For the July FS, I entered a shot of an American Kestrel shot in a nature park while on holiday in New Hampshire - Exhibit A:
Apart from many comments on the horror of my green border selection, which I have since regrettted... I got a very nice comment from  scooter97 suggesting that he would have loved to see a free version of this bird in flight. Well, I thought, so would I. I thought it pretty unlikely though, since I only muster a 200mm lens at the longest.
Skip forward a few weeks, and I am out showing my visiting parents a nice coastal area (Bristol Channel, UK for those interested) to walk the dog, and to save weight (kicking myself now) borrowed my wife's 28-135mm on my 50D. What did we see but four (British) Kestrels hunting, seemingly oblivious. One allowed me to get pretty close - turns out he was watching me pretty closely, but these are shot at 135mm (slightly cropped to get rid of dead space!). Next time I am definitely taking the longest lens I can borrow!
 
So, scooter97, your comments are clearly lucky and prophetic - please keep them coming! ;o)
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