Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]stunning - especially: fly, take off, flight On Apr 14, 2014, at 10:40 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Still on the Ndutu trip - as a respite from mammals here are some > photographs of birds, starting with eagles. By far the most common bird of > prey that you see in the East African grasslands is the Tawny Eagle. It is > a very accommodating bird for photographers, inasmuch as it lets you getta > close. The first three are a sequence of a Tawny Eagle getting ready to fly > off: > > Look: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0053.jpg.html > > Poop: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0056.jpg.html > > Fly: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20120107_0058.jpg.html > > Lastly, just a portrait: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5768.jpg.html > > A very handsome eagle is the Long-crested Eagle, with a rakish tuft of > feathers on the head: > > Calling: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4482.jpg.html > > Take Off: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6168.jpg.html > > Flight: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6170.jpg.html > > Finally, the Bateleur, unmistakable with its short, stubby tail and white > underwings, a master of low level flight: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5394.jpg.html > > A last raptor, the wonderfully named Eastern Pale Chanting Goshawk: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_5003.jpg.html > > The next two photograph are of Bustards. one small, and one the biggest: > > White-bellied Bustard: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140310_2031.jpg.html > > A Male Kori Bustard in full display: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5829.jpg.html > > Lastly, one of the commonest birds in East Africa, a Helmeted Guinea-fowl: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140314_5305.jpg.html Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist