Hover Fly
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I’ve had a chance to document the behavior of the endangered Everglades Snail Kite and this is one of my favorite images. I was following this guy zooming along until it spotted an Apple Snail. It put on the brakes shot at it’s prey. This is the transition that lasted a split second.
When visiting Commonwealth in the rain, I spotted this house sparrow hovering above the grass, then setting back down. I saw this behavior a few years ago and had limited success in capturing it, so I decided to give it another try, this time with more success.
Drone shot over the airboat canal at Loxahatchee Wildlife Park. A few dark clouds are moving in, at lease it will cool things off a bit
I've never seen a Red-shouldered Hawk do what this one did today. It came down from the top of the tree, obviously with prey in its sights, right in front of a group of photographers. It then hovered right in front of us for seconds, landing on the bannister adjacent to the group, then flew back to the trees but landed upside down on a branch before taking off in embarrassment a few seconds later. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
A sequence of images as a small study of the common kestrel's hovering flight. Hovering allows a kestrel to remain stationary and carefully scan the ground below, looking for prey. Note that the position of the head is kept still during the hovering movement.
I have been blessed to see and photograph hundreds of American Bald Eagles in the wild. Only once did I see one stop in flight and hover as if a Kestrel. I was glad to have captured this moment! Taken over Silver Glen, Florida.
Blessings, John
The pop-out three dimensional appearance of the little hover fly against the deep orange flower mainly due to the light at that particular moment - nice assist from the sunshine. Yay - let's hear it for the sunshine!!
Tithonia - In our garden.
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), caught in flight in front of our van...
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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Nectar
Nesting : Trees
Behavior : Hovering
Conservation : Low Concern
Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon
There was a group of gannets flapping around trying to come into land. There was an almost equal number of photographers also flapping around trying to get their camera settings right to catch a bird in flight. This is one of the better pictures that I got.
Taken at Westhay nature reserve in Somerset. :)
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This male Belted Kingfisher had a fish spotted and was waiting for the right moment. They are so quick and difficult to photograph.