Went to Caloundra (Sunshine Coast QLD) on the long weekend and got my first shots of Austrasian Gannets. This was a young one fishing but he was quite good at fishing for gar. Only once did I see him come up empty beaked.
Gannet Circling for Target
Spotted and diving for the Target
Mission accomplished, Target aquired
Great photos capturing the action devster - quite a catch!
Great pics mate!
Excellent series of shots! I love the one with the fish in it's beak and the second one with background out of focus.
Samford Valley Qld.
Great shots Devster, particularly like the second in dive mode.
Wow, those shots are amazing! Great work
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Thanks so much for the kind comments guys.
I took soo many photos of the gannet it was hard to decide which to post.
I also got some shots of Osprey, Whistling & Brahminy Kites as well as an osprey chasing off a White Bellied Sea Eagle twice its size.
I'll try to post them over the weekend.
Thanks again for looking.
Cheers
Devster
That second shot he looks commited. The bent wings ready to retract on impact I think is a cracker.
To think they then swim - fly around underwater briefly to get the target if reuired is amazing.
Nice pics, thanks for sharing
Ipswich Shire Eastern flanks
Thanks Jason.
He was going for gar which are a surface fish, so pretty sure he would have gotten that on impact.
Still pretty amazing to think it's swimming underwater with a fish in its gob.
Great pics. You can cross Gannets of your list :)
Dave
Sydney
https://www.flickr.com/photos/12185187@N00/
Excellent shots and great series
Link to my Flickr Account
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14869355@N07/
Thanks for the positive comments guys.
Yes dmp it was a tick for me, which are hard to get now as I have nearly exhausted birds in my area.