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04-MAY-2012

Sky Dance

Martin Luther King Shoreline, Oakland, CA

I think these two are performing a courtship flight although such
behavior is not mentioned in the resources I have. The closest one (a female?)
circled the far one (male) while it fluttered motionless in an exaggerated arch.
There was also the well-documented courtship feeding by the male of a fish to
a female occurring on the water in the same area several times by this (?) and other pairs.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR
1/2000s f/6.3 at 500.0mm iso400, tc 1.4 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Ilana DeBare 06-May-2012 14:52
Beautiful!
Doris Sharrock06-May-2012 00:11
a gorgeous areial capture, congrats
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