Weekly Theme "Things that Fly"

[Grandpa]

Love the bokeh on that owl, Marie. Great catch!

[earlybird]

[marionet]

i have seen this before.. back in 2004 i think on a trip to south dakota around the black hills area.. it was on a air force base painted on a plane lol i remember because my dad took a picture of it too, and we werent supposed to b "behind the scenes" let alone taking pictures lol but it was where my cousin was stationed at the time so he snuck us in anyway

Cool! They must have tightened security and maybe moved the museum planes after I was there in 2002- there were a bunch of planes parked on a big area of tarmac which also was a parking lot for visitors. I don't remember most of the other planes but there was a biplane and a Huey. I really wish I hadn't seen that Huey. I was in SD to give myself a birthday present of camping in Plains grass. Ugh, it was July and the heat and humidity were horrendous. The Badlands were really cool and I watched some bigwallers climb Devil's Tower without ropes (Unbelievable! Those guys are crazy!), and got about a million louse bites when I camped in Custer State Park.

[marionet]

The gulls on the roof were just sitting there quietly until the other one flew by; then they erupted into loud displays. It seemed like they knew him and were saying hi.

[Rincewind]

Some very nice ones so far indeed.
No swans yet i see,so here it goes.

Great shame about the obstructing plant i know/agree,as in the following pic as well,ah well...
Landing.

Having a marvelous couple of weeks,had my first sighting of a pair of Peregrine falcons and spotted not one but two kingfishers in different locations in one week.

And a buzzard giving me a sort of 'do you know how small and insignificant you look down there'-look.

[watergirl]

Love the bokeh on that owl, Marie. Great catch!

Thanks Dane!
The one thing I really struggled with was trying to get the whole wingspan in but still being in close enough to see the bird - and get some bokeh to separate the bird from the background. In each shot I either got the full wingspan, or the good background. I still have to figure out how to get both.

[slutskaya]

.. P51-Mustang

.. B-25'Mitchell


~ Don ~

[Annie Lipir]

Black-headed Gull (nest construction).

[MountainRider]

We're certainly off to a great start. It would take too long to say how much I like each one.
MountainRider - sorry to hear about your health problems, I hope things get better for you soon.

Thanks Marie I've beaten this crap before....hopefully I'll do it again.

[marionet]