Feathered Friends

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

Singing Reed Bunting on bullrush
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
John Gillespie Magee, 1922-1941
Reed Bunting

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.

Northern Lapwing
Northern Lapwing
American Avocets
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American Avocets
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet
Red and Yellow Barbet

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