Swamp Harriers in flight

The adults are very shy and do a 180 when they see you even if you're a mile off. The juveniles, the dark ones here, have yet to learn that.

These were taken at the Western Treatment Plant near Geelong earlier this year. It was a good summer for them down there.

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Juvenile
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Same guy
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Adult starting doing a U-turn
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This is how they hunt: gliding fairly low over grassland
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Adult that's spotted something edible and is putting on the brakes
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They do a tight turn and dive straight down
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Some good shots here Ern.

I take it you are a birder, what lens do you use?.

Thanks Pindan.

I'm more a bird shooter than a birder - lol, that gets me off the hook having to be able to identify them all.

I use a Sony A9 and Sony 400mm f2.8 with a 1.4x or 2x teleconverter.