This past Sunday, as I stood by the side of the Ocean City Welcome Center to photograph Night Heron nests, there were many herons flying in and out of the rookery every few minutes. I tried to swing my camera around and aimed at them, but they were so fast that I never knew whether I managed to capture any of them. Actually, I did miss most of them, but the following somehow came out rather well.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron.
Black-crowned Night Heron.
Same Black-crowned Night Heron, a fraction of a second later.
Yellow-crowned Night Heron carrying a stick back to nest.
This Grackle had just landed in a tree. It had some kind of berries in its beak.
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Outstanding flight captures! I love the challenge of bird flight, and I always ‘trash’ most taken, but when we lock in well enough to capture the detail, it makes it all worth the challenge. Well done, Hien!
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Thanks Donna! For me BIF photos are purely a matter of luck, except with Snow Geese when there are thousands of them and if you miss one, or two, you can always lock on another. 🙂
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Great BIF images, much harder to do and something I should do more of 🙂
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BIF are especially difficult when the birds are small. However, these were large birds and I had a good vantage point to shoot from.
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Yes, very hard indeed and that is why you haven’t seen any on my blog, LOL! You did a good job on yours, even if they are a little larger.
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Beautiful flight captures, Hien!
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Thank you Tiny!
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You are so talented at capturing birds in flight!
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Thank you Sue. You are too kind, I still have a lot to learn and practice.
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Amazing “phases” on the wing,Hien!All are great shots,I particularly like your second image and the Grackle in the bright green leafage facing your camera lens.
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Thank you Doda. I fully agree with your choices.
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Very cool bird photos! I didn’t know there were different kinds of Herons. I love them! Have a wonderful Friday and weekend! Hugz Lisa and Bear
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Thank you Lisa and Bear. Enjoy your weekend.
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These are very nice BIF shots. The flights with the twigs for nest building remind me how I missed most if nesting season this year. Sob sob !! Glad you have a nice rookery to visit and night herons even!
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Thank you Judy! I hope you will be going out to take pictures again this year. With your posts in past years, you set an example for me to follow.
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Excellent photos! Birds in flight are tough, it takes lots of practice, well, it does me anyway, you seem to have done very well.
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Thank you Jerry. BIFs are indeed hard.
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Beautiful shot. I’ve never tried to catch a bird in flight.
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You should try Emilio, nothing to lose, everything to gain!
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Makes sense!
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They are amazing!
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Thank you Katelon!
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