Feathered Friends

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
Mandarin Duck Grooming
John Gillespie Magee, 1922-1941
Mandarin Duck Grooming

Birds can be frustrating creatures to photograph. I have many, many images of waterbirds swimming away from me, unhurriedly, and yet somehow they are out of range before I can properly focus! They are an expensive undertaking as well, your longest lens is always just that little bit too short. I suppose the difficulties are what makes a successful shot so satisfying.

Mute Swans Courting
Mute Swans Courting
Great Argus Pheasant
Lesser Whistling Ducks
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Great Argus Pheasant
Lesser Whistling Ducks
Red and Yellow Barbet

Nature - Images by Louise Heusinkveld
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet
Australasian Magpie
Galah
Australian Magpie
Purple Heron
Galah
Superb Starling
Purple Heron
Laughing Kookaburra Scarlet Ibis
Kookaburra
Scarlet Ibis
Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis
Black-naped Oriole
Black-naped oriole in a nest
Black-naped Oriole
Black-naped oriole
Pukeko (Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus)
Barred Owl
Barred Owl
Southern Ground Hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri or cafer
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Milky Stork
Common Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa
Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthraceros albirostris)
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Striated heron Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
Roseate Spoonbill
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Marabou stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Raven
three ducks in a row
Ducks in a row
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
pied billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pied-billed Grebe
female blue-winged teal (anas discors)
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura Victoria)
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Male Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) with struggling eel
Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus
Snowy Egret (egretta thula)
Rainbow Lorikeet
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Snowy Egret in Mating Plumage
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
Wood Storks (Mycteria americana)
Snowy Plover (charadrius alexandrinus)
Blue-bellied Roller, Coracias cyanogaster
Blue-bellied Roller, Coracias cyanogaster
Snowy Plover
Willet (Tringa semipalmata, formerly Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Striated Heron (Butorides strata)
Willet
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Striated Heron
White Pelican, pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Northern Shoveler
Japanese White-eye, or Mejiros (zosterope japonicus japonicus)
pied billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Japanese White-Eye on an African Tulip Tree Flower
Brazilian, or Red Crested Cardinal (paroaria coronata)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Brazilian Cardinal
Greater Flamingoes, Phoenicopterus roseus in flight
Great Egret Perched on a Branch
Ostrich, Struthio camelus
Brazilian, or Red Crested Cardinal (paroaria coronata)
Young Ostrich
baby birds stretch their beaks up to be fed
Brazilian Cardinal
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Black-Crowned Night Heron (nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-Crowned Night Heron