Glossy Ibis (トキ)

Nankeen Kestrel (チョウゲンボウ：小形のタカ)

I shot this Nankeen Kestrel near Kalbarri in Western Australia. It was hovering above something it had spotted in the scrub.
このチョウゲンボウをカルバリー（西オーストラリア州）の近くに見つけた。獲物を狙ってる。

Hungry Osprey (ミサゴ)

I spotted this osprey sitting on the sign post marking a dog beach in Port Gregory, about 500 km north of Perth.
ポートグレゴリーの浜辺で（パースより５００km位）、このミサゴを見つけた。

Caspian Terns (カスピのアジサシ)

Surfs up! (サーフィン)

I took this shot at Trigg Beach in Perth, WA earlier in the week. The waves were quite good, and I got a number of reasonably good photos. Check out my gallery at http://giphsub.smugmug.com (gallery) for the rest of the pics.
これをパースのトリッグビーチでこの前撮った。その他の写真はここで見れる。

Headless Australian Hobby (頭のないオーストラリアのホビー)

Tight crop, but noticed this guy up a gum tree in a nearby park. It is a type of falcon.
近く撮れんかったけど近くの公園で気づいた。タカの一種。

Red-capped Robin (コマドリ)

Gum flower bees (ユーカリの蜂)

Honey Eater (ハニーイーター)

Getting Lucky (ラッキーチャンス)

It's not often these guys let you get close to enough to where they perch to take a decent pic. This black kite moved a few times, but finally got used to me following him and let me get reasonably close for a decent shot. (taken on the same day as the one below)
普段、鳶は人を見たらすぐに飛んでしまうからなかなｋ良い写真撮れない。このやつは何回も移動したけど、だんだんなれてきたから近くまで行けた。（したの写真と同じ日に撮った。）

Black Kite in Flight (飛んでる鳶)

I had some pretty harsh light for photography yesterday, but I had the afternoon off, so I wanted to make the most of it. I went to the local river and sat watching the black kites doing their normal routine. Although the bigma is considered a bad lens for birds in flight, I was pretty happy with some of the results I got yesterday.
昨日は写真撮りに行ったけど曇ってたから写真に最適でもなかった。それでも、撮れたのはかなり満足できた。川の辺に行って鳶を見て、シグマの50-500mmレンズで撮った。

More from the Northern Alps (アルプス)

Sunset Quackers (鴨サンセット)

Egret with Bigma (鷺と新しいレンズ)

I recently bought myself a second hand lens known as the "Bigma". It's a Sigma 50-500mm, and is a big bugger! It weighs about 2kg and coupled with my new D300 is about 3 kg to lug about! Anyway, I have heard that it takes quite some getting used to, especially if used hand-held, so I took it out on the weekend for an hour or two in Kyoto. My arm was aching after, but I was very happy with the results. Here is a one of the shots I got of it.

最近シグマの50−500mmを中古で買った。2kgでとっても重くて、撮り終わったら腕が痛くなってた！（笑！）この鷺の写真は結構満足した一枚になる。今からこのレンズを使うのはとても楽しみだな！