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[offshorebirder]

What a sight to witness @Towlersonsafari.

[offshorebirder]

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) flying in to a muddy pool at the Yawkey Wildlife Center. 

 

[offshorebirder]

Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) fishing in an impoundment canal at the Yawkey Wildlife Center in coastal South Carolina.   

 

The first photo shows a skimmer in breeding plumage that just caught some tiny prey.   The second photo shows a bird in nonbreeding plumage (perhaps a young adult).

 

 

 

 

The exact location where I took the photo is here:  

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/33°12'00.1"N+79°15'19.1"W/@33.2000169,-79.2563956,462m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d33.200015!4d-79.255313
 

 

 

Edited May 14, 2023 by offshorebirder

[Peter Connan]

Of all the birds I still want to photograph one day, a skimmer must be close to the top of the list!

 

Wonderful shots.

[Dave Williams]

Short-toed Snake Eagle on the west coast of Lesvos,Greece. May 2023

Short-toed Eagle.      Lesvos 2023 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Tdgraves]

Wow!

[Dave Williams]

Skimming the water for insects...Common Swift, Lesvos 2023.

Common Swift.    Lesvos 2023 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

Walking/driving/cycling from Skala Kalloni in Lesvos, towards the estuary of the Tsiknias river in mid May there is an area of rough ground covered in a beautiful lilac coloured flower. I decided that was the spot to try for a Bee-eater shot .Not as easy as I thought! Trying to get both a bird and the flowers looking reasonably sharp in the picture proved impossible for me so I settled for this in the end!

European Bee-eater.  Lesvos 2023 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[dasm]

Double-crested Cormorant, Fran Lake, Alberta, Canada.

 

[dasm]

Forster's Tern with a Brook Stickleback in its bill. Hermitage Park, Alberta, Canada.

 

Edited May 30, 2023 by dasm

[Peter Connan]

Wow @Dave Williams (on all three) and great stuff @dasm.

[dasm]

One more Forster's Tern in flight.

 

[dasm]

A quintessential Canada Goose in flight photo.

 

[TonyQ]

@Dave Williams the Swift shot is amazing!

[Dave Williams]

Little Bittern in Lesvos, May 2023. 

Little Bittern.    BY603.    Lesvos 2023 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[PeterHG]

Superb flight shots, Dave!

[Dave Williams]

Two terns to compare! White-winged Black Tern and Whiskered. Lesvos 2023.

White-winged and Whiskered Tern.  Lesvos 2023 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[offshorebirder]

Steller's Eider drake in flight on a rainy day near Utqiagvik, Alaska.  This is one of the rarest ducks in the world and the rarest in North America.   June 18, 2023.

 

 

 

 

[offshorebirder]

Red-necked Stint on territory on a patch of tundra at the base of Point Barrow, Alaska.  It was one of three Red-necked Stints singing on land and in the air, doing display flights and strutting about, and chasing each other and scrapping on June 17.

 

The scene was like a cross between a soap opera and a cage match.

 

Red-necked Stint is one heck of a bird to see in North America and seeing three at once competing for territory was mind-blowing.

 

 

Edited June 29, 2023 by offshorebirder

[Soukous]

Looks like you're seeing some lovely birds Nate, and you're just getting started.

[PeterHG]

Great shots of some really special birds, @offshorebirder!

[PeterHG]

Last night I felt like having a go at swallows in flight. There was hardly any wind and a lot of insects were flying about. Good conditions for swallows and martins and certainly for me. Part of the fun was to try and catch them when they were swooping down over the sandy parking lot. A challenge for both the camara and myself, but those shots do make a change for the usual blue skies. Although I do like that one, too.

 

House Martin

 

Sand Martin

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

Great shots @PeterHG

Such difficult photos to execute and you have brilliant results 

[Dave Williams]

Brilliant captures Peter.

[Soukous]

Black-tailed Godwits are very colourful at the moment, and they seem to be present at almost every waterbody

This one on the River Deben