Bird of the Week - birds in flight

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Wed, 03/04/2013 - 20:06

Holly

Oh gosh guys I am getting worse! Here is the challenge for this week - I didn't put a date on it because I am so late but lets run it till next Tuesday and then I will be close to being back on track :)

As per rawshorty's suggestion - the theme is 'Birds in Flight'

Wed, 03/04/2013 - 20:36

rawshorty

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Wed, 03/04/2013 - 20:38

rawshorty

Hmmm they doubled up again, need the link thing fixed Holly. EDIT: can fix prob through edit but still would like it fixed if possible

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Wed, 03/04/2013 - 21:14

pacman

my screen saver and a very early pic with basic equipment

Peter

Wed, 03/04/2013 - 21:31

Woko

Silver Gull at Goolwa, SA.

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 08:37

Araminta

in the end it did fly, just missed it

M-L

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 08:46

Araminta

.....and a Whistling Kite

M-L

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 12:44

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A Black-shouldered Kite and a Pacific duck,I posted the kite photo before but this time I edited the dust out of the photo...

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 14:25

Chris F

Amazing photos everyone.

Here is a little double barred finch that I managed to get a photo of yesterday here at Victoria Point Qld.

Not so much "in flight" - more like suspended in mid air. LOL.

Chris

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 14:30

#10

Chris F

And just for fun, my silver gulls at Goolwa SA (snap Woko)

Cheers

Chris

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 14:40

#11

Woko

And a very fine snap it is, too, Chris.

Here's one of a distant black-faced cuckoo-shrike.

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 15:57

#12

Chris F

Cattle egret in flight.

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 15:59

#13

Chris F

And I love this one,

Welcome Swallows at Goolwa SA when we were there over Christmas.

Chris

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 16:52

#14

rawshorty

Silvergull and Cockatoo ">http://[img]">[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/8617156189/][img]

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Thu, 04/04/2013 - 16:53

#15

rawshorty

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Thu, 04/04/2013 - 19:26

#16

Chris F

VERY nice rawshorty. The definition in the photos is brilliant.

Cheers

Chris

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 20:02

#17

rawshorty

Thank you very much Chris, sometimes they work the way i wan't them to.

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Thu, 04/04/2013 - 20:25

#18

cassie.c87

Since my camera is soo basic and seems to hates fast(ish) moving or distance these are the only in flight shots I have *sigh* . Taken today while on a green's tip run.

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 20:41

#19

Araminta

Wow Cassie, how many Black Kites are there? What are they after at a tip? Rats and mice?

M-L

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 20:44

#20

rawshorty

You beat me to it M-L, the picture quality is not the important thing............it is the story it tells, well done Cassie.

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:50

#21

cassie.c87

Thank you . There was to many to count! this picture shows one group out of maybe four groups that I could see. I'm guessing mice and rat's but also lizards that hide out in the plant deposit sites. It was my first time at this tip and so great to see so many! one day when I have more time I might head back and wait out a closer shot

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:56

#22

cassie.c87

oops double post

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 21:58

#23

Chris F

Hi Cassie - now that's a mob of birds!

I'm new to this photography bizzo - No idea about exposures and all that technical stuff. I just keep my camera on Auto, and click away like crazy, and hope that I have at least one photo that isn't blurry

Then when I go through the photos I sometimes get nice surprises, like this little Double-Barred Finch from yesterday and the one I posted earlier. Gee these little fellows are fast!

Cheers

Chris

Thu, 04/04/2013 - 22:56

#24

dicutting10

Hi everyone

There are some great shots here. Love them. Attached are some photos of gallahs in flight. Much happier shots than the last ones I posted of the poor little juvenile gallah.

Cheer Diane

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 14:17

#25

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One more photo,this isn't the best quality but the lorikeets were moving around quite fast when I took the photo:

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 14:58

#26

timmo

Hi Cassie,

Are you out west? (i.e. west of the Great Dividing Range)

The only time I've seen black kites in those sort of numbers is out in SW Qld around Cunnamulla, St George, Charleville etc.

Cunnamulla in particular had absolutely stacks of them around town and out by the tip.

Cheers
Tim
Brisbane

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 16:28

#27

cassie.c87

Hi Tim. No I'm in Logan SEQ, these pictures were taken at the Browns Plains tip

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 16:48

#28

Woko

In about 1993 there was a mouse plague here (s.e. slopes of Mt Lofty Ranges SA) & for at least 40 km around. The black kites swarmed in to take advantage. What I found interesting is that a remnant population of about four black kites stayed behind after the bulk of the flock had gone. I still have sightings of a black kite or two although the sightings are few & far between now. Perhaps they've been taking advantage of a remnant population of mice & that mice population is now almost defunct. We don't seem to have nearly as many mice around & in our house these days.

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 18:22

#29

Araminta

Do landings count? I have problems taking photos of birds in flight. Since I wear glasses, I find it very hard to focus on anything in the sky This Straw-necked Ibis had just landed.

M-L

Fri, 05/04/2013 - 19:41

#30

cassie.c87

My picture of two magpies got photobombed my a noisy miner lol

Sat, 06/04/2013 - 21:23

#31

pacman

and 1 from today at Tidbinbilla, ACT

Peter

Sat, 06/04/2013 - 22:03

#32

Araminta

This afternoon at Albert Lake (Melbourne)

M-L

Sun, 07/04/2013 - 08:11

#33

Teresa Skerratt

all beautiful photos...........hopefully I will get to sit at my computer to do something other than study this week.........well done guys

Teresa Skerratt

Gardens for Birds Bees and Butterflies

Sun, 07/04/2013 - 13:58

#34

rawshorty

A couple i played around with in Lightroom

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Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Sun, 07/04/2013 - 17:05

#35

Araminta

Yes Shorty, I still think of the days when my dad had a dark room. We weren't able to go into the bathroom for days, because that's where everything happened. Sometimes I was trusted to wiggle the photos in one of those dishes filled with chemicals , them put them into the dishes filled with water, and hang them on the line with peggs.O glorious days of early photography. Kids these days have no idea what we did back then? We created "Art'

M-L