BIRD IN FLIGHT ONLY -- share your BIF photos here

[AlanF]

Thank you, Click!

The 100-500mm +2x zoomed out to 600mm f/11 is really good. I tried it out on a Skylark ascending this morning. 33 shots made into a gif. Easier to find the bird than at 1000mm.

 

[Maximilian]

I had the chance to regularly spot some herons and egrets nearby. Here are some tries on them flying by.
They came quite close. These are taken @240mm. (5D4+100-400LII, 1/2000, f/9, ISO3200)

 

[Maximilian]

This one here is in its final descent. Look at the "flaps" and "winglets".
Taken @280mm with significant cropping. (5D4+100-400LII, 1/2000, f/9, ISO2000)

 

[Click]

Very nice image sequence.

 

[Maximilian]

I had the chance to regularly spot some herons and egrets nearby. Here are some tries on them flying by.

This is a sequence of 5 out of 6 in a row. Only the first one was noticeably oof and sorted out. I really like looking at the shape of the wings.
The last is my fav.
Taken @140mm, minimal cropping. (5D4+100-400LII, 1/2000, f/9, ISO1250)

 

[Click]

Nice series, Maximilian.

 

[Maximilian]

An egret is starting. Somehow this reminds me of an angel...

 

[Click]

I really like this shot, Nicely done, Maximilian.

 

[Nemorino]

I don't know this bird of prey


but it was collecting the twigs to close to the nest of a crow and went into some trouble


Both R5 + RF100-400 @ 400mm, 1/4000, f/8

 

[Click]

Very nice shot....And I like your gif.

 

[Nemorino]

Thank You @Click !

 

[AlanF]

I don't know this bird of prey


but it was collecting the twigs to close to the nest of a crow and went into some trouble


Both R5 + RF100-400 @ 400mm, 1/4000, f/8

It's a Common Buzzard (Buteo Buteo). Americans confuse the buzzard name with their Turkey Buzzard, which is a vulture = Turkey Vulture. Crows will fight them off fearlessly.,

 

[Nemorino]

It's a Common Buzzard (Buteo Buteo)

Thank You!
In German it's called Mäusebussard. Still learning the basics of birds.

 

[unfocused]

Birds in Flight? How about birds in Fight. Greater Prairie Chickens.

 

[ISv]

I had to go to the dentist for a root canal this morning. Never go anywhere without your RF 100-500mm (or equivalent) on your R5 (or so) in your car, where you have wait in Covid times. The dentist had to drag me from the car park as a Buzzard (Buteo Buteo, not US buzzard) flew overhead just as I was due to go in.

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"The dentist had to drag me from the car park as a Buzzard (Buteo Buteo, not US buzzard) flew overhead just as I was due to go in" - and the reason was only the Buzzard?

 

[AlanF]

Birds in Flight? How about birds in Fight. Greater Prairie Chickens.

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Welcome to the Birds threads! Continue posting here. Birds in Fight have been here before.

Some action this morning captured with the R5 @ 1000mm f/14. There was a set to on a Tern raft, and the two contestants then took to the air. It was more Birds in Fight than Birds in Flight.

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[Click]

I really like this shot. Well done, unfocused.

 

[ERHP]

For the last couple of weeks I've been going down each evening to a small ball park about three minutes from work. Its often crowded with people but a great place to catch the Yellow Crowned Night Herons coming and going from the nests, often carrying nesting sticks.

R5 RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

 

[Maximilian]

For the last couple of weeks I've been going down each evening to a small ball park about three minutes from work. Its often crowded with people but a great place to catch the Yellow Crowned Night Herons coming and going from the nests, often carrying nesting sticks. ...

Wonderful evening light, @ERHP

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, ERHP