I'm outa' here

I went out to pick some guava today and the kereru (NZ native wood pigeon) was feasting on them. I sneaked back with the camera and took a few images of him gobbling the fruit. Then he took off - they are noisy flyers and you can see why with those big powerful wings.

[julia]

Fantastic ... lucky he didn't take your head off... Love the wing movement

[Peter]

Timing is everything, great capture with lots of movement and detail Dianne:)

[Graeme Stevens]

great timing

[Joyce]

Great timing and shot Dianne

[Delwyn Barnett]

Fabulous timing and love that he is flying toward you. Love the action blur of the wings too.

[Liana Bull]

I just love it when they do that. So well captured. It looks like a flying rainbow. Fav.

[Babs]

Love it, great timing. fav.

[Valerie Chesney]

So lovely, a great capture, we saw these lovely birds when we visited NZ l 2016

[Lou Ann]

Fabulous capture! Birds know the split second that fruit is ripe!

[Patricia McPhail]

Great capture!

[Susie]

Great capture

[April]

Great action shot! I love the spread tail and wings.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Super capture fav!

[Issi Bannerman]

Nicely captured! What a red beak he has!

[Carole G]

Fabulous!

[Christine]

Good capture

[carol white]

A super bif capture. Fav!! 😀

[Pat Knowles]

A big bird, I can imagine him suddenly taking off with a loud flutter of wings.

[Taffy]

Fabulous BIF shot!

[chikadnz]

Fantastic capture. These always make me jump if they suddenly fly away when we disturb them on a bush walk, they are so noisy!

[Henri Russell]

Great timing on his take off.

[Kathie]

That's a big pigeon. Definitely caught in the act.

[Islandgirl]

Wow great timing!

[K1W1]

An instant FAV. Perfect timing.

[Marnie]

Fabulous shot, perfect timing, and what an interesting bird.

[Alfred Rico]

Perfect!

[Tony]

Perfectly timed capture. Fav

[FBailey]

Wow, lovely shot

[Dione Giorgio]

A great action capture. Fav.

[Susan.T.]

Wonderful timing, great job!

[haskar]

Great caught.

[Trinda Love]

deserves mutlple favs instead of one from me! Amazing job to catch this moment with his eyes sharp and wings in motion. Super job, super lovely

[Helen Jane]

What a great catch of his take off. What a skill to be able to catch him like this.