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birds in flight

  1. Common Ravens above San Leandro/San Francisco Bay

    Common Ravens above San Leandro/San Francisco Bay

    Taken from a hilltop around sunset. I left the image largely uncropped to show the greater context of the Bay Area.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  2. Spring migration

    Spring migration

    Whooper swans, taiga bean goose, lapwing.
    • BoldenEagle
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    • birds in flight spring migration
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Two Kingfishers

    Two Kingfishers

    I think those two were quarraling over their territory. This is not a wallhanger but a very unusal snap. I had only two chances to frame them both in one photo and I'm lucky I did.
    • jafritten
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    • aerial acrobatics alcedo atthis birds in flight eisvogel kingfisher
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Brant Geese (Branta bernicla) in Flight [Slow Motion]

    Brant Geese (Branta bernicla) in Flight [Slow Motion]

    Brant Geese or Brent Geese flying in slow motion. Coast of the North Frisian Island Amrum on the German North Sea coast.
    • Michael Billerbeck
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    • amrum bird in flight birds in flight brant geese brant goose branta branta bernicla brent geese brent goose coast germany north frisian island north sea coast sea coast slow motion video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. B

    Hello from bigelow2000, Looking for PZ80 bif settings

    Hi birdforum folks, USA Jersey girl camera newbie gifted bridge camera Panasonic Lumix FZ-80 to photograph birds in flight. Any settings folks can share most appreciated. Stay a safe, b2k
    • bigelow2000
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Panasonic
  6. White-bellied Sea Eagle

    White-bellied Sea Eagle

    A juvenile White-bellied Sea Eagle soaring over Bare Bluff in New South Wales.
    • b1rdn3rd
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    • birds in flight flying juvenile sea eagle white-bellied sea eagle
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  7. Great White Egret

    Great White Egret

    A Great White Egret in flight after I accidentally startled it by getting a bit too close.
    • NoSlacking
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    • birds in flight great whie egret norfolk norwich
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Woodpecker in flight #2

    Woodpecker in flight #2

    Here's #2. I usually shoot at faster shutter speeds but as light was dim I shot at 1/2000th of a second. Worked out well, I think. I quite like the motion blur. Makes for a certain dynamic. Hope you like it, too!
    • jafritten
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    • birds in flight buntspecht dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Woodpecker in flight #1

    Woodpecker in flight #1

    I watched two great spotted woodpeckers in the woods today. Photographing birds in flight in a forest can be quite a challenge. Difficult light, tricky backgrounds and branches and twigs everywhere... So, I consider myself lucky to have taken these pictures. Here's #1 then. I hope you like it.
    • jafritten
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    • birds in flight buntspecht dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Peregrine Egret attack

    Peregrine Egret attack

    I was looking at the snow covered mountains through my 500mm lens when a Peregrine appeared right in the middle of the viewfinder far, far away. I followed it as it accelerated closer and realised a poor Great Egret was casually cruising over the water. It seemed the falcon had the egret in its...
    • stoop
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    • birds in flight falcon falcon peregrinus flight great egret hunter hunting japan peregrine falcon stoop wetlands
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Active Morning

    Active Morning

    Finally was able to get out this morning and get some shots at one of my favorite wetland areas. The sunrise was beautiful with so much bird activity! This was one of my favorite shot of today with all the birds in the air and the solitary Anhinga in the tree top!
    • OspreyDude
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    • bif birds in flight marshlands morning sunrise water wetlands
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  12. Feasting on a Pagoda

    Feasting on a Pagoda

    This female Ruby-throated hummingbird was enjoying her breakfast right outside my kitchen. I was able to catch this and a few other shots of her sipping from this pagoda plant.
    • OspreyDude
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  13. Hair-raising Fly Over

    Hair-raising Fly Over

    After getting a few still shots of this American Bald Eagle and waiting over an hour for it to leave its perch, I gave up and moved on to another area of interest. After I got about a quarter mile away I turned to see if it was still there and just then it took off and flew directly toward me...
    • OspreyDude
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  14. Movin' On

    Movin' On

    I captured this photo at New Smyrna Beach a couple of months ago while with a client who wanted to learn how to better shoot sunrise shots.
    • OspreyDude
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    • bif birds in flight birds of florida florida birds new smyrna beach ocean birds oceans pelicans water
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  15. Reaching Out to Touch Someone

    Reaching Out to Touch Someone

    An active day of Osprey shooting on Lake Jesup, Florida. Great day for my client and me as well!
    • OspreyDude
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    • birds in flight birds of florida birds of prey florida birds osprey water birds
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  16. Ring-billed Gull

    Ring-billed Gull

    This gull is the first "Bird in Flight" photo I ever shot. Funny that the quality isn't really up to par, but I like the way the sun backlights the picture and plays through the feathers turning the photo to black and white. Yep! This is my "Gateway" bird, the one that...
    • Glbrems
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  17. Bald Eagle

    Bald Eagle

    This shot was taken from a bluff along the shore of Lake Michigan in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a federal park. This is the only time I have been above these magestic birds.
    • Glbrems
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    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  18. Leap of Faith

    Leap of Faith

    European Stonechat - male, mid flight with beak full of insects
    • SwankyPixels
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    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Raven - Corvus Corax

    Raven - Corvus Corax

    Raven just flying from feeding young in cliffside nest. Nikon D500 with 300mm F4 + 1.4TC
    • SwankyPixels
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Teamwork.. Its a matter of trust

    Teamwork.. Its a matter of trust

    I caught these Canada Geese flying in this very tight formation. How these big birds keep from crashing I do not know.
    • earthimages100
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    • birds in flight canada geese wayne nelson
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  21. Flight Time

    Flight Time

    Ring-billed Gull
    • earthimages100
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    • birds in flight gulls ring-billed gulls wayne nelson
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  22. The flight home

    The flight home

    Who is following who?
    • Granston
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Through the Blizzard

    Through the Blizzard

    Mallards flying through a snow storm from the weekend.
    • Frank Anderson
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Squawk, squawk, squawk

    Squawk, squawk, squawk

    I caught this Ring-billed Gull close enough to be at the minimum focusing distance of my lens, as it scolded another gull for taking its food.
    • earthimages100
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    • birds in flight gulls wayne nelson
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: North America
  25. Morning Flight

    Morning Flight

    Great Egret flying at sunrise.
    • earthimages100
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    • birds in flight egrets great egret herons wading birds wayne nelson
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: North America
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