs..lol
26/04 2012

13:40

Unni Williams

Hey Liz, this is a very good shot - so clear and detailed! Lucky you, i know how difficult these birds are to capture - i have never been close enough
26/04 2012

12:50

Richard Musgrave

Great shot Liz, I've been trying to get a shot of a Jay for the last few weeks at my local nature reserve and can't get anywhere near them!
26/04 2012

10:57

Paul Primus

Well spotted Liz, good detail expanded.
26/04 2012

09:35

Jeremy White

Great work Liz, you have captured some excellent details. It's a really good close crop too, what lens did you use?

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