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[offshorebirder]

Cracking shots in this latest set @Geoff - thanks for sharing them.

 

[Geoff]

Brahminy Kite

[Geoff]

White-bellied Sea-eagle

 

 

[TonyQ]

Beautiful photos @Geoff

@Soukousgreat photos. I have never seen a Merlin so I am exceptionally jealous of the sighting and the photos!

[Geoff]

A few shorebirds for @offshorebirder

 

Double-banded Plover

 

Sanderling

 

Pacific Golden Plover

 

 

Pied Oystercatcher

 

Ruddy Turnstone

 

Eastern Curlew

 

Masked Lapwing

 

Beach Stone-curlew

 

Hooded Plover

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

Excellent flight shots of both raptors and waders @Geoff!

[offshorebirder]

Superb flight photos @Geoff, thanks very much for sharing them.

 

The White-bellied Sea Eagle is an impressive creature and you captured it very well with talons outstretched.  

 

Some very nice shorebirds as well - the Hooded Plover is a dazzling bird.   Question - is that Pacific Golden-Plover a bird in March or April - or a winter plumaged bird?  Just curious if PG Plovers keep more of their golden hue in winter than their North American counterparts.
 

[Geoff]

10 hours ago, offshorebirder said:

the Hooded Plover is a dazzling bird.   Question - is that Pacific Golden-Plover a bird in March or April - or a winter plumaged bird?  Just curious if PG Plovers keep more of their golden hue in winter than their North American counterparts.
 

@offshorebirder

Nate, I have a soft spot for Hoodies (Hooded Plovers) I did a lot of volunteer work for Birdlife Australia monitoring this species.

 

The Pacific Golden Plover image was taken 13th March 2013, I'd have to look at the dates of my other PGP images but I'm pretty sure that bird is a late leaver from that location.  Though I have seen PGPs coming into breeding plumage at that location. Also, I possibly gave the image a colour boost in post processing. I'll look for images taken at other times and email them to you. American Golden Plovers are vagrants to Australia and I've not seen that species.  

Edited September 26, 2024 by Geoff
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[xelas]

Not very active here so lets end the year with one BIF. Happy New Year 2025 to all!

 

Common Buzzard

 

OM-1 + Zuiko 100-400 f75-6.3 @ 400 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 sec, + 2.0 exp comp, ISO 640