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Osprey in flight this morning at John Chesnut Senior Park, Palm Harbor, Florida. Have a great July 4th weekend everyone and STAY SAFE!
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If you'd like to see more of my osprey images, go to schockenphotography.com. I have many 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.
Certainly not the best Bee in flight photo ever taken but pretty good for me! LOL I love his pollen laden pantaloons. These Flowers are in the gardens of Chatham Manor. We were there very early in the morning and there was still a heavy dew on most of the flowers. Might explain the sleeping bee I found (see below). I thought it was a fake plastic thing stuck to the flowers of one bush but as I looked very close it slightly moved it's head.
This Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) was photographed just after take-off in the wild in the Kgalagadi.
Flight Training.
It was fun watching Glossy Ibis encouraging their fledglings to fly at Ocean City, NJ. The parent would land close to the hungry chicks, but would move away before before feeding them, forcing them to follow and fly if they wanted to be fed.
After a successful flight and often rough landing the fledglings were rewarded with food as can be seen in the photograph at the top of the comment box.
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Another shot from this past weekend trip up into the UP to find some snowy owls. We didn't have blue skies a lot but was able to capture this one when the sun was out and the skies were blue.
I took this, along with some others, in low light this morning. Trying to get the hang of flight shots. Very high ISO, but the focus appeared to work pretty well. Really liking the increased speed of locking on!
Soaring into the deep blue...it's a delightful Springtime flight that gets you on your way to what is important !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
Keep happy...keep safe dear Flickr friends !
Sixth image in my current series featuring single birds...
I caught this Willet in mid-flight, with a crashing Lake Michigan wave frothing in the background.
This was one of about 50 Willets that stopped by our shore to rest and feed for a day or two during their migration northward.
These are Sandhill Cranes heading north to their Breeding grounds. I know why they are called cranes because one needs to crane one's neck in order to see them; they fly so high.
Taking Flight - A Long-tailed Weasel takes flight while hunting for pocket gophers. Recently, I took a trip up North to photograph these guys. I hadn't been to the North Bay in 4 years. It's one of my favorite places but being in the South Bay the 2 hour drive is long for me. However, these weasels got me out of bed at 3 AM and out the door at 4 AM and I completed the 225 mile round trip and got to see 13 of them and meet some awesome North Bay photographers as well.
It's just amazing how quickly and erratically this species moves. It is impossible to reliably track them with the DSLR. I had to stop down one f-stop and set the sensitivity to the highest setting and only 3 out of my nearly 500 images of them jumping came in focus. That being said these 3 are all I needed and I was most happy with this one.
Species: Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR
Settings: 1/3200s, ISO: 400, f/6.3, -1.0 EV, Handheld @500mm
"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
A peaceful moment as the sky burns with gold and a solitary bird takes flight over the sleeping trees.
In diesem Moment fliegt die Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus) vom Waldboden zum ersten Ast einer Linde hinauf.
Three birds. One sky. Zero tolerance for offbeat wingwork. These airborne aces aren’t just flying; they’re performing a synchronized routine that would make a fighter squadron jealous. Spaced perfectly across a moody gradient of sunrise (or is it sunset?), they look like they’re headed to a very exclusive meeting where the dress code is “feathers and finesse.”
This image is nature’s version of a boy band mid-tour: dramatic lighting, perfect spacing, and just enough mystery to keep you guessing.
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