Posts tagged “wild bird

Common Eider – Somateria mollissima

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Common Eiders, male and female flirting or..?  Straumen – Inderøy, Norway.
Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 300/4.0 D IF-ED with Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II 1.4x, hand-held camera!
My contribution to: «Blue Monday» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday» –  «The BIRD D’pot»

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Wild Bird Wednesday – «Got It»

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«Got it»!  It is always a winner! – Feeding gulls at Flatanger, Norway!  -(click on image to enlarge)-
My contribution to:  «Wild Bird Wednesday»  –  «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Weekend Reflections»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4.0 D IF-ED, hand-held camere, standing in a moving boat!


Wild Bird Wednesday – «In The Air»

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A White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla ) is looking for fish in Flatanger, Norway.  -(click on image to enlarge)-

My contribution to: «Wild Bird Wednesday»  –  «The BIRD D’pot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4.0 D IF-ED, hand-held camera in a moving boat!  (Sorry, –  the eagle is slightly blurred)


Looking For Grub

European Herring Gull

European Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus ) is looking for food! Kind of  caught in action!

My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot»  –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4.0 D IF-ED, hand-held camera standing in a boat!


Common Chaffinch – Fringilla coelebs – Bokfink

 

 

Common Chaffinch

A Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) is eating sunflower seeds. -(click on image to enlarge)-

My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 swinghead pro.


Boreal Owl – Aegolius funereus – Perleugle

Boreal Owl (1)A Boreal Owl – (Aegolius funereus) looking out from his new «home» made by a woodpecker in a telegraph pole. Horizontal photo.

Boreal Owl (2)

Vertical photo.  My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot» – «Wild Bird Wednesday»  –  «Camera-Critters»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 swinghead pro on top!


Black Grouse – Tetrao tetrix – orrfugl

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From a photohide at Flatanger, Norway. Photo taken at 22.30 using ISO 3200!

Black Grouse (2)

Even later, – using ISO 6400.

My contribution to: «Wild Bird Wednesday» – «The BIRD D’pot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 swinghead pro, bad light!


More White-tailed Eagle Catching Fish

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Got it!

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Home to eat!

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He really like pollock!

Eagle (4)

Going home!

My contribution to: «Wild Bird Wednesday»  –  The BIRD D’pot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4.0 D IF-ED, hand-held camera from a boat!


White-tailed Eagle Catching Fish

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Flatanger, Norway. A White-tailed Eagle  (Haliaeetus albicilla) in action!  -(click on image to enlarge)-

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To be continued….         -(click on image to enlarge)-

My contribution to:  «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»  – «Camera-Critters»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4.0 D IF-ED, hand-held camera from a boat!


Eurasian Jay – Garrulus glandarius – Nøtteskrike

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This «Eurasian_Jay» (Garrulus glandarius) is looking for food! Photo taken from a hide at Flatanger, Norway.   -(Klick on image to enlarge)-

My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot»  –  «Weekly Top Shot»  –  «Blue Monday»  –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 swinghead pro.


Northern Pintail – Anas acuta – Stjertand

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A Northern_Pintail (Anas Acuta) is at the moment at Nidarø in Trondheim Norway.

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His girlfriend is a female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). She likes his company!

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Actually he has got a lot of friends at Nidarø.

My contribution to:  «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»  –  «Blue Monday»  –  «Weekly Top Shot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VRII, handheld camera.


Bird Migration

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These emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) came back too early this year, only snow to see in the fields!

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Ok, just take your portrait. But, hurry up I freezing cold! Australia is a much better place to be!

My contribution to:  «The BIRD D’pot»  –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»


A Female Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

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«I want meat!» A female «Eurasian Blackbird» is looking for food. A roadkilled fox is perfect for her!

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A slice bread is well as dessert! From a photohide looking for eagles. (Klick on image to enlarge)

My contribution to: «Wild Bird Wednesday» – «The BIRD D’pot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod With a Redged RWC-3 swing head pro!


Common Redpoll – Carduelis flammea – Gråsisik

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A Common_Redpoll, male I think.  (Klick on image to enlarge)

My contribution to:  «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday» –  «RubyTuesday2»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 With a Redged RWC-3 swing head pro.


LOL

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This Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is having a great time at Nedre Leirfoss in the river Nidelven, Trondheim Norway.

My contribution to: «Weekly Top Shot» –  «The BIRD D’pot» –  «Wild Bird Wednesday»

Nikon D700 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod on a Redged RWC-3 swing head pro.


European Herring Gull

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Hi, my name is Gull, – «European Herring Gull»! ( Larus argentatus ) I am a juvenile! Photo taken at Straumen, Inderøy, Norway.

My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot» – «Wild Bird Wednesday»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 swing-head pro!


The Terminator

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The Terminator in action. A Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is about to eat a roadkilled fox. Flatanger, Norway. (Klick on image to enlarge)

My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot» – «Wild Bird Wednesday» – «The Weekly Top Shot»

Nikon D4 using Nikon’s AF-S Nikkor 600mm f/4G ED VR on a Redged RTC-332 tripod with a Redged RWC-3 pro head!


A Common Shag – Phalacrocorax aristotelis

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«Common Shag» what a name! It makes me laugh! It must be the best place to see this bird, on top of a pole… In norvegian, «toppskarv» or «småskarv»! My contribution to: «The BIRD D’pot» – «Wild Bird Wednesday» and «BlueMonday» – «RubyTuesday2»


Atlantic Puffin – Fratercula arctica

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Puffins flying around «Bleiksøya». 80,000 puffin pairs is nesting on this islet!

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This picture is taken from a small boat. My contribution to  «Wild Bird Wednesday».

Nikon D700 using Nikon’s Nikkor AF-S 300/4,0 D IF-ED, hand-held camera!

(Photos taken summer 2010)