DavidTriplett Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 This is the additional weekly image thread for the Nature Forum. While images posted to this thread should still be nature in theme, it may contain a small amount of human-made objects and therefore less restricted than the Monday in Nature threads. Please see this discussion for more details: Alternative weekly thread in Nature forum Each participant please post no more than just one image per weekly thread. Many members will appreciate any information you are willing or able to provide regarding location, shooting process, exposure settings, equipment, and information on the subject(s), including scientific and/or common names. This week's, and this year's, kickoff image was shot on the Washington coast in summer 2013. I've always loved the coast, having grown up near the beach in Southern California, and coastal subjects remain a fascination. In this case I captured a variety of birds in flight, with the background of the waves and fishing vessel setting the mood on a gray, summer, Northwest Coast kind of day. I understand if this feels more like a landscape, but the birds are what made the image, so I classify it as Nature. All of the birds are gulls of one flavor or another. Nikon D5100 + Nikkor 70-300mm/4.5-5.6 @ 300mm/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO 100. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Boyd Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 American White Pelican making a perfect landing. This was earlier in week at White Rock Lake, Dallas, TX, Nikon D850 with Tamron 150-600mm lens 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgelfand Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Taken in Jack E Hill Park, Elk Grove, CA @ 1:57 PM Nikon D750 1/1600 sec, f/7.1, ISO 320 (Auto), Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD A022N @ 460mm, Range: 26.61 meters Please view full-size And Happy New Year to all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelfarley Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 American Bison, Yellowstone, Nikon D800e, 400mm f2.8 Nikkor w/ TC14e, f5.6, ISO 800, 1/1600sec. These animals move very slowly during winter to conserve energy given the very sparse forage available 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 In previous threads, I have mentioned that Sandy Wool is a lake in the suburban south San Francisco Bay area. The park services stock the lake with fishes every couple of weeks so that people can enjoy recreational fishing, and the birds get to feast as well. In the winder we have a lot of double-crested cormorants there and some American white pelicans. Only the pelicans can dive deep to catch the fishes, while pelicans mainly try to scope up fishes by the surface. However, when the cormorants surface to swallow, the pelicans would attack them to steal the fish. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_niemi1 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Cooper's Hawk (I think) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger G Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 [ATTACH=full]1370414[/ATTACH] Cooper's Hawk (I think) Yup. Flat cap, pale nape. And look at the size of those legs! Much bigger than similar Sharp-shinned Hawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 The geese formerly known as Canada - now year-round inhabitants of Southern Illinois Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Only the pelicans can dive deep to catch the fishes, Correction: only the cormorants can dive deep to catch the fish... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Correction: only the cormorants can dive deep to catch the fish... Thanks. Thought I had proof read my post. o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 [ATTACH=full]1370588[/ATTACH] Hi Deborah, happy new year. Are those snow geese? I assume I am seeing black flight feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Vallette Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Hi Deborah, happy new year. Are those snow geese? I assume I am seeing black flight feathers. Hi, Shun, Sorry for the delay. I wish we had found snow geese that day. This is the eastern shore of Maryland and they usually are all over the cornfields in the winter. I don't know what these are. Some type of gull, I expect. But I had a lot of fun taking photos of the patterns their wings made. We are going to try again. Debby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Oh, those are gulls? Thanks Debby. I used to live in New Jersey, and I have seen a lot of snow geese on the coast. Once they all went up into the air and it was quite a scene, with plenty of noise too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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