Corellas flocking overhead

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

Camping in outback Queensland I've come upon a mega-flock of Corellas - occupying 4 or 5 large trees, there much be 1500 to 2000 birds overall. The noise can be heard 1/2-km away

1)- a small part of one 'breakaway' group winging overhead ~ about 200 in this image

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/2000sx F7,1; ISO-800; lens at 24x zoom / 600mm FFequiv

2) "coming in ~ grab a branch"

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/2000sx F8; ISO-800; lens at 20x zoom / 500mm FFequiv (then heavily cropped more)

3) "look out below"

exif- Panny FZ-300; 1/2000sx F6,3; ISO-800; lens at 20x zoom / 500mm FFequiv (then heavily cropped further)

As always, feedback welcome

Phil

[Grumpy John]

Some great images there Phil. Can't pick a favourite.

[HansE]

Birds of a feather. Well captured. I like all three. It does give you a good idea of the bird.

[Isac]

Gotta love large groups of birds and you've captured great content Phil. My screen is showing really patchy blue sky do you know what is causing that?

[wigz]

Well done Phil, I find it hard to capture large groups of birds. Looks like noise in the sky.in #2.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Alan

with #2 and #3 being a 1000px crop from a 4000px image - we are seeing right down to the sensor ..... so it's a big enlargement and thus some / heaps of / noise will be there

Isac- sorry about the patchy blue sky - caused by lots of tiny aliens racing across the lower universe

Phil

[Isac]

You're a funny man Phil and you know the "patchies" are real easy fix.