10 Bird Images: Cormorants in Flight

Not the Usual Subject for Photography

 

 

Yesterday, I was out with the camera and tripod, looking for ospreys.

The show, I was expecting, didn't materialize but, I had fun in the sun, anyway.

This pair of goofy looking birds, flew overhead in nice blue skies.

They are Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) in biological terms.

The Pentax K3 was set up in Continuous Shooting mode and, I was ready for anything.

A Sigma 50-500 lens with 1.4 converter was used at 378MM for most of these photos.

Aperture setting was f/9 and, I panned the camera, following the motion of the birds.

Camera shutter-speed was at 1/640 of a second.

It was a little windy for the lens, to be stretched out that far on a tripod.

So, I used my left hand to support and steady the camera, as I panned it.

Not too wild, about using high ISO's, I was at ISO 200 for these photos.

Location: Top of Kin Dam, Okinawa, Japan

Latitude:  26.464

Longitude:  127.931

 Date and Time: JAN 18 2016 2:46PM* with one exception.

*Photo #1 was taken as a parting shot at 3:27PM with the lens at 700MM. 

Previous Cormorant posts may be seen HERE. 

Learn more about these birds at ARKive

Grey Heron in Flight in Morning Sunlight

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax 300mm with 1.4 converter Focal Length 420mm

Exposure:  f/5.6   1/1600   ISO 200

Location: Namisato, Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan

Date and Time:  NOV 24  2015  8:06AM

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Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris) Visiting Okinawa

Near the Kin Town Water Potato Fields

 

 

More than likely, if this is truly a Tundra Bean Goose, it will leave next month.

Most migratory birds spend the months of November through March in Okinawa, then depart.

Sometimes, identification is made simpler with images of the bird in flight.

Colors and patterns on the wings and tail feathers help with ID.

When this bird takes off, to fly, it moves really fast.

So, plenty of images showing tail feathers, were no problem at all.

I wish some scientist, would come along and confirm, we have a Tundra Bean Goose.

They could have any one of my photos of the wild thing.

Wouldn't the one with the pink house, look nice in a scientist's office ? 




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Bird Photo: The Great Cormorant in Flight

These are some fast moving birds, when they fly.

But, they are sort of hilarious to watch, taking off from the water.

It seems, they dive, looking for something to eat and have a hard time flying with wet wings.

So, using their webbed feet, they run in the water to get enough speed to start flying.

The scientific name: Phalacrocorax carbo

Learn more about Cormorants at ARKive 

Wildlife Photo and a Question

Is it just my imagination; is that a goose flying with seven ducks ?

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