Flight

On the boat returning from Santa Cruz Island, I was experimenting with trying to keep the gulls, who were following us, in my viewfinder. Bouncing, swaying boat; gliding, dipping gull; other passengers who had heads that kept bopping into my field of view.....tough! Did get a couple of good ones. Stabilized lenses are amazing.

Goldfinch #106, cleared for landing

Caught this goldfinch in flight. Looks like the nuthatch is soon to have company for lunch.

Flight

This is one of the early shots I took with my camera after I got it for a Christmas present. We were in Arizona over the holidays and took a hike at Saguaro Lake, in the Superstition Mountains. A mom and her teen son were playing with what was his new camera as well. She pointed out this osprey, ready to dive for dinner, and I just followed along and snapped in continuous shooting mode. Lucky for me, I caught the photo of the lucky bird catching his not-so-lucky dinner.

Jon caught the same series, from a little bit different angle... http://northernillinoisbirder.blogspot.com/2010/06/ospreys.html