BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here
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Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr
If one has ever heard a group of Laughing Gulls (Leucophaeus atricilla) calling, the English Name of this species is no surprise. They do indeed have a cackling laugh-like call. During the breeding season this is a black hooded gull with white crescents above and below the eyes; above it is mid-grey and white below including the tail. The primaries lack any white mirrors, and only show small white tips, so the wing pattern is a rather simple one for a gull. What is distinctive is the very long and drawn-out look of this species. The bill is long, and even looks to droop; the head, neck and body are also long. But what stands out are the very long legs, often looking like they stand on stilts, and the very long wings. In flight the long and skinny wings are distinctive. It is closely related to the Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) and shares many similarities in plumage with that species, although it may in fact be much more closely related to the largely dark Grey Gull (Leucophaeus modestus) and Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus). Laughing Gulls are found in coastal regions with warmer water from Mexico to Peru on the Pacific, and the N United States to N Brazil on the Atlantic coasts. They are migratory but these migrations are complex. For example, they are found throughout the year on the United States Atlantic Coast, although northernmost ones retreat, while in the Lesser Antilles they are only present during the summer, the breeding season.
Source: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/laugul/overview
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American Oystercatcher ( 7D, 150-600mm Sigma C ). 
Summer birds just starting to show up !
Summer birds just starting to show up !
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Common buzzard - buse variable (fr). Taking away a dinner. Anyone here who could help me identify the snake (?) by its pattern? Please zoom in. As you can see, the bird did the quick and safe job by removing the head of it. Photo shot in Ile de France area, heavily cropped and sharpened. Guessing the buzzard was flying at about 60 m overhead
Canon 7DMk2, 400/5.6L+1.4 ext, 1/800 s, f/8, ISO800 +1 1/3
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Canon 7DMk2, 400/5.6L+1.4 ext, 1/800 s, f/8, ISO800 +1 1/3
ISO64
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Magnificent frigate birds are notorious for stealing fish from other birds, here from each other. I was a rather short of focal length as they were far distant, but I liked the action (400mm on 5DSR).
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