Tag : birds

Hanapepe Salt Ponds, Kaua’i.

Kauai’s Hanapepe Salt Ponds provide some interesting bird watching and bird photography opportunities.

Hitching a ride, Assam, India

A cattle egret hitches a ride on the back of a buffalo.

Birdlife of Assam

The birdlife of Assam and Aranachal Pradesh, India. Pheasant Tailed Jacanas, Egrets, Lesser Adjutant Storks, Red Vented Bulbuls, …

Oriental Magpie-Robin

A bird on a twig in Assam, India, and the use of Noise Ninja software in image processing.

Little Pied Flycatcher, Assam, India

I was walking along a trail when this bird alighted on a twig quite close by seemingly unconcerned.

Crested serpent eagle

The telephoto lens (500mm) was required to get the bird large in the frame and the camera lens combination was mounted on a tripod with gimbal mount.

Purple Swamphen, running to takeoff

Photographed from a canoe, the swamphen runs across lilypads to gain speed for takeoff

Whistling Duck, Assam, India

Travel through India is a great cultural experience but less well known is that it offers great opportunities for nature and wildlife photography

African Darter in tree, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Photographed as it was drying its wings in a tree, darters are a common sight in the Okavango Delta region. The darter (Anhinga rufa), is sometimes called the snakebird because of its habit of swimming with only its head and neck, snake-like, above the water.

Egrets in Flight, Okavango Delta, Botswana

An egret takes flight from the shallows of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.