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Not a planned shot but more of a reaction to the flyby.
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Waiting for White Tailed Kites at sunset in my back yard and lo and behold fifteen (15) egrets flew by. That was something and had way too much lens to capture them all at once.
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Magpie-larks (Australia) - are neither magpies nor larks but that's common names for you.
Or Peewees - for their call.
Or Mudlarks - for their mud nests.
People note different things about the sexes' appearance: I see the black stripe across the male's face and down the female's.

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He's puffing his chest out to make his distinctive penetrating song ...

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She's wondering what I'm doing ...

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I caught this great blue heron with a lighting situation that would normally be bad. Early/mid afternoon sun on his back and flying away from the sun. But, the shadows do not reach his head so the head and eyes are well lit, his feet are well lit, and his underside is getting reflections from the water. I did seem to miss critical focus on his head but my main point here was about the lighting! Shot with D500 + 200-500.

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I could be wrong but I believe that's a Purple Heron (y)
 
I could be wrong but I believe that's a Purple Heron (y)
The purple and great blue are in different parts of the world and also have slightly different coloring. I am in North American and purple's do not live here. There is a very good summary of herons and egrets at avibirds.com. Thanks for your feedback!
 
I'm becoming partial to environmental birds in flight images. Especially when the light painting is as such!

Canon 600mm F/4 on a Nikon Z6ii with adapter.


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Manged to follow quite a bit of advice from Steve's "Birds in Flight" book.... just not the "get closer to your subject" suggestion - oh well, at least I got 5 frames of the take off acceptably sharp for a change!
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Unfortunately it was windy that morning so the water is not smooth and mirror-like, so not quite the picture I was after unfortunately but getting there. A few more attempts and I'll have the light, the wing position, the sharp eye and the reflection :)

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….however, the wing looks like sheer paper with the water reflected on it - what a great effect.
 
Here a few of my BIF's. The eagle shot is at Lock & Dam 14, the other 4 are all local for me.
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