BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF200-800
@ 1/4000, f/9

 

[candyman]

love the closed eye in the first image

That is interesting. It's very common when they take a bath. Haven't seen that in flight. Nice

 

[photophil]

R5 + RF200-800
@ 1/4000, f/9

That woodpecker shot is a piece of art!

 

[Click]

That woodpecker shot is a piece of art!

+1. Awesome. Well done, Nemorino.

 

[Nemorino]

Thank you, photophil and Click!

 

[Noreaster]

Me and my shadow

 

[Click]

Pretty cool with the shadow.

 

[AlanF]

Unexpectedly, a Red Kite flew over as I was cycling. Didn't have time to get off the bike so suddenly braked and swung the old 200-800 around.

 

[Click]

I really like the first one. Well done, Alan.

 

[photophil]

Western marsh harrier
Purple heron
Common cuckoo

R6 800/11

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, photophil.

 

[ISv]

Today it was the day for Red-tailed Tropic bird... In two occasions I got something different (for sure not what I would prefer): last two photos - White Tern and something that looks like Navy Seals in training.

 

[Maximilian]

Common buzzard IF

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, ISv.

The helicopter flies without the main and tail rotors turning. It's more stealth.

 

[docsmith]

Still trying. Another walk in the park...




R1 200-800

 

[Click]

Nice series, docsmith.

 

[AlanF]

Beautiful pictures, ISv.

The helicopter flies without the main and tail rotors turning. It's more stealth.

After I saw this and was out birding, an air ambulance flew by. So, I reduced shutter speed to 1/250s to get a bit of movement in the rotors. I better add a bird as well.

 

[ISv]

Beautiful pictures, ISv.

The helicopter flies without the main and tail rotors turning. It's more stealth.

I was expecting fast moving birds close to me, not a chopper far away

 

[7DmkI]

Looks like a juvenile bald eagle, welcome any comment. If it is a juvenile bald eagle, this would be my first time seeing one so close in the wild.

 

[ISv]

Few more from Saturday. I actually spent there ~3h on the cliff and took ~1,800 photos. I promise these to be the last to post from that day !
First two are from different bursts: courtship "dance". First the bird is taking up and flying backwards (in this case very fast because of the strong wind) and later diving also fast. Note the tail - it's a part of the posture! After that a bird approaching it's nest (I'm sure there was a nest just few meters below me), the last photo from ~13 meters and 100% crop! In generally I was looking for the other two species - The Red-billed and the White-tailed but didn't see any of them. The other target was the big black silhouette of the Great Frigate bird! Instead I got a chopper !