For the birds

[Oakman58]

I don't know how folks get such great pictures of flying birds.  When I was in Alaska this year I did get a few decent shots but nothing like some of the photos posted in this thread.  Not knowing where or when eagles would appear presented the greatest challenge.  That and focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

On 8/25/2019 at 8:19 AM, Oakman58 said:

I don't know how folks get such great pictures of flying birds.  When I was in Alaska this year I did get a few decent shots but nothing like some of the photos posted in this thread.  Not knowing where or when eagles would appear presented the greatest challenge.  That and focusing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for sharing the dynamic photos 

[Docker123]

 

A little flock of royal spoonbills on their way home late on Tuesday afternoon. Perhaps I should have lopped off the one on the right.

 

Edited August 27, 2019 by Docker123

[Oakman58]

It's the early bird that gets the worm.  YUCK!!

 

[scubacruiserx2]

1 hour ago, Oakman58 said:

It's the early bird that gets the worm.  YUCK!!

 

 

Nice capture but I'll stick to gummy worms .

[Docker123]

 

I was out on the wetlands yesterday, and saw this kestrel fly in, then hover. Unfortunately, tail towards me. A bit high, but pretty.

 

Then it saw some prey and just plummeted. Better buy all those new cameras to find one that will re-focus quickly enough

 

[Oakman58]

Two great photos Docker123.  I loved the "dive" photo.

[Captain Billy Bob]

 

little birdie at the beach

Edited September 1, 2019 by Captain Billy Bob

[scubacruiserx2]

23 hours ago, Captain Billy Bob said:

 

little birdie at the beach

 

Run birdie run .

[scubacruiserx2]

A snowbird in Antarctica who missed his fight .

 

[Docker123]

 

Some white cheeked honeyeaters.

 

[scubacruiserx2]

12 hours ago, Docker123 said:

 

Some white cheeked honeyeaters.

 

 

Sweet shot !

[boeckli]

Sulphur crested cockatoo feasting on some berries

 

[scubacruiserx2]

31 minutes ago, boeckli said:

Sulphur crested cockatoo feasting on some berries

 

 

A nice shot of a beautiful bird who seems to have found the buffet 

[boeckli]

4 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

A nice shot of a beautiful bird who seems to have found the buffet 

 

Thanks - it sure looked that way

 

BTW this was taken with an RX100-M6 🙂

Edited September 13, 2019 by boeckli

[scubacruiserx2]

1 minute ago, boeckli said:

 

Thanks - it sure looked that way 🙂

 

Was that taken in the wild ?

[boeckli]

Just now, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

Was that taken in the wild ?

 

Not at all, next to a path that people walk along which they were not disturbed by (until someone's on-leash dog got a little too interested for their comfort and the flew off (probably to return later ...)

[scubacruiserx2]

4 minutes ago, boeckli said:

 

Not at all, next to a path that people walk along which they were not disturbed by (until someone's on-leash dog got a little too interested for their comfort and the flew off (probably to return later ...)

 

Our son used to have a Nanday Conure that would laugh . Some of them must have gotten loose because we saw a flock of them that would fly together a few times . They can be noisy !

[Docker123]

 

A couple of very different birds.

 

Tiny little superb fairy  wren (male).

 

 

A quite a bit larger royal spoonbill having a grooming session

 

 

and something really really little (without a macro lens). Probably not really a bird

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Very nice , is it Spring there ? That's our favorite time for birding .

[Docker123]

9 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

Very nice , is it Spring there ? That's our favorite time for birding .

 

Yes, spring officially starts here on 1 September.

 

As with spring, yesterday was beautiful, warm, sunny, gentle breeze.

Just woke up, rainy, windy, cooler.

 

Spring is a lovely time of year, mostly.  

 

 

Edited September 14, 2019 by Docker123

[Docker123]

 

Here is another photo from yesterday.

 

As far as i can work out, this creature has the very abstract name of a blue-billed duck. Who would have though up such a thing?

Apparently endangered in my state of Victoria.

 

[Docker123]

 

A couple of shots of long-billed corellas. About 6 of them were on the park by the beach, just chomping on whatever they could dig out of the dirt. I was about 1 metre from them and they did not seem to care. Wild birds.

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Love them !

[Docker123]

 

Down for my morning walk. Sunny, but the wind is strong and cold.

 

Lots of gannets around, but a bit far out for my lens. Anyway, here are 2, with a crested tern in the background.