Cuckoo portraits

Over the last few days I have been watching a pair of Cuckoo in our area and learned to predict a few of their habits and favoured perch points,  The images below have all been taken using remote shutter firing to enable close-up Portraits without disturbing the birds or changing their behaviour,  It can be a frustrating way to work especially when a bird perches just inches out of your predicted frame area and you are a hundred yards from your camera but when it all comes together sometimes after many hours input it can produce some very pleasing images!