POST YOUR BIRDS IN FLIGHT !!!

mikeivan wrote in post #18833423
A birding pal of mine told me some years ago: "There are two groups of bird photographers, those who have been to Bosque and want to go back and those who have never been, and are longing to go". I have visited only once and, due to health issues, will never return. However, searching my many files from 2014 is almost like another trip. Today, I found these two undiscovered, never processed files. How I enjoyed viewing and working on them. I hope you all will enjoy them, as I have.

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I will never forget our first sunrise on the Flight Deck. I told my wife: "There must be a million dollars worth of photographic equipment out here, and it is still dark".

Great images Mike. Wish you could go back. I hope to make my first journey out their next year. Stay well.

Pacific Gull

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mikeivan wrote in post #18833423
A birding pal of mine told me some years ago: "There are two groups of bird photographers, those who have been to Bosque and want to go back and those who have never been, and are longing to go". I have visited only once and, due to health issues, will never return. However, searching my many files from 2014 is almost like another trip. Today, I found these two undiscovered, never processed files. How I enjoyed viewing and working on them. I hope you all will enjoy them, as I have.

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I will never forget our first sunrise on the Flight Deck. I told my wife: "There must be a million dollars worth of photographic equipment out here, and it is still dark".

Not to mention the third group of birders....those birders in a completely different part of the world for whom Bosque doesn't register a blip on their radars.

My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

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MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18833882
My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

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Dramatic!

Archibald wrote in post #18833910
Dramatic!

Thanks Arch
Crap light though, suffered ISO But still thankful to have nabbed one.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18833882
My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

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I'm just plain envious, Robert. That is such a cool flight shot. Congrats on your first.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18833882
My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

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That’s great !

Lame-Duck wrote in post #18833532
If you look at the back of a hen's neck after breeding (I've only seen it with mallards), you'll often notice the feathers pulled out, and at times the skin looks like a bloody mess. It really can be brutal sometimes. It's hard to understand how their mating has evolved in such a manner.

And by the way Shalu, I knew the the kite was a female. I was simply testing you. Just so you know; you did very well on the test.
Actually I had no idea what the gender of the kite was.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18833882
My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

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Congrats, Robert! Awesome pose, nice background separation.

white-tailed kite food transfer, shot from a weird overhead angle

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shalu wrote in post #18833981


Congrats, Robert! Awesome pose, nice background separation.

white-tailed kite food transfer, shot from a weird overhead angle

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That is an awesome close-up shot, Shalu. It seems like that little mouse is getting passed around more than a basketball at a major NBA tournament.

shalu wrote in post #18833981


Congrats, Robert! Awesome pose, nice background separation.

white-tailed kite food transfer, shot from a weird overhead angle

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Best angle ever!
Really brings us viewers into the pass.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18833882
My first PFIF.
Got a few more of the whole turn. Will post another someday.

That's dramatic. Beautiful bird.
Very nice.

Gotta ask, what's a PFIF? Google gave some strange answers.

avondale87 wrote in post #18834054
That's dramatic. Beautiful bird.
Very nice.

Gotta ask, what's a PFIF? Google gave some strange answers.

Peregrine Falcon In Flight

shalu wrote in post #18834056
Peregrine Falcon In Flight

Thanks Shalu
Makes sense.

I'll have to sharpen the pencil.
Birds of prey with me are either Eagles or Hawks
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