Wildlife Photography across the Water: Pesky Crows

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Pesky Crows

Back in February, I was praising the smart behaviour of Crows that I had been observing in my garden. Well now I am really not so impressed.

A few years ago, I bought an IR activated ultrasonic cat repeller to keep a watching eye over the feeding areas in the garden.

Apart from it eating batteries in the cold winter months it was a good device that has saved the life of many a bird. Additionally, there is another bonus with these devices in that it also repels small children as their tender and sensitive ears can hear the high frequencies.

So, I was mighty upset when I found the thing uprooted and laying on the ground after a crow attack. They had completely removed the white translucent plastic cover of the sensor and LED activation light, so it is now wrecked.

So it is back to Amazon for me then

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.