10 More Photos of the Osprey in Flight

Never Get Tired of Watching These Birds

 

 

Another morning was spent at the Okukubi Dam in Kin Town.

Just about every day this week, I took a walk around the dam with a camera.

There are a few of these birds living nearby and, they fly over the dam, occasionally.

When they circle above the water, they are looking for fish.

The critters aren't necessarily going to pose for a cameraman.

Catching the sun, lighting-up the bird's eye, can be challenging.

Today, the sun shined and the bird flew through some clear blue skies.

Usually, when one of the ospreys, sees me, it quickly disappears.

They probably don't expect to see old men in pine trees.

So, that's where, I was hiding.

The bird put on a fairly good show and, I'm glad I was there watching it.

This series of images were taken in less than one minute.

Camera: Pentax K3

Lens: Pentax F4  DA 300mm

Exposure: f/6.3   1/2000   ISO 200

Date and Time: FEB 21, 2015  11:41AM

Location: Kin Dam, Okinawa, Japan

Wildlife Photo (Bird) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) in Flight

The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) aka Curlew breeds in subarctic climates of Asia, Europe and North America and Mr Wikipedia tells me, even as far down south as Scotland.

Sometimes, I like to double check my bird sources so, we'll have to verify that with one of the EXPERTS over there who seems to have his feet on the ground (most days) and knows what's going on everywhere in Scotland. After he sees this photo, if he says he saw Whimbrels in Scotland, you can believe it's the truth because he has sharp eyes and when he writes something he calls it exactly the way he sees it.

He even knows what the Queen is thinking when she sits next to this Army guy wearing a skirt.  The dude was like a Colonel, or something and get this, he FORGETS TO PUT ON HIS UNDERPANTS!  Is he, Wee Willie Wikileaker?

Now, back to the birds who really fly. These Whimbrels only visit Okinawa in the winter. They hang around in shallow water along the shore and poke their crooked noses in mud, sand and cracks in rocks and eat little shells, crabs and whatever else they can find. It's fairly easy to shoot them when they're on the ground. But, when they decide to fly they are faster than a bat outa Scotland.

So, there's two questions I'd like to ask my contact in Scotland. First, do you have any Whimbrels there?
And, I was wondering if you guys let women be Colonels in that Army outfit; just outta curiosity !