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Tom in Arizona wrote in post #19397768
Harris's Hawk...

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Tom, did you make that guy mad? Hehe.

kd_reno wrote in post #19397537
Just returned from Alaska. Highlight was a pelagic trip out of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians. Primary target was the Whiskered Auklet which is found in a narrow range around the far northern Pacific Ocean. This is a heavy crop, shot from a moving boat.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nuT​KPR Whiskered Auklet by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

The bird is very handsome and looks amazing. Not easy to shoot it in flight from a moving boat, but you got it. Good shooting, Ken!

A couple more from yesterday.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19397881
The bird is very handsome and looks amazing. Not easy to shoot it in flight from a moving boat, but you got it. Good shooting, Ken!

Thanks Levina. It helps that they aren't very fast, especially on takeoff. But they're quite small - only about eight inches long.

Shooting is a bit easier when the big birds come in to the boat.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nvh​Bwc

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kd_reno wrote in post #19398067
Thanks Levina. It helps that they aren't very fast, especially on takeoff. But they're quite small - only about eight inches long.

Shooting is a bit easier when the big birds come in to the boat.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nvh​Bwc Laysan Albatross by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nvi​Qmj Black-footed Albatross by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

Oh, Albatrosses. They look big and powerful. I LOVE the last one. It made me laugh out loud. A great shot that.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19398076
Oh, Albatrosses. They look big and powerful. I LOVE the last one. It made me laugh out loud. A great shot that.

They are amazing to watch. Very elegant flyers except when landing. Wingspnas of six feet or more, but they only weigh 4-7 lbs, less than some Canon Big Whites.

kd_reno wrote in post #19398084
They are amazing to watch. Very elegant flyers except when landing. Wingspnas of six feet or more, but they only weigh 4-7 lbs, less than some Canon Big Whites.

The Wiki says that albatrosses have the largest wingspan of any living bird. Geez, and I thought a Grey Heron had a big wingspan! They really must have been amazing to watch.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19398096
The Wiki says that albatrosses have the largest wingspan of any living bird. Geez, and I thought a Grey Heron had a big wingspan! They really must have been amazing to watch.

Wandering Albatrosses have the longest, up to12 feet. I'd love to see one of those. Laysans and Black-footed are tiny by comparison. Body length and wingspan are about the same as a Bald Eagle, but the thin wings look longer.

Here's on folding its wings after landing.

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kd_reno wrote in post #19398301
Wandering Albatrosses have the longest, up to12 feet. I'd love to see one of those. Laysans and Black-footed are tiny by comparison. Body length and wingspan are about the same as a Bald Eagle, but the thin wings look longer.

Here's on folding its wings after landing.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nvg​5VN Laysan Albatross by Ken Drozd, on Flickr

That’s a lot of wing to fold. I love how he seems to look at you. He doesn’t seem intimidated at all. I wonder if they would land on a boat sometimes.

Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #19398303
That’s a lot of wing to fold. I love how he seems to look at you. He doesn’t seem intimidated at all. I wonder if they would land on a boat sometimes.

Like many seabirds they are used to following boats, especially fishing boats. And we were chumming, so they were especially interest in us, along with many gulls and fulmars Albatrosses spend their lives on the open ocean except to nest, so I don't think it would occur to them to land on a boat. I've always heard how clumsy they are on land so I was a little surprised at how adept they are at taking off from water.

Pack up all my cares and woes .....

All of a sudden my neighborhood is full of these guys!!!! They are really skittish so hard to photograph

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edmidlifecrisis wrote in post #19398788
All of a sudden my neighborhood is full of these guys!!!! They are really skittish so hard to photograph

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2nvs​dmC All of a sudden my neighborhood is full of these guys by Ed Spenser, on Flickr

Never heard of these before, but I looked them up and they sound fascinating. Maybe annoying if they're popping up from your lawn.

kd_reno wrote in post #19398815
Never heard of these before, but I looked them up and they sound fascinating. Maybe annoying if they're popping up from your lawn.

Not on my lawn yet but in the wooded areas surrounding my development. Little burrows everywhere with these guys moving in and out of them. Fascinating, brightly colored, very skittish but fun to see!!