New on 500px : Snow Goose Landing by axelhildebrandt by axelhildebrandt

Snow Goose, photographed in Pennsylvania a few minutes before sunset.

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New on 500px : Cool and the gang by Andrea_Izzotti by Andrea_Izzotti

brave patagonia puppy sea lion coming for the party!

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New on 500px : We are Family by chrishpetersen by chrishpetersen

A mated pair of sandhill cranes lead the way for a youngster on the very long northbound spring migration.

Unlike many birds, sandhill cranes tend to be monogamous (one male mates with one female). Once breeding pairs form, they can remain together for many years. The small family groups fly together within the massive migration flocks.

You can tell by the crimson red “cap” feathers that the two lead birds in this trio are an adult pair. The smaller bird in the rear lacks the adult crimson cap, and is probably last year’s offspring.

Cranes are like geese and often fly in formations. The older stronger birds lead the way, and the younger birds draft in the wake they create. The older cranes even slow their pace to enable the younger birds to keep up during the long migration flights.

I would encourage you to watch the cranes flying at dawn and dusk (Central Time Zone), during the migration on the Rowe Sanctuary live web cam (you will see an ad first): http://bit.ly/24XaVvG

Leave me a comment or email me if you would like more information on the crane migration and photographing them: chrishpetersen@live.com

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New on 500px : Woodchat shrike الصرد أحمر القنة by Saad1 by Saad1

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New on 500px : Flexity by Andrea_Izzotti by Andrea_Izzotti

Long exposure move effect on patagonia sea lion portrait seal on the beach

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New on 500px : Sandhill Cranes by michaelfromholt by michaelfromholt

A pair of Sandhill Cranes. Thee migratory birds stop in the area on their way to and from their summer and winter grounds. This location is the Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Refuge, which is operated by the state of Indiana. The area is a deignated waterfowl resting area for all migratory birds, including Canadian Geese, Snow Geese, and many others.

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New on 500px : Get down on it by Andrea_Izzotti by Andrea_Izzotti

Patagonia puppy sea lion decided that it’s time to stop being uptight and to start dancing

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New on 500px : Snow Angels by mkhanz25 by mkhanz25

Snow geese are so much fun to photograph. They will fly away at the slightest disturbance and than mostly come back to the same spot in a cacophony of honking sounds.
This day they were flying back and forth to the same spot and suddenly the wind shifted enough and they were landing head on.

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New on 500px : Panic by MogensTrolle by MogensTrolle

Wildebeest crossing the crocodile-infested Mara River in noisy panic. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

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New on 500px : Snow Goose by nik_patel21 by nik_patel21

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New on 500px : Flapping Mallard by HermanWong by HermanWong

This is a male eclipse Mallard. I caught it flapping wings, and tried to get a complete sequence of of its action. Somehow the angle was not perfect, I could only use 3 shots in stacking. I duplicated 2 of the 3 shots and applied radial blurr and perpective warp to make this sequence complete. Heard that an 1D full frame model of a famous brand DSLR can fire 14 frames in one second. That maybe Photo birder’s dream machine.
It is interesting to learn that Mallard is the ancestor of all domestic duck breeds, except Muscovy Duck. They are monogamous, but males like to have extra-marital affair (just like humans).

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