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Early this afternoon one of the children called me to see a big bird flying around. As I waited and watched, two square-tailed kites circled nearby. Soon one of them flew almost directly over me, as if to check out this strange being who stood with a big black glass eye pointed skyward.
I was delighted to have seen them again, from our own backyard. After a few minutes they flew away out of sight.
On our walk over the bridge yesterday we spotted a cattle egret flying low over the river. I love how it flies with its legs stretched straight behind.
A friendly kookaburra kept an eye on us as we returned from the bridge. It's such a joy to be able to see such marvellous birds from our own backyard and local surrounds.
Sharing at World Bird Wednesday.
great captures!
ReplyDeletehave a nice day... :)
Great bird shots.like them
ReplyDeletetruly wonderful images !
ReplyDeleteGorgeous birds and superb captures, Karen! I do love seeing them against your beautiful blue skies! Hope your week is going well!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Lovely shots Karen - that little kookaburra has such a quizzical and intentlook about him.
ReplyDeleteWow fantastische Aufnahmen!!!
ReplyDeleteGrüsse aus der Schweiz
Hans-Peter
It is such a delight to see your birds.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to getting to know you and your beautiful country.
Sherry
Klasse Bilder von den Greifvögeln.
ReplyDeleteGruß
Noke
Très belle série :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images. Catching birds in flight is such a joy.
ReplyDeleteWow, so gorgeous pics!
ReplyDeleteWonderful bird images.
ReplyDeleteHow powerful these prey birds.
ReplyDeleteGreetings,
Filip
You have captured these in-flight moments beautifully.
ReplyDeleteAle piękny, wielki, wspaniały, zazdroszczę spotkania :)
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wau!!! Great picture!! Such a beautiful bird!!! Love Sarah
ReplyDeleteHow exited you must have been watch this bird so close up. Fantastic photo's Karen.
ReplyDeletegr. Marijke
Cudowne zdjęcia ptaków, gratuluję i faktycznie cudownie żyć w ich pobliżu. Ostatni ptak jest słodki. Pozdrawiam.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures of birds, congratulations and actually wonderful to live near them. The last bird is sweet. Yours.
wowww, great compo with the blue sky in the first shots, very powerful images!
ReplyDeleteYou got some great pictures of those birds, my goodness that is some wingspan on the kite.
ReplyDeleteIncredible, beautiful captures. Wow!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteWas für wundervolle Fotos. So schööön ♥
ReplyDeleteYou've captured those kites so beautifully - don't you just love the amazing colours and structure of their feathers? Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots! Love that blue sky as a background, too!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What an amazing capture..
ReplyDeleteWow, cool sighting and neat looking bird. Your photos are wonderful. thanks for sharing your WBW!
ReplyDeleteGreat in-flight photos and wonderful to see them over your own back yard.
ReplyDeleteOh, me! That kookaburra is too cute!! Love the hawk shots. So majestic!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!I love those amazing flight shots!!!Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteShantana
Great pictures you show. Wishing you a good Wednesday. Hanne Bente / hbt.finus.dk
ReplyDeleteLovely bird photos Karen. I specially liked your kookaburra. We have a green and blue kingfisher here that looks like your fella but a different colour. They too don't come into town very often - dave
ReplyDeleteI can't give you a specific reason why because all these photos are well taken, but it's your 4th that's got me.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I like these photos from faraway lands...
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from Germany
CL
Wow, so tolle Fotos. Gefällt mir sehr!
ReplyDeleteLiebe Grüße Jana
All wonderful captures of birds. Your flight shots are wonderful. I'd love to know what settings you used. I'm still stumbling around in Av mode, trying to get the settings just right to get a really clear shot of movement.
ReplyDeleteI too love your last shot. The eye focus is beautiful!
Marvelous, love especially the birds of prey, beautiful colors against that sky!
ReplyDeleteBest regards, Marion
Hi Liz, thanks for your comments and questions. For the square-tailed kite shots I had the camera set to sport mode which worked particularly well as it flew overhead, giving me a sequence. It was so close, the second, third and fourth are NOT cropped at all (lens zoomed to 270mm).
ReplyDeleteFor the egret I had not time time change anything, just zoomed and snapped in no-flash-auto. For the kookaburra I was in P mode to focus on his eye as best I could.
Hope this helps.....I'm just a beginner when it comes to settings.
Wow... those in flight shots are amazing! How neat to watch it fly like that so close! Love seeing all your birdies. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flight shots and that Kookaburra is so cute!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are wonderful, and a treat for me too because I have never seen a kookaburra before.
ReplyDeleteGreat captures!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love love love this wonderful bird shots!
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