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Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird at E B Forsythe NWR in New Jersey
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Maybe not as adept as Kestrels or Kingfishers - Marsh Harriers can certainly do it when something interesting catches their eye.
Taken at the weekend on one of my closest encounters with these fantastic and iconic birds. This is a juvenile female which might explain why I got a bit closer to her than normal.
Luckily focus was maintained on her head even though it is almost covered here.
Taken in Norfolk.
White Tailed Kite, an endangered species in N. America. I find its flying pattern interesting. It flies somewhat like a hummingbird - it stays "floating" in the air at one coordinate for a while and then moves, and then floating again and moves again etc etc. Of course, its much larger size makes that type of maneuver more challenging. I find its color combination also interesting - black hook-like beak mixed with snow-white head and body, not a good design for camouflage in CA landscape. Took 17 shots, 70% are keepers. This shot is most interesting as it shows its skill on how to stay floating in air.
Hey guys, I know It's been a while, but I threw this together from the scraps of my Clone Turbo Tank Microfighter. If you have the set you can probably build this right now. I decided to not be lazy and post it cause of how much I like it. I hope you enjoy as well!
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This Hover Fly grabbed on to a Honeysuckle for a long break, which made it easy for me to get a few shots. I'm do not have good luck photographing flying things.
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Had a little ride round after it brightened up this afternoon. This Kestrel hovered for me but @ a distance. At least in the hover mode I was able to hold the camera at full zoom just about
Just as the tulips start to fade the first of the lavender comes into bloom.
Apologies for lack of comments but Flickr was acting up on Sunday and Monday. Try as I might to make a comment Flickr closed down on me.
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No, I didn't catch it on the fly, so to speak - it was hovering. Working on my dragonfly technique, I can see in retrospect if I wanted to maximize the camera settings for resting vs in flight, I gotta make that choice. You want fast shutter speed, freeze the wings, or nice slow rich ISO on one at rest. (Or eating something might be OK too.) That clean lakeside bg definitely helps with focus acquisition. So, next time out I might try making the flight vs rest choice. One more thing that tickled me is how the landing gear is folded up. Cool stuff.
Purple top vervain, aka verbena. A tall herbaceous perennial that is a good source of nectar for pollinating insects. This one is in the collection at Kew in London
Common Kingfisher, also called Eurasian Kingfisher
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This little fly catcher comes off the fence in amongst the gnats and other fly insects, hovers for a moment then snatches a prize to head back to the fence for supper.
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It was a pleasantly cool afternoon. I was sitting on the back porch. The light was hitting the feeder nicely.
Amazingly I actually caught focus well on this Black-chinned female as she hovered a moment before landing.
This older Sigma lens was made for an older Nikon film system body. Everything is manual. The Fuji X-T1 thankfully has focus peaking to give some hint of what's being focused upon, but really, this one was just dumb luck.
Happy Wing Wednesday!
This kestrel was part of the impressive flying display at the British Birds of Prey Centre near Carmarthen in Wales. Their website: www.britishbirdofpreycentre.co.uk/