Birds (95)

Sony ILCA-99M2 + Minolta AF 70-210mm F4 "beercan"
f/5.0 210.0 mm 1/1600 640

I think this is a Tawny Owl.
I photographed it with two off-camera flashes.
I knew it would come (I had two mice for him, that he already had killed)
After killing the mice he flew off and returned after some time (normal behavior)
It then tried to get away with the mouse (that was tied to the branch)
It refused to look into the camera and given the time and effort this whole operation had taken (two evenings), I had to settle for these shots.

The blood of one mouse is visible, the other mouse is in his beak


and here mouse entrails


ILCE-1 100400GM, all set manual MF F/8, 400mm 1/60s

Edited by Dopol - 23 February 2023 at 19:43

Thanks Charles
The idea (hope) was to shoot the owl with a mouse in its beak.
Well, this is what it looks from behind.

Thanks, Phil
I photograph birds mostly
Owls preferably flying, but that was impossible in this setting.
If the owl would have taken the effort to look at me, it would have become a B/W shot. Now the patterns in the wing feathers come out better in color.

Some more from Walvisbaai:

Sony A7r4 | Tamron 150-500 VXD | 500mm | f/8 | 1/500s | 125iso


Sony A7r4 | Tamron 150-500 VXD | 391mm | f/8 | 1/400s | 125iso


More Flamingo's: https://www.dyxum.com/dforum/topic141971_post1711854.html#1711854

King Condor

Hanging out with the folks on Navajo Bridge on Navajo Indian Reservation (in vicinity Lake Powel)

Thats a BIG bird!

Edited by Coast - 05 March 2023 at 02:16

#1 Today on Governors Island we spotted a Red-tailed hawk.


#2 It turned out that there is a nest nearby.


#3 Portrait


#4 Red tail


#5 One of the birds hunted an American woodcock.


#6 Eating the pray.


Sony A7R3, Sony 200-600G