One of my favorite pictures of one of my favorite birds – a Malachite Kingfisher – as a special Christmas treat.
Enjoy the day wherever you are!
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Bird Wednesday – Tawny Eagle
A few days ago I took this picture of a *Tawny Eagle* perched in the late afternoon, backlight by the sun. Tawny Eagles (Aquila rapax) are large, long-lived birds of prey. Like all eagles, they belong to the family Accipitridae. It is estimated that these beautiful birds can reach the age of 16.
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More birds …
I recently did a bit of bird photography … this was one of my favorites … more to come soon …
Picture details: Reed Cormorant | Location: Drakensberg, South Africa
Canon 1D Mark IV | Canon EF500mm f/4L | AV | ISO 1600 | 1/1000s | f/8 | 0.5eV | WB 6500K | free-hand
Kingfisher and Baboon
I worked on my image library and came across two of my favorites 🙂
I hope you enjoy them, too!
Cape Glossy Starling
One of my favorite bird images – a Cape Glossy Starling!
Tiny
My favorite picture today – a tiny Ostrich!
ID, please ?
Yesterday evening I took these pictures of a strange-looking bird. I am not certain, but I think it is a amelanistic form of a Dark-capped Bulbul. Any other thoughts? Thanks in advance for the input.
Zimanga – Grey Heron
This is the eighth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A Grey Heron fishing in the late afternoon light at the Lagoon Hide on Zimanga Private Game Reserve.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Zimanga – Pink-throated Twinspot
Here is the first of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
These Pink-throated Twinspot pictures were taken at the Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
BIRDS – Village Weavers mating
Since I have posted the image of a strangely colored bird a few days ago – now identified as a Village Weaver – a few of you have asked me about how do Village Weavers normally look like.
So here is an image of a Village Weaver pair mating in front of their nest.
