birds in flight

I recently upgraded from a77ii and Tamron 150-600mm lens to a7III with Sony 200-600mm lens. It is now hummingbird season here and I am having trouble with wing blur. I have Youtube and tried different settings on the camera and lens trying to do away with the distortion of the wings. Never had...

There's two bald eagles at the lake where I work/live. They tend to disappear for a week or two at a time and then are very active for about the same time. Anyway, haven't seen them in a while and then while eating lunch someone spotted the dive into the water. Ran to get the camera and...

"Falco", Peregrine Falcon in Flight in Brampton, ON.

"Falco", Peregrine Falcon in Flight in Brampton, ON.

"Falco", the Peregrine Falcon in Flight in Brampton, ON.

Taking off after a squabble

A1, 200-600mm lens with a 1.4 teleconverter. Aperture 6.3, Exposure 500, ISO 1600.

I know these are fairly common in many areas, but this is the first time I actually NOTICED them and photographed them. :) One of the few birds as of late that I’ve been watches that has incredibly solid, clean, large patches of colour with almost no speckling or banding.

Cold, miserable day, intermittent snow and howling wind. Two pairs of Buffleheads flying back up to the north end of the pond after the horrendous winds keep blowing them down to the south end where they don’t want to be.

Cold, miserable day, intermittent snow and howling wind. They had just been blow down to the south end of the pond and were flying back up to the northern end again.

Two male Common Grackles just hanging out in the reeds by the edge of a pond waiting to breed and protect the nests.

One of my very first usable in-fight bird photos!!! While I really had to dial back the contrast to pull out the feathers, they’re there and moderately sharp. The day is VERY overcast and dreary, so getting detail on these Blackbirds has been pretty tricky.

At Oceanville NJ.