Murcia, Spain 2019.

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Black-Crowned Night Heron

From Cornell:

Black-crowned Night-Herons often spend their days perched on tree limbs or concealed among foliage and branches. They forage in the evening and at night, in water, on mudflats, and on land. In flight they fold their head back against their shoulders, almost making the neck disappear.

I found this photo today among a group of photos i shot at Harris Neck in 2017 - not realizing that i had photographed a night heron in flight - I believe the only time I have done so.

Glad i found it so it could be Explored.

OLYMPUS EM-1 Mark II

Black headed gull in flight

Mallards launch into the air over an icy Lake Michigan...

All that ice is now melted and spring has sprung :)

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Highland Oaks Park

I love shooting ibises in flight - once I trained on them to shoot a bird in flight correctly.

A Black-bellied Plover races back and forth along the beach with a juvenile, teaching him to fly.

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Dreamy.

Floating.

Soaring.

Pastels.

I think it's a shared human condition that we all have a deep need to dream and be inspired and long for beauty and joy.

In my photography I strive for the elements and subjects and colors that will encourage the viewer to respond with joy and inspiration and peace.

I hope this image will inspire and give you joy, even if for only a moment or two...

A flight of Dunlin arriving at Budle bay for an evening feeding session.

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

A Ring-billed Gull is captured rather closely in flight as it passes the rest of the grounded flock.

A female broad-billed hummingbird emerges from the shadows at Boyce Thompson Arboretum. If I were to choose my perfect bokeh, it would not be beige, but living in the desert there tends to be a bit of beige around. So you shoot what you see. At least the hummingbird brings a sparkle of green to the scene.

(likely / probablement sous-espèce 'savignii d'Égypte') Esna, Égypte

Hyderabad, India

At a local reserve - Boundary Brook NR in Oxford

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!

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

Hummingbird in flight giving me side eye

Getting in one last flight for the day. La Jolla, California.

Cool misty morning on Saturday, the early sunshine warming the water brought a low mist. The Heron taking flight just above the water with the reflection, wing tips just above the water, the small egret in the top right adds balance... really like this image.

Helios 44-2 / 2-58Pentax k1

Had to split my in-flight album as almost near 500 shots so now its small & large birds in-flight. Catching up :)

Broad-wing hawk hunting the neighbours feeders

This egret was flying past me at Jackson Bottom wetlands.

I was lucky to be ready when this Great-horned Owlet took flight.

Oystercatchers in flight at South Landing near Flambotrough Head. (2283)

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 :)

The beauty of flight! Happy Wing Wednesday

Flight

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Green cay wetlands

Cuckoo in flight

LH1785 ESB-MUC Flight

These are the last birds of the summer to breed and raise little goldfinches. Since these primarily eat seeds (granivores), they wait until late July. Isn’t that clever?

I should have increased the shutter speed to capture the feathers in flight better.

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