Golden Bosun Bird in flight

Called in to work at midnight last night, home about 6am and no sleep yet, each time I try the phone rings from work, we have been trying to get our job done without access to our office, files, computers. Tensions out there and we're in the news again as a result.
Sat on my balcony early this morning taking bird photos and then more when we had a work team meeting over lunch at a cafe in the settlement - whilst waiting for lunch I wandered across the road and took more bosun shots.
I really wish I had a 500mm (or bigger) lens on days like this

[Jennifer C]

glorious!!! Christmas Is has been in the news all day!

[NotLiz]

WOW! Look at that! Awesome picture and what a bird! I don't know what work you do, but I do know from my old life, that the media love bad news stories and that you can do a million things right and no one will notice... but make 1 mistake ...
I think birds are good stress relievers .... keep snapping these ones - their great!!

[John Brown]

Beautiful capture he stands ouy well against that blue sky.

[NotLiz]

OMG - They're great ... not their ... Oh dear I think my Grade 2 teacher just rolled over in her grave!

[Megan Richardson]

@jenrobcarr yep I was there. I adore these birds and could have spent a few more hours shooting them




@notliz LOL - don't you hate it when that happens! and thanks for the kind words - thankfully the news isn't reflective of anything I have done

[Jennifer C]

@notliz dont I know that this week with the baby swapping scandal that made international news! Lucky my old hospital not the one I work in now

[Tanya]

Fantastic capture. Im still working with a P&S so flying birds are mostly off the menu.

[NotLiz]

@jenrobcarr I thought of you when I saw that!! Poor things. I still get annoyed when I see bad press stories for ambos ... Not denying things go wrong, but they never report the other side either. No wonder we have such an appalling attrition rate.

[Megan Richardson]

@jenrobcarr @notliz I always remind myself that the media never let the truth get in the way of a good story - and for everything that is reported, there is a great deal of infromation which has been intentionally omitted

[Megan Richardson]

@palusami I never had given a lot of thought to photos of birds on the wing prior to seeing these lovely birds ....

[Janna E.]

A beautiful shot to get your mind of the news...

[Megan Richardson]

@hobgoblinwychwo thanks - I love these birds they are so photogenic and I take dozens of shots each and every time I see them when camera is on hand

[elkehochban]

Such a glorious bird - lovely shot!

[Sheralee S]

I did think of you when I saw the news.

These birds are magnificent, it's lucky you have such a beautiful environment to take your attention now and then.

[Mick Porter]

Sorry to hear about work issues - awesome shot of the bird!

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

So good you have such incredible birds to take your mind away from the work stress. The photo is amazing.

[Shannon Pitton]

Big lens or not this is wonderful. What an amazing silhouette he has with that long tail. Sorry for the late nights and what sounds like a tense work environment right now.

[Phil Bacon]

Fantastic capture!

[Robin]

Beautiful, Megan. Love that trail of tail feathers.

[Netkonnexion]

Stunning shot. Lovely.

[alia_801]

Beautiful shot!

[Alan Warren]

Great shot, Meegs. Imagine how much better it would have been with a big, phat 500mm prime stuck on the front of your Canoblaster. You should totally get one of those. (I hope this encouragement makes up for yesterday's lack of enthusiasm for the big prime) :D

[michael-ann]

So very pretty! Wonderful backlighting on those feathers... beautiful isolated on that perfectly clear blue sky.

[Ellen E]

wow - gorgeous shot!

[Jason Daniels]

perfect!

[Kirsti Abbott]

Hard to get a good pic of these beauties. You've succeeded!! Just awesome.