Today: 4 hours in the sun. Over 200 videos shot 140 kept 6800 steps Day 4 white-throated swift mania thread starts here #birds - ThreadSky

banditelli.org • 103 days ago

Today: 4 hours in the sun.

Over 200 videos shot

140 kept

6800 steps

Day 4 white-throated swift mania thread starts here #birds

Comments

birdladyasw.bsky.social•103 days ago

I love this sooo much and it makes me missing my swifts soooo much more 😭.

hodag1977.bsky.social•103 days ago

Swifts are the F-16’s of the bird world.

jailoon.bsky.social•100 days ago

wow! the subtle corrections of flight

alexahawaii.bsky.social•103 days ago

Wonderful photo!

tytonidart.bsky.social•103 days ago

these are ALL phenomenal!! 😲😲😲 how are you taking these videos?? i struggle so much to even get them in frame with any zoom, are there secret words i could go google? 😂

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Nikon z8 with a 100-400mm and swifts that have somewhat predictable flight patterns. VERY rare I've never seen swifts this reliable, which is why I'm spending so much time there.

tytonidart.bsky.social•103 days ago

thank you for the info!! I was trying for eagles with a fixed 800mm… from a moving boat, so there’s a lot wrong there 😂 thanks again! and just marvelous videos!!

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Ya boats are hard! I mostly stick to stills for boats, but sometimes I get lucky on the video front https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3lb6jtwu5zc2s

tytonidart.bsky.social•103 days ago

OOOoooooohhhhhh!!!! 🤯😲❤️

tytonidart.bsky.social•103 days ago

omg I just realized I’m not even a follower - thanks again for replying and I fixed the oversight! Heckin fantastic skills! ❤️

flumoxx.bsky.social•103 days ago

Very cool videos! Are you shooting them while they're flying into a fast wind? I try to film swallows but it's impossible unless they're flying into a strong head wind.

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Previous weeks yes, not this week, they're flying up a hillside and I'm at the top of the hill. Very lucky unique circumstances

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Here's todays livepost, quotes of the previous 3 days are below the top post https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3lfzwix4ask2p

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Second usable mouth wide open shot 😮https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3lexpzessek2m

rackletang.bsky.social•103 days ago

They are ridiculous, I love them

alexahawaii.bsky.social•103 days ago

🪶🪶🪶

snakeslefteye.bsky.social•103 days ago

OMNOMNOM

lyanca.bsky.social•103 days ago

Why does it look like a sea turtle?

naptime.theolive.garden•79 days ago

the mouth I love it so much

banditelli.org•79 days ago

ive been on a ROLL (and by roll, I mean these 3 lol) of birds flying towards me eating https://bsky.app/profile/banditelli.org/post/3lh32ogi6fs2q

naptime.theolive.garden•79 days ago

🥹 they look like such goofballs. ty for sharing

banditelli.org•79 days ago

We need goofy birds in these trying times 🥰

banditelli.org•103 days ago

I'll do a better edit of this someday, this was manually tracked in the time from the past post. I'm just really psyched about the footage and wanted to post it into the void lmfao <3 (its a ruby crowned kinglette, not a swift)

leilah.bsky.social•103 days ago

This is some god tier shit. WOW!

ericbertsch.bsky.social•103 days ago

We’ve kingbirds in our nearby park that fly the same.
The kingbirds are kind of interesting in that they’ll be loners for a few months, mate and be industrious parents, then they’ll gather in groups to play & be the most social creatures on the planet.

banditelli.org•103 days ago

Kingbirds are such unique creatures. I wish we had more of them around here.

banditelli.org•103 days ago

HOW ARE YOU REAL!?