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Highland Oaks Park
This is not Photoshop picture
Finally caught up with the Kestrel along the river path at Attenborough Nature Reserve, stayed in one place long enough for me to catch up and finally get some in flight images.
Mallards launch into the air over an icy Lake Michigan...
All that ice is now melted and spring has sprung :)
Bald Eagle
Photographed in Pasco County, Florida.
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If you'd like to see more of my images, go to www.schockenphotography.com. I have many more images of eagles and other raptors as well as owls, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, songbirds and mammals and I have a full section on birds in flight which is my specialty.
The Grackle Crow rushing in haste. The wings in full flight and alacrity as it passes the water surface of Traverse Lake. It seemed almost sinister and foreboding.
Red Shouldered Hawk - Same hawk as two back - this one in-flight with no background - other than the sky. You can see why they are so named (red shoulders).
A pair of Ring Necked Ducks are on the move during a March snowfall.
I normally would shoot these BIF shots at a higher shutter speed, but these went from relatviely static subjects to fast moving ones very quickly and with the overcast low-light conditions I was shooting with, I was only at 1/500 and didn't have time to adjust. I honestly found the blur in the wings helped in conveying the element of movement though in the image.
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Isn't it amazing that the autofocus caught the heron despite the difficult background?
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ist das nicht erstaunlich, dass der Autofokus den Reiher erwischt hat, trotz des unruhigen Hintergrunds
Fledgling Burrowing Owl tentatively flies up from the ground, about three feet below, while a sibling looks on. "Once the babies hatch, mom stays with them while dad hunts for food for the family. The little owls will come out of the burrow two weeks to a month after hatching, but will go no further than the burrow's entrance for the time being. Now, both mom and dad will forage for food. The burrowing owl's diet consists of small rodents, reptiles, and insects. When the owlets are about 44 days old...
they will only fly short distances from the burrow and their parents will continue to feed them. As they get to be stronger in their flight, they will begin to forage for food with their parents. Source: animals.mom.com/habitat-yellowbilled-hornbill-4620.html
lumen print on ORWO B III paper
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This kingfisher landed right next to where I shot the osprey on the Columbia River. As soon as I started taking pictures of it, it took off, affording a flight shot!
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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.
Sunset light
Egretta Tricolor
It's hard not to just go to Ocean City and fire of a zillion shots in a row. But if you sit and wait for that bird to land at the right spot and get that great background, it will be more gratifying in the end and it gives your camera time to focus. Plus, you don't spend hours deleting all those missed shots. That's my tip of the day.
Ocean City, NJ
I dont usually do birds in flight, but as ive been not able to spend much money during lockdown.. Ive upgraded my Canon 7Dmk1 to a 7Dmk2 and the difference is huge! Im over the moon! Tracking birds in flight justs feels effortless compared to the mk1. So thought id share this photo taken with me new 7Dmk2 :)
A red-bellied woodpecker taking flight with food in beak, intricate wing plumage blurred at wing tips
Acrobatics. Mating in flight of Crocothemis erytraea in the Cartagena countryside. Acróbatas. Cópula en vuelo de una pareja de Crocothemis erytraea en el Campo de Cartagena.
The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is is a communal bird in the winter months, when upwards of ten or more may be spotted searching the same field for mousy treats. These stunning and gregarious owls benefited greatly from mankind's agricultural revolution, as they adore hunts on such fields. In fact, whenever such a field exists, they'll even sleep in them during the day, nestled away in tall grasses. Sure, short-ears will roost in trees when absolutely necessary, but only begrudgingly when thick blankets of snow have stolen their grassy hillocks. Interestingly, their hoots have always sounded a bit like a cross between dog barking and cat mewling to me!
Seagull soaring by, seemingly unaware of the danger presented by the ominous Cloud Monster above him.
Alviso, California.
Nikon D80.
Evening Flight
Cropston Reservoir in Leicestershire provided a rare night of magical skies
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