Of all things, today we saw a big Osprey flying over ranch land in southwest Texas, nowhere near the coast or any big body of water. So, this bird is clearly migrating. When I pulled this shot up, I also noticed that he/she is banded - if you magnify, you can see the silver band on his/her left leg. Not sure what that means, but I'll do some investigating.
This photo is essentially not enhanced at all, except for cropping. The sky really was that blue!
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Fabulous shot Cissy - fav!!! I always admire people who manage to catch birds in flight like this because it is very hard to do. I know because I've tried but never succeeded as well as this
@rosiekind Thank you Rosie - this bird was very cooperative and made it relatively easy. I did have lots of misses this past weekend; this hits made it worthwhile! Thanks again for your nice comments and for the fav! :-)
This is soooo great! Really nice capture. @rosiekind I so agree with you, I find birds in flight like ninjas all completely illusive. Cissy makes it look like they are hanging out waiting to get their picture taken!
@kandkids Thank you, Karen - I love capturing birds doing something...flying, eating, courting. I've competed in skeet shooting, so I guess that helps me with following moving targets. I really appreciate your and everyone's comments. Now that I've finally finished moving, I will have time to review and comment on the wonderful contributions of others here.
