More birds in flight from the South Padre Island Birding Center.
Brown Pelicans are big and relatively slow, so they make a good target for aerial shots.
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Brown Pelican |
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| Brown Pelican |
A nice Redhead drake made a pass.
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| Redhead - Drake |
I should mention here that Peregrine Falcons are fast. Really fast. So if you are not ready when they fly by you get this:
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| Peregrine Falcon |
In this final picture I was tracking a Belted Kingfisher across the sky, when it happened to fly beneath a Brown Pelican. So I ended up with this image.
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| Belted Kingfisher below Brown Pelican |
Mark
I think most any picture of a wild peregrine falcon is a good one. :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, those falcons are fast!!!
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