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[offshorebirder]

Nice Snipe captures @Peter Connan!

[offshorebirder]

Here is a juvenile Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) learning to fly near a breeding colony.  It has primary and secondary wing feathers, belly feathers, feathers on the back of its head - and other patches.  But large portions of the youngster are 'pinfeathers only'.  

 

 

Edited September 1, 2018 by offshorebirder

[Peter Connan]

Lovely shot @offshorebirder

[monalisa]

Not quite in full flight, but I thought seeing this peacock fly was cool nonetheless 

 

Taken in Ranthambore NP, India

 

[Peter Connan]

Groundscraper Thrush climbing toward it's nest.

 

[Dave Williams]

Harlequin duck in the freezing cold spring melt waters in Iceland

Iceland 2016 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited October 25, 2018 by Dave Williams

[Game Warden]

More inspiring photos... thanks for posting...

 

Matt

[monalisa]

Sulphur crested cockatoo

 

I liked this one because you can see its shadow on the road

[pomkiwi]

Eurasian eagle owl. Photographed at the Barn Owl Centre in Gloucester which is a charity that takes rescue birds and holds photography days every month or so.

 

Nikon D500, 200-500mm lens @280mm, f/5.6, 1/1250sec, ISO 1250

[michael-ibk]

Top photo, love the eyes!

[pomkiwi]

@michael-ibk Thank-you - owls have such photogenic eyes I feel. It was great being able to watch the owl fly on repeated occasions.

[Earthian]

Greater Spotted eagle

 

 

[offshorebirder]

Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) with Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)  prey.

 

 

[Earthian]

On 10/26/2018 at 12:38 AM, Dave Williams said:

Harlequin duck in the freezing cold spring melt waters in Iceland

 

I like that shot a lot, Dave. Guess it must have been freezing cold for you too. The water behind the duck (waves?) makes the picture very interesting.

[offshorebirder]

This is a Merlin (a small falcon species) carrying away a Semipalmated Plover I had just watched it kill.

 

[xelas]

This year I will add my modest work to this specific area of bird photography. 

 

 

Great Egret

 

[xelas]

Sometimes the bird fly by just a tad too close  ... 

 

 

Grey Heron

 

[offshorebirder]

They do indeed @xelas.

 

This morning this young Brown Pelican flew by very close to me, but I had a 400mm lens and a 1.4x extender at the time.

 

I looked at the photo afterwards and saw that it had been banded (ringed).   Unfortunately the band was turned the wrong way to read the band number  - all I can tell is that it ends in a '3'.

 

Now I have a new goal - to get a photo of a banded bird in flight where one can read the serial number!

 

 

 

Edited January 21, 2019 by offshorebirder

[Dave Williams]

@offshorebirderYou need an awful lot of luck to get enough of the number to make an ID , I managed it just once and without trying deliberately. Makes an interesting goal though! Good luck.

[offshorebirder]

Nice one @Dave Williams!

[xelas]

A Kingfisher is a fast bird. 4 photos one keeper. 

 

 

[Peter Connan]

Well done Alex!

[Soukous]

@pomkiwi love the owl. 

[Soukous]

I know they are one of the easiest birds to capture in flight, but even so

 

White-backed Vulture

 

[Soukous]

white-backed vulture