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Category Archives: Bird
Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
It’s rare, but some geese possess the ability to swim through malachite.
Peru 2015 – Great Egret
Wonder if they ever get tired of fish.
Now that I think on it a bit, I am thinking that they must. After all, where else would cattle egrets come from?
Peru 2015 – Kingfisher
Like the water they dive into, kingfishers find the lowest level.
Dodo
This is one of three complete dodo skeletons remaining in the world.
This is largely an item of note because they’re not making any more.
Palawan peacock pheasant (Polyplectron emphanum)
They’re masked so it’s harder to identify which sort of pheasant just committed the robbery.
Magpie
Sometimes they pose.
Peru 2015 – Cormorant
Sometimes you have to drop the ballast.
Peru 2015 – Capped Heron
Herons in the Amazon survive by eating fish out of mud.
This one looks a little too clean, if you know what I mean.
I think it’s really a robot.
Peru 2015 – Kingfisher
Hence the name.
Peru 2015 – Horned Screamer
Horned screamers have floppy feathers.
Hawk
A couple of years ago, I started playing with a new technique that is only useful in specific cases. At the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, they have a free flight demonstration against a (usually) clear sky. This allows me to do a multiple exposure so you can see the different movements of a hawk’s flight and how they gain speed. Here, it’s particularly interesting how hawks become almost vertical when turning.
Peru 2015 – Cormorant
They may not be very good at it, but they sure do take flying seriously.
Peru 2015 – Parrot
This was a pet parrot that the people kindly let me photograph.
It doesn’t seem to see a need to take care of its feathers anymore.
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
This jay suddenly realized that Burger King has been around for 62 years, which is near the upper end of a monarch’s reign and wonders what they have decided in terms of succession planning.
Magpie
Best shot of a magpie that I was able to get … at least with the lenses I had at the time.
Peru 2015 – Great Egrets
I didn’t have my camera in video mode, so you can’t see what happened when the tennis serve was returned but, trust me, it was hilarious.
Peru 2015 – Cormorant
Here comes Peter Cormorant
Hoppin’ down the birdie slant
Hippity hoppin’, Inti Raymi’s on its way
Peru 2015 – Tern
Remember that photo of a tern a while back that wasn’t great but was still good enough to share?
Well one good tern deserves another.
Hawk in Flight
This is a new-to-me photo technique that I’ve been experimenting with when I have a chance. It’s not usable in most situations, but when it is, I quite like the effect.
Without looking at a composite like this, it can be hard to see how birds actually use their legs.