10 Fabulous Photographs of Birds in Flight with Web Sources

The Great Egret (Description)

What I have tried to do with this article is to share my enjoyment of some aesthetically pleasing images and a few words which will give as many reference  points as possible for the reader to follow up any point of interest produced.

Under each picture will be the name of the bird with a link “(Description)” to where more information about that bird can be found. Where possible I have tried to put a variety of different reference sites rather than just using one source for all of the birds.

In the body of the writing is the web source of the photograph and any other relevant links about the photographers or the source.

The Great Egret

This delightfully sunlit shot (above) of a Great Egret was a photograph I literally stumbled across and the one that I can give the least amount of information about its original source.  I came across it on a user’s blog on the website Stumbleupon. The link gives the source as the “share” site Photobucket and the source “etailQueen”.

Blue-Throated Hummingbird

Blue-throated hummingbird (Description) 

This photograph of a blue-throated hummingbird, a bird which is found in the Americas, was taken by the late Russell C. Hansen (1921-2002). The site Birds in Flight was set up as a memorial to him. There are several galleries of photographs on the site, but I personally particularly liked the gallery dedicated to hummingbirds.

American Kestrel

American Kestrel (Description)

This image of a hunting bird of prey is by photographer Richard Ettlinger. It is one of over thirty pictures in an exhibition of birds in flight taken by four photographers. The exhibition (June 21 09 to August 30 09) is on display at the American Museum of Natural History. The other three wildlife photographers featured in the exhibition are David G. Hemmings, Miguel Lasa, and Jim Neiger

The Cardinal

Male Cardinal (Description)

The Cardinal is the state bird of six American States (see “Description”)
This striking image that almost looks like a painting is by photographer R. W. Scott and digital editing by Gregory J. Scott. and is taken from their own website.

Secretary Bird

Secretary bird (Description)

This long legged African bird that gets its name from looking as if it is carrying quill pens, surprisingly hunts in at least pairs, like ancient Raptors, on the ground. This photograph of it in flight was captured by Todd Gustafson and is from his own site.

Willow Tit

Willow tit (Description)

 Peter Kuster of Switzerland took this diving photograph. He is one of many photographers both amateur and professional whose work can be found at fotocommunity.com.

Hyacinth Macaw

Hyacinth Macaw (Description)

This is the world’s biggest parrot at around 1m (over 3ft in size). This colourful photo comes from National Geographic. It was taken by Joel Sartore

Acorn Woodpecker

Acorn woodpecker (Details)

This picture with the beak filled and the wings fanned out is by Herb Knuffen and is from another site called “Birds in Flight” by Herb.

Sea Eagle

Sea Eagle (Description)

This amazing picture of the eagle with its catch and droplets of water still in the air was taken by Odim Vashenko and was taken from the site PhotoLightWorld.

This is another look at the sea eagle by another photographer

What grabbed me about this photo was it perfectly shows how the expression “spread eagled” came into the English language.

This picture is here because every time I see it, it puts a smile on my face. To me it has the appearance of someone in costume free-falling!

The photographer is tagged hsc_70 from probably the world’s biggest online photo management and sharing application, flickr.com and is from the Birds in Flight Pool.

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