BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[2n10]

The two look close but the tail feathers to me looks like a Ferruginous hawk.

Hmm. The tail feathers on the one I pictured are clean and light colored, without the band. (I have other images on my blog, which I think I linked.) The tail feathers of my bird kind of grade into darker tips, but there isn't that dark band like adult Rough-leggeds have...looking at Sibley, it might actually be a Juvenile Rough-legged Hawk. At least, given the illustration, a juvi is the closest match of all (closer than either an adult Rough-legged or an adult Farruginous.)

Part of the problem with identifying these hawks is they often have so many intermediate morphs. Red-tailed are the worst...they have more than half a dozen regional morphs, and quite a few of them end up here in Colorado. Trying to ID a Red-tailed is a mind bender.

I agree with you on the Red-tailed Hawks. So many morphs and they interbreed muddying the waters even more.

 

[pachanga1]

here's another one

 

[Click]

here's another one

Welcome to CR

 

[rpt]

here's another one

Great timing!

 

[Logan]

im not as dedicated to flying birds as some people here but i was pretty happy with these swans.

 

[ooF Fighters]

I've gone back to using my 7D for bif, But the 5DIII is great for evening shots like this

 

[ikeman6634]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

 

[Logan]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

wow that is unreal. but is that an antenna on the hawk? is that how you get it to fly straight at the camera, remote control?

 

[philmoz]

Not something I've done much of; but captured these two in Africa in 2012.

Phil.

 

[rpt]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

wow that is unreal. but is that an antenna on the hawk? is that how you get it to fly straight at the camera, remote control?

Exactly my thoughts! ;D

Lovely picture!

 

[Click]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

Beautiful shot.

...And welcome to CR

 

[Dylan777]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

AMAZING...GREAT CAPTURE ikeman6634, thanks for sharing

WELCOME to CR

 

[Dylan777]

Not something I've done much of; but captured these two in Africa in 2012.

Phil.

Awesome shots philmoz

 

[applecider]

Can't get an attachment to post here so below is a link to a flying widgeon. Canon 300 f2.8 is ii sum with a 1.4 ext iii on a 1dx.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/56580542@N05/12504276374/

 

[Northstar]

Harris Hawk in flight near Tucson Arizona Feb 8, 2014

wow that is unreal. but is that an antenna on the hawk? is that how you get it to fly straight at the camera, remote control?

Exactly my thoughts! ;D

Lovely picture!

+1

 

[oscar.ridderheim]

Hello, check this one out of a dove in flight

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ridderheim/8736829958/#

 

[trof2]

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[20Dave]

Here are a few recent ones of mine. I would have said that one was a flock of Canadian Geese, but their wing speed seemed too fast. Sure enough, it is a flock of Brants, which I had never heard of prior to researching that photo. CCC welcome (the lighting is not good on the first two - too close to the middle of the day...). All shots were with a 5DIII and a 400 f/5.6 with a Kenko 1.4x teleconverter.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Click]

Hello, check this one out of a dove in flight

Nice shot ....Welcome to CR

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Applecider.
I struggled to work it out too, tried posting same pic several times until I cracked it.
I was trying using the buttons above here, for add HTML, add pic(Mona Lisa icon). Not needed!
Go to your Flickr image and select the box with arrow outwards (forward message icon from most email progs) select grab the HTML/BBCode, select size from drop down, select BBCode button, then copy the code from the box, and paste in message.
Hope this helps!

Gull Feeding Frenzy!


IMG_2217 by Valvebounce25, on Flickr

Cheers Graham.

Can't get an attachment to post here so below is a link to a flying widgeon. Canon 300 f2.8 is ii sum with a 1.4 ext iii on a 1dx.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/56580542@N05/12504276374/