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bird in flight

  1. Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) 中白鷺

    Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia) 中白鷺

    Taken during my last road trip in December 2020 to Kuala Baram Wetlands, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. A video vlog is available at my youtube channel if you interested to see more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68nxf6CZEr4 Also thanks to members here for helping to ID these birds.
  2. Black Eagle

    Black Eagle

    Two large Black Eagles hovering in the sky above the road while I was exiting Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort into main road in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
  3. Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni

    Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni

  4. Bald Eagles duelling

    Bald Eagles duelling

    Lucky to catch a juvenile pushing its luck...
  5. Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus

    Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus

  6. Female American Kestrel In Flight

    Female American Kestrel In Flight

  7. Kestrel hovering

    Kestrel hovering

    I'm struggling with my new lens, mainly because I've been unable to take it out for the last 6 weeks due to poor watcher/work. Managed yesterday, but the high winds added another factor I'd not considered to a lens this size. Still, pretty happy with this shot.
  8. The multi-coloured magpie

    The multi-coloured magpie

    Proof that magpies can look quite beautiful when the sun catches them just so.
  9. Little Egret in flight

    Little Egret in flight

    I took this at Poole Park. Trying out my new Canon 7D
  10. Female Kestrel on the hunt

    Female Kestrel on the hunt

    I took this a few weeks ago when I was at Land's End. While I was hoping to see Peregrines, this female Kestrel was still a lovely sight, flying relatively close to me as it was hunting (unsuccessfully I might add) for food.
  11. Skylark in flight

    Skylark in flight

    Probably the best Skylark shot I'll ever get!
  12. Never more

    Never more

    A Ruppell's Long Tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) caught in flight while approaching. His dark feathers and its intimidating shape and eyes let me think to one of these worrying Hitchcock Birds or to the Raven from the Edgar Allan Poe's short story (even if Starling is not related to...
  13. Take off

    Take off

  14. Contre-jour WEGU

    Contre-jour WEGU

    A Western Gull flying toward the sun in San Francisco. A lucky shot, with no filters applied - the sun (and the gull) did all the work!
  15. Given to fly

    Given to fly

    Artist - Boris Belchev Copyright - www.alcedowildlife.com DateTimeOriginal - 2013:06:23 08:35:13 ShutterSpeedValue - 1/8000 seconds ApertureValue - F 4.00 ExposureBiasValue - 0 MeteringMode - Partial FocalLength - 300 mm
  16. Autumn Dash

    Autumn Dash

    http://www.tomcharlesphotography.co.uk/birdgallery A flock of Knot making a dash over the last splash of colour and light from last nights sunset. In the distance, on the horizon, are wind turbines.
  17. Atlantic Puffin in Flight

    Atlantic Puffin in Flight

    Taken during a workshop I hosted in Newfoundland, last week. http://www.raymondbarlow.com
  18. Buzzard

    Buzzard

    http://www.pbase.com/klaas_lukas/root
  19. Buzzard

    Buzzard

  20. Cormorant landing

    Cormorant landing

    This mornig to the coast of Zeeland the Netherlands, nice sunshine, good light, and a lot of birds ! ---------------------------- http://pbase.com/klaas_lukas
  21. purple heron

    purple heron

    Zouweboezem A place in the Netherlands where every years the Purple Heron coming back, standing on a dam, and you see them landig, spring / summer time --------------------------------------- http://www.pbase.com/klaas_lukas/root
  22. Purple Heron

    Purple Heron

    Zouweboezem A place in the Netherlands where every years the Purple Heron coming back, standing on a dam, and you see them landig, spring / summer time
  23. Fly in the blue sky

    Fly in the blue sky

  24. Get a fish

    Get a fish

  25. Wood Shrike

    Wood Shrike

    Wood Shrike in deep branches of tree. found this first time.. Its a record shot so not much clear and crips cuz of less light availibility in branches..
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