Thanks Dennis and Chris. The Square-tailed Kites are actually nesting on a neighbouring property and did so last season. I found them quite accidentally on a walk - one of the chicks had been evicted from the nest and was stranded on the ground. It was successfully rehabilitated after we got it to a wildlife shelter, which was how we found out it's identity. There are thought to be 50 pairs in Victoria, so we feel very privileged to have them here. I borrowed my father-in-law's Nikon DSLR last season to photograph them and was so impressed I ended up buying my Canon. My last SLR was an Olympus OM-1 bought in 1981. Anyway, there will be more photos of this family to come! Had the male perfectly in focus for a BIF photograph this morning only to realise that the camera was still set on self timer from a photo last night. How can I convey the frustration of no action when pressing the shutter button with the bird in the centre of the viewfinder only to get 4 photos of the ground 2 seconds later?
