Black-bellied Whistling Ducks - Flying left

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Recently, I have been culling and reworking some of the many photos I have taken of Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks. This post contains a batch of photos resulting from that work. Two more blog posts may contain photos of these birds.
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Photo taken at Audubon Park in New Orleans in November of 2011
Nikon D300 with 300mm f/2.8 lens and 1.7x teleconverter
1/1000 sec at f/8, ISO 400

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 473mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

Photo taken at the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas in April of 2023
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500 mm
1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800

Photo taken at the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas in April of 2023
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500mm
1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500mm
1/1600 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 360mm
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 445mm
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500mm
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640

Photo taken at the Orlando Wetlands in Florida in December of 2022
Olympus OM-1 camera with 150-400mm f/4.5 tc lens @ 500mm
1/2500 sec at f/5.6, ISO 640

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.