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RR @roshn.me@bsky.brid.gy

For #TwosDay, Here are the eternal enemies - A Black Crow accosting and chasing a Haliastur Indus out of its territory. #wildlife #birds #birdinflight #birdsinflight #TwoSpeciesTuesday #bif #photography

A black crow chases a light brown kite in midair above bare branches against an overcast sky.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funerea) in flight, Bald Knob One of my favourite birds, about to land #photography #birds #cockatoo #Zanda #BIF #wildlife #nature #flying #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

A Yellow-tailed black cockatoo in flight, seen from slightly below as it banks towards a landing in a tree. The bird's tail is widely spread, showing its pale yellow, black-tipped tail feathers, while its wings are raised high on an up-beat. Although its body is turned slightly away from us, the bright yellow patch on its cheek is clearly visible.

RR @roshn.me@bsky.brid.gy

Happy #FlyDay everyone Two painted storks #wildlife #birds #photography #bif #birdsinflight

Two painted storks flying with their wings wide open, against a clear, blue, sky.

RR @roshn.me@bsky.brid.gy

This Painted Stork got moves #wildlife #birds #birdsinflight #bif #photography

A painted stork gracefully landing on the muddy bank of a waterbody, with wings fully spread and legs extended, surrounded by a dry, earthy landscape and still water in the background.

RR @roshn.me@bsky.brid.gy

Gray Heron #wildlife #birds #birdsinflight #bif #photography

A Gray Heron in graceful flight, wings fully extended and neck slightly curved, soaring against a bright, warm sky.

RR @roshn.me@bsky.brid.gy

White-Throated Kingfisher #wildlife #birds #birdsinflight #bif #photography

A white-throated kingfisher with a rich brown body, blue tail patch, and red bill launching off a wooden post, wings partially open against a plain sky.

Sally Mack @sallymack@sfba.social

Daily upload - Mar 20 - Avocets taking off, Vallejo CA 01128 (2025)

Color photo of a flock of avocets taking off from the water. Wings are extended. The birds are seen at such an angle that the black wings and stripes on striped on their otherwise white bodies form recurring abstract patters. Background is blue water.

#photography #bird #BirdsOfMastodon

Sally Mack @sallymack@sfba.social

Daily upload - Mar 19 - Avocets, Vallejo CA 02086 (2025)

Color photo of five black-and-white avocets in flight. They're all flying right to left, wings in various positions, upraised, down, or flat. Curved bills can be seen. Some of them have rust-colored heads (breeding colors). Background is blue sky.

#photography #bird #BirdsOfMastodon

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

A bright moment in time (Merops ornatus) #photography #birds #BeeEater #BIF #art #MarchIntoLandscapes #Frozen #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

A rainbow bee-eater caught with its wings outstretched and tail spread, backlit with the light shining through its golden wing feathers. It has just launched itself from a gnarled dead branch that forms a dark, angular counterpoint to the colour and graceful lines of the bird.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Fogg Dam Frozen in flight This is clearly a dinosaur... #photography #landscape #nature #wildlife #wetlands #birds #BIF #tropics #MarchIntoLandscapes #Frozen #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin

A glossy ibis in a steep banking turn, low over marshy tropical wetland. The bird is flying right to left, wings fully spread and tilted towards us. Thanks to the angle of the shot, its legs are completely hidden, so its outline looks like some sort of experimental airframe, or perhaps a living pterodactyl of some kind.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Little corella about to alight (Cacatua sanguinea, Fogg Dam) #photography #birds #BIF #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

A little corella about to alight on the topmost branches of a dead tree, seen from below against a blue sky. The corella's wings are swept wide and slightly forward with the sun shining through them. Its claws are down, ready to grasp the branch.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Rainbow bee-eater, about to take a bath (Merops ornatus, Ngurrungurrudjba, Kakadu) #photography #birds #BIF #bathing #diving #BeeEater #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

A rainbow bee-eater in a vertical dive, wings outstretched, a few centimetres from the rippled surface of a billabong. The bird's reflection can be seen, distorted, in the water.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

There is a season... #photography #birds #tern #BIF #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

A tern against a blue sky, flying almost directly towards the photographer, banking slightly to its left, with its wings, edge-on, curved downwards in an almost perfect semicircle.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Pheasant coucal in flight (Centropus phasianinus, Kakadu) #photography #birds #Coucal #BIF #Kakadu #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

Pheasant coucal in flight, flying left to right, wings on a downbeat and partly backlit by the sun. The coucal is actually a species of cuckoo, a large, heavy-set bird with patterned brown plumage and a long tail, more comfortable on the ground.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Magpie geese taking off, McMinn's Lagoon (Anseranas semipalmata) #photography #landscape #birds #BIF #MagpieGeese #wetlands #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

A flock of magpie geese just taking off from shallow waters in a lagoon. Most birds are only a few body-lengths in the air, wings beating hard to get airborne, and a few birds remain standing in the lagoon shallows.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Dive! Dive! Dive! Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) panic dive This dive only lasts a moment, but when a tree-full all take fright it rains rainbows; then they pull up and zoom off/1 #photography #birds #BIF #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

Rainbow lorikeet in a pure vertical dive, dropping out of a tree with wings completely spread, showing all its rainbow of colours.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Rainbow bee-eater descending a staircase (apologies to Duchamp) (Merops ornatus)(Marcel Duchamp, 'Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2' 1912) A repost, but perfect for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKinetic #Kinetic #photography #birds #RainbowBeeEater #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #BIF

Multiple superimposed shots of a rainbow bee-eater taking flight from its perch on the top of a dead tree stump, with consecutive shots showing wings in various positions across the frame. The sequence is a deliberate reference to Marcel Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2'

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Good morning! Ducks at dawn, Ngurrungurrudjba, Kakadu (not on a wall) #photography #dawn #birds #BIF #silhouette #ducks #cloudscape #scape #PhotographersUnited #NotIronic #EastCoastKin

Three ducks in flight, in silhouette against diffuse dawn clouds in oranges and greys. It is almost a parody of the three ducks on a wall, however there is a grace and elegance about these shapes.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

"Map of Australia" attempt fails, Western Australia attempts to secede again Flock of ibis, Kakadu This will probably only appeal to Aussies, and then only to those who share my sense of humour... #photography #landscape #scape #birds #BIF #humour #MarchIntoLandscapes #Quaint #Kakadu #EastCoastKin

Looking up at a high-flying large flock of ibis, possibly 100 birds, who have formed into an outline that resembles a map of Australia, except that the birds who would form the lower portion of Western Australia are in a straight line trailing back from the formation.

Peter Barnes @infinite8horizon.com@bsky.brid.gy

Good morning! The early bird catches the worm (you might have to click in) #photography #sunrise #landscape #birds #kookaburra #worm #silhouette #BIF #treescape #EastCoastKin

Cloudy sunrise seen through a stand of eucalypts, forming the lower right diagonal of the frame. The top left of the frame is filled by the trunk and arching branches of a nearer eucalypt, and caught diving off a branch, wings spread, is a kookaburra with a worm in its beak.

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