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I take a lot of photos of birds - mainly because they are so colourful, active and of course, photogenic.
There are approximately 9,750 bird species, depending on classification, so it's going to take a while to complete this gallery.
Weavers
< Weavers > 		Pigeon Man Mallards Landing Dawn Flight Northern Gannet
Greylags on the wing Mirror Image Funky Gander White Greylag Cygnus cygnus
Swan's Escape 6 Village Weaver Superb Starling Foggy Ducks Pumped-up Robin
Sun Bird Flamingo Face-off Street Music Lilac-breasted Roller Egret Landing
Scarlet Ibis Mallard Landing Isla Canela Rooster Where's the pot of gold?
Mallard Quintet + Mom Greylags in Flight Snowy Egret Fishing Close Formation Nest Robber
Grey Crowned Crane Crows on Hay Village Weaver Mallard Hatchlings Swan Patrol
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Pelican Dive Life & Death Swan Landing Reflecting
Swan Landing Great Egret Ugly Ducklings Swan Dispute African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
Sealion Colony Isla Canela Beach Going Fishing Black-necked Stilt Cheeky Robin
Goose Bombers Frigate Fly-by Geese Landing Dawn Snack Buffon's Macaw
Snowy Egret Fishing Stormy Sky Village Weaver Village Weaver Lilac Breasted Roller
Elephant + Egret Aerial Manoeuvres Kestrel Hovering 2 Grey Heron Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Ostrich Dance Village Weavers Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Village Weaver Egret Leaping
SBJ Snowy Egret Flamingos Great Egret (Ardea alba) Northern Gannet
Wild Goose Family Sunset Swans Making Waves Too White Gyrfalcons Three Pelicans
Mallard Touchdown Village Weaver Grey Heron Fishing On the wing Grey Heron
Village Weaver Male Ostriches Gannet All aboard Blue Heron
Dusk Fishing Gannett Colony Pelican Rocks Red-bellied Woodpecker A Murder of Crows
Stormy Sky 2 Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) Out on a limb Rock Kestrel Hop on Pop
Jonathan Livingston Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis) Ostrich Chick Brown Pelican Henry the Navigator
Black-necked Stilt Kestrel Hovering Gannet Colony Brown Pelican Heron Landing
Village Weaver Charlemont Mall Wild Turkey Gannet Colony Pelican under Pressure
Shoreline Duo Fishing Frenzy Hungry Swan Young Gannett A Gaggle of Geese
Village Weaver Preening Swan Swan Takeoff African Black Oystercatcher Vulture
Oystercatchers (Haematopus Ostralegus) Swan Reflecting Teal Takeoff Frozen in Time Small Brown Job?
White-breasted Cormorants Sanderling on the Wing Heron departing Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Lesser Striped Swallow
Cormorant Gannett Black Necked Stint Female Octrich Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Mallard Chorus Three, Two, One Ferruginous Hawk Turdus migratorius Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Robin Singing Battle Stations Whooping Swans (Cygnus cygnus) Blue Tit Cormorant
Kestrel Stonechat - Female Snowy Egrets at Dawn Stonechat Grey Wagtail
Cool Christmas Bird Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) White Gyrfalcons Little Blue Heron Goose Landing
Swan Nesting Grey Heron in flight Grey Heron Swan Reflection Bald Eagle
Harvest Flock Birds & Bathers Dueling Great White Egrets Whatcha doing? Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius Ecaudatus)
Brent Geese Roseate Spoonbills Drop-in Visitor White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) Hammerhead (Scopus umbretta)
Ugly Ducklings Sunrise Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) Grey Heron in flight Crimson-breasted Shrike
Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) Maribou Stork + Blacksmith Plover Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus flavirostris) Grey Heron in flight Swan Reflection
Black-Tailed Godwits Waterhen Dispute Foggy Dawn Heron Drop in Visitors Australian Tourist
Turnstones at Sunset Byron's Partridge Grey Heron Seagull Flight Heron Reflections
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala) Grey Heron + Fish Oystercatcher Grey Heron Crimson-breasted Shrike on nest
Birds & Bather Pied Wagtail Blue Heron Perched Sanderling (Calidris Alba) Frozen Pond
Grey Wagtail Blue Heron + Moon Dipper Brown Pelican Brownhooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
Best foot forward Black Necked Stint Greenbacked Heron (Butorides striata) Cormorant's Rest Wing Span
Heron Takeoff Grey Heron + Grey Crow White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) Grey Heron in flight Grey Lourie (Go-away bird)
Drop in Visitors Blue Heron in flight Blue Heron in flight Mute Swans Grey Heron
Brent Geese Landing Blue Heron Fishing Grey Lourie (Go-away bird) Mallard Stretching Terns
Mallard Ducklings Drop in Visitors 3 Vultures Whooping Swans (Cygnus cygnus) Grey Heron Nest-Building
Grey Heron Fishing Seagull Blizzard 2 Crimson-breasted Shrike Black-necked Stilt Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Drop in Visitors 2 Jet Propelled Grey Wagtail Grey Heron Perched Blue Heron Fishing
Brownhooded Kingfisher Walk on Water Grey Heron Hunting Seagull Kingfisher
Seagull Grey Heron Fishing Grey Heron Fishing Where are the ducks going? Swans Dispute
Cygnets Best Foot Forward Mute Swans Inter-species interaction Blue Heron Perched
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Grey Heron in flight Mallard Manoeuvres Grey Heron Departing Heron
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Fishing Heron Smooth Landing Blue Heron in flight Seagull Gliding
Avocets Evening Light Grey Heron Landing Grey Heron in flight Grey Heron
Grey Heron Landing Grey Heron Fishing Dawn Great White Egret Grey Heron Take-off Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Grey Heron Fishing Egret Egrets at Dawn Orongo Petroglyphs, Motu Nui, the smaller Motu Iti and the sea stack of Motu Kao Kao Wingspan
Egrets Dancing Squabbling Gulls Maritime Memorial Dancing Egret Heron Descending
Rapa Nui Symbol Diuca Finch (Diuca diuca) Boating Barrier Swan Song Follow the Leader
Ready for Takeoff Seagull Flock in Fog Greylag Goose Heron Takeoff Seagull Explosion
Ringed Plover Ringed Plover on the Wing Ringed Plover in Silhouette Ringed Plover in Silhouette 2 Five Sanderling
Beady Eye Murmuration Ringed Plover Flock Foggy Heron Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Nesting Cormorants Pelican Pile-up Take-off (un)ruffled Rooster Follow the Leader
Mike H. PM reply 13-Mar-2012 23:28
A bristling profusion of interesting birds --
with some in unique or uncommonly caught situations!
Delightful.
Frank Kavanagh Photography PM reply 18-Oct-2011 20:00
Wow, some fabulous shots here.
An excellent gallery. V.
Robert D. McAlpine PM reply 19-May-2010 18:23
I really enjoy your work and I'm impressed at your dedication and determination...9,750 species is setting yourself a lifetime of enjoyable bird photography. I will watch with anticipation.
Phil PM reply 07-May-2010 11:54
a very good collection
Bruno Papuchon PM reply 07-Mar-2010 11:21
A great gallery.V
Bill McMullen PM reply 04-Apr-2009 23:07
Excellent gallery. I really like the diversity and flight shots. -Voted-
Bracciodiferro PM reply 08-Jan-2009 13:43
Great Pics! Vote.
Moni Litmanovitch PM reply 15-Dec-2008 11:08
very nice and well presented gallery
Glen Allen PM reply 14-Dec-2008 23:30
Very Nice gallery.. but u have password protected some images?
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