Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[spudhead]

Egyptian goose very weird these a flat white sky does not help either

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[spudhead]

skylark tiny but here it is

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Weird geese, and they will take over our wetlands in years to come, because they breed very easily. I do prefer them to Canada Geese though.

Nice Lark!

 

[GvilleRick]

I drove about an hour this afternoon to see a new bird for me, a Swallow-Tailed Kite. There were as many as six at a time and they made several loops right over us.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 329.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Fantastic Rick. Awesome bird.

 

[RogerSmith]

Fantastic, I was on the lookout for them across the deep south last week but no luck. Enjoyed seeing the Mississippi kites though.

 

[LeDave]

Caught this bad boy flying over Lake Superior the other day in a short vacation in Duluth, MN

• ILCE-7M3
• FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 100

 

[spudhead]

Another kestrel

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

heron from a while ago

• ILCE-9
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[MeowZzz]

• ILCE-9M2
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-9M2
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 640

Anyone know what's up with its leg?

 

[Mike Renny]

Fulmar photographed at Skokholm Island off the Pembrokeshire coast - an effortless glider.

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Mike Renny]

Oystercatcher photographed at Skokholm Island off the Pembrokeshire coast

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 500

 

[Mike Renny]

Great black-backed gull photographed off Stackpole Head in Pembrokeshire

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[spudhead]

Two sightings of a kestrel Sunday grabbed this in a flat white sky at some distance

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Incoming Kittiwake on Lowestoft Pier today

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[RogerSmith]

Brown pelican, La Jolla CA

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 433.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[evacguy]

Guys, I know this is a crap image, but can anyone tell me what type of bird this is? It was flying really high, too high for the 70-200mm to do it justice, but I was wondering what it was. I captured this guy while in the New Forest, I think it's my first bird of prey in flight! I think I'm going to need a bigger boat - I mean lens!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 100

 

[spudhead]

Guys, I know this is a crap image, but can anyone tell me what type of bird this is? It was flying really high, too high for the 70-200mm to do it justice, but I was wondering what it was. I captured this guy while in the New Forest, I think it's my first bird of prey in flight! I think I'm going to need a bigger boat - I mean lens!


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Buzzard Ed these always seem to be so high up even with 200-600 and 1.4 I rarely get much luck, it is what it is at least you have got something

 

[evacguy]

Buzzard Ed these always seem to be so high up even with 200-600 and 1.4 I rarely get much luck, it is what it is at least you have got something

Many thanks Gary, he was a big boy.

 

[spudhead]

It's a hawk over here Ed. In the old world they call them buzzards. Over here, they're hawks. Here we call vultures 'buzzards', colloquially.

buzzard Tim he is one I took earlier this year

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) + 1.4X Teleconverter (SEL14TC)
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[iamdlewis]

It's a hawk over here Ed. In the old world they call them buzzards. Over here, they're hawks. Here we call vultures 'buzzards', colloquially.

It is a hawk over there too but that type is called "Common Buzzard"

 

[spudhead]

It is a hawk over there too but that type is called "Common Buzzard"

Its strange this bird naming thing, it is a wonder they ever get a kill because I only ever see them flying really high

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Its strange this bird naming thing, it is a wonder they ever get a kill because I only ever see them flying really high

They are scavenger birds Gary, so don't hunt per se. They will, and I've seen them take small lizards, but generally they will feed on carcasses of rabbits, hares etc. They certainly do well enough, they are the most populous bird of prey in the UK.

 

[spudhead]

They are scavenger birds Gary, so don't hunt per se. They will, and I've seen them take small lizards, but generally they will feed on carcasses of rabbits, hares etc. They certainly do well enough, they are the most populous bird of prey in the UK.

I often see them in dog fights with ravens and again they are up on thermals almost too high to see clearly

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

I often see them in dog fights with ravens and again they are up on thermals almost too high to see clearly

Yep, all corvids will chase them off, as they will take young from a nest, as will corvids though, so a weird dichotomy!

 

[spudhead]

A couple of overdue edits

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[iamdlewis]

Its strange this bird naming thing,

The bird naming committee seems to have good days and then the ones in which they seem to conduct after a party. For example the American Red Start has no red but it does have orange or the Ring Neck Duck which has a dark brown ring on its black neck which seems ok for naming the duck except it has a white ring around its black and grey bill that no other duck in the region has.

 

[Clide]

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F4 Macro G OSS II + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 280.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Thought I'd get a bird in flight for a change...

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[spudhead]

cormorant not the best shot

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 640