You a quite probably right, given what I saw of the little drama (the corvids and the kites were squabbling all through the walk - alas I didn't seen enough of a mixed group of jackdaws and crows mobbing a kite to photo it), but the photo in isolation just had me foxed.
1/1250s speed, and stabilizer on, so I doubt movement distortion, but worth the question.
Perhaps a proper Kite photo to compensate, possibly even the same bird.
Oh, very well done - and if that level of camera shake is all you have to worry about, you're a far better photographer than I! Just a bit of a shame the file downloaded so slowly I didn't get to the end before other things called, but that's not on you.
Oh yes, and also of only realising in post-propressing that the shot isn't quite as good as you hoped when you did it.
To tell you something you probably already knew, your depth of field is too short in this one, and you needed to increase the aperture or move back, so that you get the full glory of the fluffiness on the right.
Really nice subjects, though!
So similar to the UK's Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! The white and black banding on the head is a bit different, and to me that seems about it.
They actually nest in trees!
This one is kinda proof of the claim, I alas don't have any better
P.S. in case it's not obvious, that's the female!
Mostly accidental - in the sense that there was a lot to crop, and I felt the blossom just had to remain, for all it was not on my mind when taking the shot.
Interesting to see a technical use of photography posted here.
Indeed, this sort of thing (also taken today, but somehow doesn't appeal as much to me)
As I understand it from reference books, those live in Egypt or points south or perhaps the China Seas, and dine on Elephants, so I rather dismissed that breed as a candidate!