Caught In Flight
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Probably my last post for a while, although I might log in from time to time. For some time (maybe one or two months) I fly off to other places. This time with my camper towards Denmark.
There are probably also some birds there, and as long as the holidays do not start yet, there may also be some space and tranquility. I do wish everyone a nice summer (holiday).
The shot here was taken in Arkemheen, a wonderful bird area in the Netherlands, and I found it again since I am cleaning up my pictures.
I stopped by Whitaker Ponds Nature Park in Portland a few weeks ago, and am glad I did. It's a small pond, with a dock reaching into the lake, and lots of water fowl that aren't much afraid of people. Got several great bird in flight shots from up close!
Two combined captures of mine.
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This is a green-winged teal drake flying at Greenway Park, across the lake from Koll wetlands. Late afternoon, taking advantage of golden hour light.
A Roseate Spoonbill passes over-head between me and the setting sun.
This photo was quite accidental - I was facing away from the setting sun, taking photos of birds in flight headed to their roosting areas in the wetlands. I saw this big shadow, turned around and this spoonbill was passing behind me - also headed to the wetlands for the night - but the lone spoonbill - the ibis were in huge numbers, as were the cattle egrets - the wetlands borders the cattle ranches. Other birds in pretty good numbers were great egrets, snowy egrets, blue herons, there were a few Great Herons, some Green Herons and Night Herons. There were also a lot of Anhingas. I saw two hawks and various smaller birds.
This American wigeon was about to cross the path at Commonwealth Lake, when a pedestrian approached. So it took flight to hurry across.
In the Portland area, when gulls show up, it indicates that there's stormy weather at the coast, so they come in to shelter. We've been seeing gulls the last several days, and I've heard that there are gale-force winds at the coast. Does make for opportunities to catch these guys in flight!
Going through older pictures (didn't go out today; too hot!) and found this one, taken at Dawson Creek. Female bufflehead in flight.
a pied Kingfisher (ceryle rudis) in flight along the Zambesi riverbanks
photo made from a small boat.
caprivi strip,Namibia
tips and tricks...i use M mode camera and here i made a little mistake.F5.6 isnt correct,best choice should be in this case F6.3-F7.1...probably i was looking for something else and i saw this guy.1/4000 is good...of course the wrong F5.6 gave me a better and cleaner background
original file here:
La Bergeronnette grise se nourrit de nombreux invertébrés aquatiques et terrestres. Elle capture des insectes sur le sol après une courte poursuite, mais aussi en volant. Elle poursuit sa proie avec un vol ondulant rapide, ou en voletant brièvement avant de la capturer. Sur le sol, elle chasse en marchant, en exploitant toutes sortes de surfaces depuis les routes jusqu’aux toits des maisons et autres endroits découverts.
Elle peut capturer des proies en courant et en donnant un coup de bec pour la saisir. Il lui arrive aussi de sauter en l’air pour happer un insecte volant.
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The Yellow Wagtail feeds on numerous aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates. She captures insects on the ground after a short chase, but also while flying. She pursues her prey with a fast waving flight, or flutters briefly before capturing it. On the ground, she hunts while walking, exploiting all kinds of surfaces from the roads to the roofs of houses and other places discovered.
She can catch prey by running and pecking to grab it. It also happens to jump in the air to catch a flying insect.
A thank you to Pexels for the background. This is two photos layered together. My photo is of the birds on the wires.
Osprey in glide flight looking for a meal
It's worth looking at this enlarged to see the intensity of this bird of preys gaze.
Other photos of this same bird / same flight are in the comments below.
Taking flight - Captured with a Nikon 810 and a 70/300 @ 300mm I picked up for $200.00 A Good size crop as well ... Near Banff in the mountains , I recommend a prime lens for birds , this was better than I expected to get , but I don't see eagles in range very often in the wild . Or want to spend $ 10,000.00 on a lens ... Im pretty sure these birds rule the sky , I saw one on the Coast of Oregon fly down the coast very high and for miles , never saw its wings move , Amazing !