Birds of Prey (incl owls and pelicans) - Uncensored
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This bird has two distinctive subspecies: T. m. maximus which lives on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the North and South America. The royal tern has a red-orange bill and a black cap during the breeding season, but in the winter the cap becomes patchy. The royal tern is found in Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean islands. The royal tern lives on the coast and is only found near salt water. They tend to feed near the shore, close to the beach or in backwater bays. The royal tern's conservation status is listed as of least concern.
Zeba / Fringilla coelebs / Chaffinch
A sight through the window while drinking my morning cup of coffee.
Thanks to everyone for your visiting, favs & comments :).
Wow! This bird was sitting on some dead wood beside the road on the way to Lower Sabie. A truly stunning bird, especially at such close quarters.
As I drove north along Montana’s Highway 200 in late summer, a small island nestled on the waters of the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir caught my eye. This little gem shone brightly amid the forested slopes and distant mountain peaks. Overhead, a flock of geese swept past in near-perfect formation, their graceful flight adding life to an already magical scene.
The Cabinet Gorge Reservoir winds through the rugged Clark Fork Valley of western Montana. It is a narrow, forest-lined channel that eventually merges with Idaho’s magnificent Lake Pend Oreille to the northwest. To me, this wilderness felt timeless—a landscape framed by the steep, brooding walls of the Cabinet Mountains and an ancient gorge shaped by glaciers long ago.
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The best looking of the small raptor's? That's a matter of opinion., but I think he is one very smart dressed bird., Can accelerate rapidly in flight and is capable of spectacular high-speed manoeuvres., so a lot of fun to watch., but quite tricky to photograph at times! Luckily this one flew past in cruise mode making the 'snap' reasonably easy
A couple days ago, I posted a photo of a female snowy owl preening. She stayed on the post for over well over an hour relaxing, scanning for prey, preening, and having a quick nap (and revealing its white, feathery eyelids). Then the owl flew away. This is the best frame from the short sequence before it disappeared out of my view. I was photographing from inside my vehicle, so fairly limited in tracking it as it flew down low to the ground, out over a field, and eventually perching on a willow that was well out of camera range.
I took a few images while the snowy was on the post, but the real enjoyment was in watching and learning, and enjoying her beauty.
Though it looks like this osprey is coming in for a landing, it's a young bird just figuring out how to use his/her wings. There was no need to travel far into the back woods to find this nest as it is on top of a light pole in the middle of a Trader Joe's parking lot! It's sibling had already figure out the secrets of flight and made its way to a nearby light pole.
Nashua, New Hampshire.
Such majestic birds, we were very fortunate to encounter this African Harrier-Hawk close to the road within the Kruger National Park on safari with Wild Wings Safaris. Awesome.
A Southern Carmine Bee-eater resting on a bridge over the Sabie River in the Kruger National Park.
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One from my archives of a Great Grey Owl ...note the nictating ( second eyelid) , an instinctive reaction when there is a possibility of eye injury as when landing on a perch...
How nice it is to discover a new place, like this one in Kent. At first, it looked all quiet, but we decided to wait. Then, out of nowhere a Short eared owl appeared. Flying around us - gave us a show for quite some time.
In celebration of the little bit of rain we've had this week, this is a shot from the last evening rain. Parking lot outside Buffalo Wild Wings. The blue is actually Aspen Dental, so you can go get the wings cleaned out of your teeth.
Racing across the wild lake
Wings they fly, wings they make
Their way to a place, well known
Where every year they are blown
Over land, past the trees
Wings they spread, ride on the breeze
Across the skies of blue and grey
Flying, flying , far away
This Bald Eagle looks like he means business and by the bloodstains on his head feathers, I think he is serious about it.
Happy 70 months to Mindy & I! After work, decided to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings since their wings are half off. Gotta love that mango habanero. Pretty crazy, but in about two months, it's going to be six years for us which is really crazy.
D700 || 24-70mm F/2.8
Indian Silverbill
16 February, 2022
Kapurthala, Punjab
OMD EM1X 300f4
1/1600, f4, ISO200
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Pied Bushchat Male
EM1X 300f4
1/1600, f4, ISO400, 0ev
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From our lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings in Ithaca, as reviewed in the Eating Ithaca podcast Ep. 53.
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Common kingfisher
18 December, 2022
Chakki Modh, sari, Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh
OM1-300f4-MC14
1/3200, f5.6, ISO2000
Green Bee Eater Juvenile
19 June, 2022
Kapurthala, Punjab
OMD EM1X 300f4
1/2500, f4, ISO 640
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Black winged Kite
1 August 2021, Theh Kanjala, Kapurthala Punjab
EM1X 3004fPro
1/1600sec, f5, ISO200
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Green Bee-eater on one of his slight sortie to pick insect midair.
03April,2022
Kapurthala, Punjab
OMD-EM1X 300f4
1/3200, f4, ISO 1250
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