For the birds

[purdo]

Fabulous photos.

[scubacruiserx2]

On 12/8/2018 at 5:40 PM, purdo said:

Fabulous photos.

Thanks , we're out bird hunting in South America today .

[ski ww]

Those are great shots. These were taking at our local wet land reserve, Wye Marsh. They are all rescued birds that are too injured to be released back into the wild. The trumpeter swans spent the whole winter here, as long as they have open water and we feed them every day. 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

On 12/19/2018 at 5:13 AM, ski ww said:

Those are great shots. These were taking at our local wet land reserve, Wye Marsh. They are all rescued birds that are too injured to be released back into the wild. The trumpeter swans spent the whole winter here, as long as they have open water and we feed them every day. 

 

 

Thank you for sharing your great photos .

[Mistywinton]

Mesmerizing pictures.

[masterdrago]

On 12/1/2018 at 6:44 AM, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

 

You're welcome . Here's some from our property .

 

A flying fish ?

 

 

 

I love all your shots. We have an Osprey that eats on a regular basis in our backyard. He is always in poor lighting and even with the 150-500, I can never get close enough to do a good job. I'm always shooting at iso 800 f/7.1 1/50sec.

[donaldsc]

I am going to be a bit of a grinch here.  Yes - the bird pictures are good. However, there are 84 of them (I counted them) and most of them were not taken on a cruise but near the OP's place of residence.  CC is a cruising site and not a birding site.  If the OP wants to post a few pictures of birds that they took on a cruise - OK.  If they want to post 84 pictures taken locally, there are lots of good birding sites where they can be posted.

 

I have more than 1000 pictures of hummingbirds that I took one day when we drove from Denver to Rocky Mountain National Park.  Some are very good but I don't plan to post them on a cruising site.

 

Feel free to flame me and if the moderator feels that this comment is not appropriate, feel free to remove my comment.

 

DON

[masterdrago]

40 minutes ago, donaldsc said:

I am going to be a bit of a grinch here.  Yes - the bird pictures are good. However, there are 84 of them (I counted them) and most of them were not taken on a cruise but near the OP's place of residence.  CC is a cruising site and not a birding site.  If the OP wants to post a few pictures of birds that they took on a cruise - OK.  If they want to post 84 pictures taken locally, there are lots of good birding sites where they can be posted.

 

I have more than 1000 pictures of hummingbirds that I took one day when we drove from Denver to Rocky Mountain National Park.  Some are very good but I don't plan to post them on a cruising site.

 

Feel free to flame me and if the moderator feels that this comment is not appropriate, feel free to remove my comment.

 

DON

I just now realized that you are completely correct. I was browsing for Alaska glacier exposure photography hints when I came into this post. I thought I had somehow landed on the bird photo forum! I'm sure glad that I did not add my silly pix of the Osprey in my backyard.....

[scubacruiserx2]

We spotted this Rhea in Patagonia just before our cruise to Antarctica .

 

 

 

 

 

On the run

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Some birds from the Falkland Islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw these Chinstrap penguins feeding from our balcony

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Upland Geese

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Gentoo penguin feeding in ice water

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Upland Goose and goslings 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

A Southern Crested Caracara near the Perito Moreno glacier .

 

 

Also spotted overhead was a Condor

 

Edited January 16, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[Oviedo32765]

Some Brown Boobys off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica during a Panama Canal transit from Miami to Los Angeles. The boobys were using the bow wave of the ship to glide along and look for fish.  These birds were photographed after the peeling off to dive on a fish and were rejoining the ship to use the bow wave again.

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

28 minutes ago, Oviedo32765 said:

Some Brown Boobys off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica during a Panama Canal transit from Miami to Los Angeles. The boobys were using the bow wave of the ship to glide along and look for fish.  These birds were photographed after the peeling off to dive on a fish and were rejoining the ship to use the bow wave again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice Boobys !

[Parrottdizes]

People watching

[scubacruiserx2]

3 minutes ago, Parrottdizes said:

People watching

 

A birds eye view ? 

[mskaufman]

One more

[scubacruiserx2]

18 minutes ago, mskaufman said:

One more

 

Cool bird , what is it ?

[scubacruiserx2]

We saw a couple of cool birds on our glacier cruise in Patagonia .

 

The Roufous -Collared Sparrow singing his little heart out

 

 

[boeckli]

Saw these after our lunch cruise from Brooklyn (near Sydney) on the lower Hawkesbury River

 

The posse in position on the pontoon

 

Wing Commander Gull is overseeing the operation ...

 

... but there is a truancy problem!!

[mskaufman]

18 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

Cool bird , what is it ?

Sorry, I looked it up after I took the picture, but do not remember.  Maybe someone with more expertise can chime in.

[mskaufman]

Petros the Pelican from a cruise to Mykonos, Greece

[scubacruiserx2]

6 hours ago, boeckli said:

Saw these after our lunch cruise from Brooklyn (near Sydney) on the lower Hawkesbury River

 

The posse in position on the pontoon

 

Wing Commander Gull is overseeing the operation ...

 

... but there is a truancy problem!!

 

Thanks for sharing. There is always one in the bunch.