Post your Birds in Flight

[West Coast Birder]

We went out this morning to see if we could get some pelicans in flight. The Monterey Bay does get foggy sometimes. The fog came in and I could hardly see the ocean. I will try again tomorrow. But this is my best of this morning.

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Nice shot, Dale! Have you tried to use the dehaze tool to see if you can reduce the effect of the fog? I have had reasonable luck with that slider when used judiciously.

 

[peter2516]

 

[Pippan]

Brahminy Kite, Haliastur indus, Buffalo Creek, Northern Australia, September 2024.

 

[Bianchi]

Sedge warbler

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Small and fast, good shooting Levina

 

[Yno]

Nice shot, Dale! Have you tried to use the dehaze tool to see if you can reduce the effect of the fog? I have had reasonable luck with that slider when used judiciously.

I will play with it a bit more when I get home and an use my desktop. while I am in Carmel I would rather be outside taking pictures than inside a hotel room playing on the laptop! We will be off again in a few minutes for more sightseeing, and maybe even some pictures.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Small and fast, good shooting Levina

Thanks! They are fast indeed.

 

[Jeff USN Photog 72-76]

Ellis Pond Norwood, these two kingfishers startled me by flying right in front of me only a few feet away. I blew the exposure by blowing out the highlights, and of 50 shots these are the only two in focus.
Canon R6 mk II, RF 200-800 @ 800mm
1/2500 F/9 ISO 6400

 

[Pippan]

Chestnut-breasted Mannikins, Lonchura castaneothorax assimilis, at Casuarina Beach, northern Australia, September 2024.

 

[Cog2020]

Blue-cheeked bee-eater

DSC_7422 by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Pippan]

The launch of the White-bellied Sea-eagle, Icthyophaga leucogaster, at Corroboree Billabong, northern Australia, September 2024.

 

[ItsEd65]

Bald Eagle by lennycarl08, on Flickr

 

[Cap'n Fishy]

Ducks in flight...

 

[David_MC]

Forster's Tern at Prime Hook NWR, Delaware
DSCF6801 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

DSCF6800 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

 

[David_MC]

More Forster's Terns at Prime Hook NWR.
DSCF6819 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

DSCF6794 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

 

[David_MC]

Laughing Gull and Great Egret
DSCF6834 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

DSCF6853 by David Covarrubias, on Flickr

 

[peter2516]

Osprey with Kokanee Salmon

 

[Dennis]

A Sulphur-crested Cockatoo branch hopping high up in the canopy this morning.

Taken at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in Brisbane.

Dennis.

 

[Yno]

When the thick fog from the day before left, I was able to get some better shots of pelicans. I should have used a smaller aperture, I believe.

 

[Yno]

A group of pelicans is sometimes called a squadron or a fleet.

 

[fotoi]

Sandhill cranes