Birds Birds in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[spudhead]

male kestrel

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Slug]

Fan-tailed Cuckoo.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 245.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[AlphaWorld]

Australian White Ibis (aka "bin chicken")

I like this shot because I imagine the bird on the left calling out "Wait for me!".

Shot on the A9III using the 70-200 GM II (200mm) wide open at f/2.8, ISO 250, 1/10000

 

[AlphaWorld]

Major Mitchell Cockatoo - full flaps as it comes in to land

This is 100% - 2000x2000 cropped from 6000x4000
A9 III with a 70-200 GM II + 1.4x TC, full zoom to 280mm, wide open at f/4, 1/2000, ISO 250

 

[GT12]

A lilac breasted roller, a vulture and a Great Horned Owl (well, just finishing flying) in Zimbabwe a few months ago.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 481.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 250

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7C
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 259.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 320

 

[iamdlewis]

A lilac breasted roller, a vulture and a Great Horned Owl (well, just finishing flying) in Zimbabwe a few months ago.

I don't know what that hawk is for certain, think some kind of Goshawk, but it is defiantly not a Great Horned Owl.

 

[GT12]

I don't know what that hawk is for certain, think some kind of Goshawk, but it is defiantly not a Great Horned Owl.

I’m sure you’re right. I’m really not a birder and made the classic error of relying on my iPhone identifying the image!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Flamingo Fly By at Salina de San Pedro

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 394.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[AlphaWorld]

NOT a closeup shot. Not even a great shot (sorry!)

Just an answer to "Why aren't there more birds flying?"...

When there are a pair (probably a mated pair) of wedge tail eagles casually orbiting in the sky, I think the average bird looks up and thinks, "nope, not today!".

A wedgetail can soar for hours on end, using minimal energy, and their sight is far more acute than ours. They are the apex predators of the Australian skies.

 

[Ralph]

Australian Pelican

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 284.1 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 284.1 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 640