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Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) immature
This one was hunting on the ground for small lizards, insects and caterpillars caterpillars
I have had commitments at Daniel and Sarah's school today and have to go back again shortly.
I will catch up with your images when I can.
Nikon D5 has better autofocus than Nikon D850. You can autofocus faster if the bird is in flight and it keeps track of the subject when it is moving. I think these cameras don’t have the same autofocus system.
A lifer for me. It's my first attempt to capture the Prairie Falcon. I saw lots of great photos of the Prairie Falcon nicknamed Digit hunting/catching pigeons from my birding friends few years ago. But I never got a chance to capture it with my own camera. Fortunately, there's a "NEW" Prairie Falcon visiting the AGT few days ago and let me take some shots before it left our area. Big thank you to Kim Ng and Keith Huang for all the great tips about capturing this falcon. Much appreciated! It's a challenge for me to capture this brand new subject. There's not much time for me to learn its flight and hunting behavior before it disappeared.
Watched this falcon trying to catch pigeons for few times, but no success. It seems like both the falcon and I are the new guys at AGT.
Overcast and poor light. I wish the light could be better for this exciting moment. Heavily cropped. Shot in a far distance.
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Female White Featherleg Damselfly (Platycnemis latipes)- uncropped
look for the ant (?) to down left..
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The Great Blue Heron and the Black-crowned Night Heron were at opposite sides of a creek, working along the shallows. Occaisionally one would squawk at the other but for the most part they would search the muddy water, pose as if to make a strike and no fish were caught. I moved along and when I returned later the "Laurel & Hardy" of Herons were both still in the same locations.
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia, ON
Considering how rare they became it felt quite lucky and thrilling to accidentally bump into this beautiful male Hen harrier, hunting over the Zeeland polders. Although usually migrating to southern Europe and north Africa, a number of birds spend the winter in the Netherlands. Estimations of wintering birds range from 400 to 800 species (for 2013-2015). Only a dozen pairs breed in the Netherlands. In any case, the situation is still better there than in the UK where they are hunted to the brink of extinction.
The first part of its scientific name "circus" refers to the particular manner of hunting, often flying in circles as could be seen from this guy.
Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus).
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The American kestrel is usually found in close proximity to open fields, either perched on a snag or telephone wire or hovering in search of prey. The typical falcon-shaped wings are slim and pointed; the tail long and square-tipped. Sexes are of similar size. Adult male plumage is easily told from adult females and juveniles of both sexes. All have 2 bold, dark moustache marks
The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to a metre tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown. (Source: Wikipedia)
Photographed on a late evening game drive at the Athi Basin Dam in Nairobi National park, Kenya.
At Mottistone on the Isle of Wight
This was two of maybe a dozen different kestrels hunting on this land. Amazing to watch.
This sparrowhawk was seen flying slowly along the edge of a lake at quite a low level. Something I had never seen before. It was suggested that she may be hunting snipe. Any other suggestions?
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We could observe very closely the little egret hunting. We were so happy and lucky to take some really great photos.
We was lucky yesterday when we was out at the Peak District. We saw 2 Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls.
So happy about it
Instead of standing in water and getting her feathers wet, the great egret watched from the boardwalk and spot a big fish for afternoon meal. What a smart bird knowing how to strategize her hunting skill.
Male Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) scans the brush; SLO County; CA; USA; Sony a9; Sony 200-600 mm lens; 1/3200 sec; f/10; ISO 4000; Topaz AI