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[Soukous]

White-faced Heron, Victoria, Australia

 

Black-shouldered Kite, Victoria, Australia

 

Whiskered Tern. Victoria, Australia

 

Mulga Parrot (f) South Australia

 

 

[Soukous]

Major Mitchell (soon to be re-named Pink) Cockatoo. Western Australia

 

 

[Soukous]

Straw-necked Ibis. Western Australia

 

Pied Stilt, Western Australia

 

 

Masked Lapwing, Western Australia

 

 

[Soukous]

White-bellied Sea Eagle, Western Australia

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Soukous

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful. Especially the Major Mitchell's. But I've commented on them before.

[PeterHG]

A few very special ones for flight shots! I’ve never managed to catch a kingfisher like you did, excellent!

[Soukous]

29 minutes ago, PeterHG said:

I’ve never managed to catch a kingfisher like you did, excellent!

 

pure fluke 

[pomkiwi]

We've had a good winter for Short-Eared Owls in the UK:

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

@pomkiwi. Excellent shots. I love Short-eared Owls. Where did you see/photograph these ones?

[pomkiwi]

2 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

@pomkiwi. Excellent shots. I love Short-eared Owls. Where did you see/photograph these ones?

Thank-you. These were taken just outside Hawling on the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire (not too far from Cheltenham).

[Peter Connan]

Wow @pomkiwi

[Towlersonsafari]

We were lucky to see 3 flying bitterns in one week in Norfolk, and i was lucky enough to be in a hide for one of them at Hickling Broad

we heard lots of booming as well

 

[TonyQ]

@Towlersonsafari    Superb Bittern in Flight shots - I am very jealous!

[PeterHG]

On 6/23/2024 at 10:39 AM, TonyQ said:

Superb Bittern in Flight shots - I am very jealous!

I agree on both counts !

[PeterHG]

Juvenile Barn Swallows were flying up and down a ditch in the local meadows. Though the light was not ideal I decided to try and photograph them. Their erratic flight, the surface of the water and the green reeds at the edge made focussing very hard, but after applying the software focus limiter in the camera (setting it to 2-20 metres) I had at least some succes. And a lot of fun trying, of course...;)

 

[Dave Williams]

22 hours ago, PeterHG said:

 I had at least some success. And a lot of fun trying, of course...;)

 

 

Fun ????? I would never have put you down as having masochistic leanings Peter !!!!! I usually end up wanting to throw my kit in the nearest lake when photographing Swallows etc.

Excellent shot too.

[Towlersonsafari]

an evening walk round our local reserve produced some nice light and an even nicer Barn Owl

 

[Soukous]

A few hours spent at nearby RSPB Boyton Marshes yielded some nice sightings.

 

A Merlin has spent the past couple of days here and was quite easy to see. Fun watching it hunt dragonflies. A little distant for my lens so big crop.

 

 

 

the other highlight was an Osprey that gave us a flyby. 

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

Great shots, @Soukous! To catch a Merlin in flight like that against the backgrounds of the reed and the water is superb. 

[Soukous]

14 hours ago, PeterHG said:

Great shots, @Soukous! To catch a Merlin in flight like that against the backgrounds of the reed and the water is superb. 

 

I was just amazed the camera focussed on it at that distance. Good old D500.

[Dave Williams]

@Soukous Merlin shot  ...I'd love to get one..... in flight WOW!

[Geoff]

Australian Hobby.

 

 

 

Edited September 20 by Geoff

[Geoff]

Black Kite

[Geoff]

Black-shouldered Kite

 

 

 

 

 

[Geoff]

Collared Sparrow-hawk (juvenile)