Birds in Your Backyard: Birds In Flight

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Birds In Flight

I collected most my photos of birds in flight, enjoy!
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Birds in flight are very difficult to capture. You have to take the picture at the perfect moment. Many of my bird pictures in flight were taken accidentally. I have recently challenged my self to try to get pictures of birds in flight.
To get photos of birds it requires fast shutter speed or flash. Our camera is just a simple point and the flash isn't powerful so I use fast shutter speed.
Bird feeders are a good place to start taking pictures of birds in flight. Even though the birds may be small they come time and time again which allows gives you another opportunity to take another picture if you miss it.

The Owl that we see in winter

The Cooper's Hawk

Hermit Thrush

American White Pelicans

Cooper's Hawk

More pelicans

Strip the Red-breasted Nuthatch

Tree Swallow

American Crows

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Black-capped Chickadee

American Crow

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are sometimes easier that other
birds to photograph in flight, because they hover in one position. You need
to have a fast shutter speed or a flash to freeze it in flight