
Alice Springs Desert Park – swooping Hobby (a type of falcon). Look at those gorgeous feathers!
I visited Alice Springs Desert Park a couple of weeks ago and saw some amazing demonstrations of free flying birds. The Hobby is a type of falcon, very swift and agile, and I was thrilled to get a fairly well focused shot of it swooping down, every feather clearly visible.
Another impressive bird display involved a juvenile Black Breasted Buzzard. These birds are known for their ability to use stones to crack open eggs, including the very large, thick-shelled, green eggs of emus. At the park, the buzzards open imitation eggs with meat inside.

Close-up of buzzard’s wing feathers.
Here, the bird has both wings outstretched for balance.

Alice Springs Desert Park – Black Breasted Buzzard (juvenile) cracking open an “emu egg”.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the topic of feathers.
Fantastic photos!
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Thank you Irina!
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My pleasure, Karen.
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That first is an amazing photo, Karen! π
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Ta! It was preceded by quite a few streaking blurs and empty frames, but that one worked. π
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π π
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What cracking shots! I know only too well how difficult it is to get a shot of these amazing birds, you have done very well. Lovely, lovely feathers.
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Thanks Jude! The little devils don’t stay still for very long, that’s for sure. I also have a great one of an owl, but it didn’t fit the ‘feathers’ theme sadly.
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I’m sure you can find a way to post him anyway π I love owls.
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These are such great photos for the feather challenge. Marvelous π
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Thanks Cee!
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super shots
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Thanks, I’m glad you like them.
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Swoosh! Amazing photography! Photos well worthy of being featured by Cee, congratulations!
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Hey, thanks Mike! Swoosh indeed, those birds were amazing so close up.
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Your welcome,
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Incredible captures! I’m amazed…
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A lot of luck! It helped that the birds had been trained to come for the food, so although they were free flying it was possible to predict (to a degree!) where they might be.
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