I've owned the Panasonic Lumix line of ultrazoom cameras --- FZ10,'20 and '30 --- since January 2004 and with the Leica lens, image stabilization and 12x optical zoom (out to approximately 420mm) I've learned to appreciate birds as I never had with my previous cameras. My interest became an obsession after my recent (October 2005) purchase of a Red-Dot Sight, a device usually found on guns to track targets. I now "hunt" and "shoot" birds with the RDS mounted on my current FZ30's flash hot shoe using an Xtend-a-Sight. http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RDS-Setup1/82073477_R7DZv-Ti.jpg http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/gallery/899628_kgyyk/ 2009-02-07T21:21:49Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This pic and the next show the BSA 30mm Red-Dot Sight attached to my FZ30's flash hot shoe with the Xtend-a-Sight mount from Photosolve (www.photosolve.com).</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#82073477_R7DZv" title="This pic and the next show the BSA 30mm Red-Dot Sight attached to my FZ30's flash hot shoe with the Xtend-a-Sight mount from Photosolve (www.photosolve.com)."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RDS-Setup1/82073477_R7DZv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="137" alt="This pic and the next show the BSA 30mm Red-Dot Sight attached to my FZ30's flash hot shoe with the Xtend-a-Sight mount from Photosolve (www.photosolve.com)." title="This pic and the next show the BSA 30mm Red-Dot Sight attached to my FZ30's flash hot shoe with the Xtend-a-Sight mount from Photosolve (www.photosolve.com)." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-08T21:04:05Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RDS-Setup1/82073477_R7DZv-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />My FZ30 has an LCD screen that can be flipped down. When using the Red-Dot Sight, I have the LCD in this position to frame my subject as it's much easier to use than putting your eye up to t ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#82073558_n8DAy" title="My FZ30 has an LCD screen that can be flipped down. When using the Red-Dot Sight, I have the LCD in this position to frame my subject as it's much easier to use than putting your eye up to t ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RDS-Setup2/82073558_n8DAy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="135" alt="My FZ30 has an LCD screen that can be flipped down. When using the Red-Dot Sight, I have the LCD in this position to frame my subject as it's much easier to use than putting your eye up to t ..." title="My FZ30 has an LCD screen that can be flipped down. When using the Red-Dot Sight, I have the LCD in this position to frame my subject as it's much easier to use than putting your eye up to t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-18T03:24:06Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RDS-Setup2/82073558_n8DAy-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />These initial attempts using the RDS were taken at Machado Lake in suburban Los Angeles' Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. This and the following Mallard shot are sequential using the FZ30's ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#40857344_CgegJ" title="These initial attempts using the RDS were taken at Machado Lake in suburban Los Angeles' Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. This and the following Mallard shot are sequential using the FZ30's ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Mallard-BIF1-Oct/40857344_CgegJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="These initial attempts using the RDS were taken at Machado Lake in suburban Los Angeles' Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. This and the following Mallard shot are sequential using the FZ30's ..." title="These initial attempts using the RDS were taken at Machado Lake in suburban Los Angeles' Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park. This and the following Mallard shot are sequential using the FZ30's ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:54:39Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Mallard-BIF1-Oct/40857344_CgegJ-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:05:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#40857286_cbYqJ" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Mallard-BIF2-Oct/40857286_cbYqJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:58:23Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Mallard-BIF2-Oct/40857286_cbYqJ-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:05:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />On the same day of the Mallard action I spied an American Kestrel couple at the park looking for dinner. These are small, zippy falcons that I've always found difficult to contain within the ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081442_a3Rq9" title="On the same day of the Mallard action I spied an American Kestrel couple at the park looking for dinner. These are small, zippy falcons that I've always found difficult to contain within the ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF1/107081442_a3Rq9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="On the same day of the Mallard action I spied an American Kestrel couple at the park looking for dinner. These are small, zippy falcons that I've always found difficult to contain within the ..." title="On the same day of the Mallard action I spied an American Kestrel couple at the park looking for dinner. These are small, zippy falcons that I've always found difficult to contain within the ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:22:59Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF1/107081442_a3Rq9-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 16:54:20 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081504_omWXu" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF2/107081504_omWXu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:18:56Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF2/107081504_omWXu-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 16:51:18 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081562_95fhq" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF3/107081562_95fhq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:22:21Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF3/107081562_95fhq-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 16:53:54 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081620_yeLak" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF4/107081620_yeLak-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:22:09Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF4/107081620_yeLak-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 16:52:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This and the following 2 shots are once again sequential using the FZ30's high burst mode. The red dot made tracking a cinch, and the focus stayed "locked on" throughout. The camera settings ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#40857329_rRWAj" title="This and the following 2 shots are once again sequential using the FZ30's high burst mode. The red dot made tracking a cinch, and the focus stayed "locked on" throughout. The camera settings ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Female-Kestrel-BIF/40857329_rRWAj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="This and the following 2 shots are once again sequential using the FZ30's high burst mode. The red dot made tracking a cinch, and the focus stayed "locked on" throughout. The camera settings ..." title="This and the following 2 shots are once again sequential using the FZ30's high burst mode. The red dot made tracking a cinch, and the focus stayed "locked on" throughout. The camera settings ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-18T18:00:21Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RDS-Female-Kestrel-BIF/40857329_rRWAj-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:02:38 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081668_WCddv" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF5/107081668_WCddv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="96" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:21:12Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF5/107081668_WCddv-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:02:38 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />As can be seen here, the focus stays on the Kestrel even when a tree is introduced into the background, and there's a "panning effect" as you sweep along, tracking the bird.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081736_WFYjG" title="As can be seen here, the focus stays on the Kestrel even when a tree is introduced into the background, and there's a "panning effect" as you sweep along, tracking the bird."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF6/107081736_WFYjG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="As can be seen here, the focus stays on the Kestrel even when a tree is introduced into the background, and there's a "panning effect" as you sweep along, tracking the bird." title="As can be seen here, the focus stays on the Kestrel even when a tree is introduced into the background, and there's a "panning effect" as you sweep along, tracking the bird." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:24:18Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF6/107081736_WFYjG-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:02:39 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081796_guGGe" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF7/107081796_guGGe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:21:18Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF7/107081796_guGGe-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:02:43 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />While I was concentrating on the Kestrel couple a Red-Shouldered Hawk flew onto the Kestrel perch. I took this and the following shot pretty much off-the-cuff as it was flying away.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081867_DLa2y" title="While I was concentrating on the Kestrel couple a Red-Shouldered Hawk flew onto the Kestrel perch. I took this and the following shot pretty much off-the-cuff as it was flying away."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF8/107081867_DLa2y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="While I was concentrating on the Kestrel couple a Red-Shouldered Hawk flew onto the Kestrel perch. I took this and the following shot pretty much off-the-cuff as it was flying away." title="While I was concentrating on the Kestrel couple a Red-Shouldered Hawk flew onto the Kestrel perch. I took this and the following shot pretty much off-the-cuff as it was flying away." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:19:32Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF8/107081867_DLa2y-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:26:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />There's an oil refinery across the street from the park; that's what you see in the background. The high-speed auto-focus is still tightly locked onto the Red-Shouldered Hawk even as it's f ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#107081922_U7bu2" title="There's an oil refinery across the street from the park; that's what you see in the background. The high-speed auto-focus is still tightly locked onto the Red-Shouldered Hawk even as it's f ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF9/107081922_U7bu2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="There's an oil refinery across the street from the park; that's what you see in the background. The high-speed auto-focus is still tightly locked onto the Red-Shouldered Hawk even as it's f ..." title="There's an oil refinery across the street from the park; that's what you see in the background. The high-speed auto-focus is still tightly locked onto the Red-Shouldered Hawk even as it's f ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-16T10:21:37Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BIF9/107081922_U7bu2-Th.jpg 2005-10-20 17:26:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />I returned to Harbor Park about a week later. It was a cloudy day and I wasn't expecting much but I found some old friends...These Red-tail Hawks have made the park and the adjacent grounds ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299215_ZSXas" title="I returned to Harbor Park about a week later. It was a cloudy day and I wasn't expecting much but I found some old friends...These Red-tail Hawks have made the park and the adjacent grounds ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-and-Willie-Oct-23/41299215_ZSXas-Th.jpg" width="150" height="122" alt="I returned to Harbor Park about a week later. It was a cloudy day and I wasn't expecting much but I found some old friends...These Red-tail Hawks have made the park and the adjacent grounds ..." title="I returned to Harbor Park about a week later. It was a cloudy day and I wasn't expecting much but I found some old friends...These Red-tail Hawks have made the park and the adjacent grounds ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:41:39Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-and-Willie-Oct-23/41299215_ZSXas-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:46:31 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />These next 4 pics follow Mina as she launches herself from the pole. Once again, I probably would have had only 1 successful shot ---and possibly none ---without the RDS. Now I'm capturing ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299238_82nks" title="These next 4 pics follow Mina as she launches herself from the pole. Once again, I probably would have had only 1 successful shot ---and possibly none ---without the RDS. Now I'm capturing ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-MIna-Shot1-Oct-23/41299238_82nks-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="These next 4 pics follow Mina as she launches herself from the pole. Once again, I probably would have had only 1 successful shot ---and possibly none ---without the RDS. Now I'm capturing ..." title="These next 4 pics follow Mina as she launches herself from the pole. Once again, I probably would have had only 1 successful shot ---and possibly none ---without the RDS. Now I'm capturing ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T02:02:46Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-MIna-Shot1-Oct-23/41299238_82nks-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:48:50 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299197_oWeQw" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-Mina-Shot2-Oct-23/41299197_oWeQw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T02:01:13Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-Mina-Shot2-Oct-23/41299197_oWeQw-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:48:50 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299204_bMTMR" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-Mina-Shot3-Oct-23/41299204_bMTMR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:42:28Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sequential-Mina-Shot3-Oct-23/41299204_bMTMR-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:48:50 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299231_ubi2T" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina2-Oct-23-05/41299231_ubi2T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:39:48Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina2-Oct-23-05/41299231_ubi2T-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:48:51 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's a shot taken at full optical zoom cropped 100% then resized using the bicubic method in Paint Shop Pro8.1. Mina is right in the middle of her rasping, whistled scream that is one of ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299196_XZ2yJ" title="Here's a shot taken at full optical zoom cropped 100% then resized using the bicubic method in Paint Shop Pro8.1. Mina is right in the middle of her rasping, whistled scream that is one of ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina4-Oct-23-05/41299196_XZ2yJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Here's a shot taken at full optical zoom cropped 100% then resized using the bicubic method in Paint Shop Pro8.1. Mina is right in the middle of her rasping, whistled scream that is one of ..." title="Here's a shot taken at full optical zoom cropped 100% then resized using the bicubic method in Paint Shop Pro8.1. Mina is right in the middle of her rasping, whistled scream that is one of ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-18T20:24:41Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina4-Oct-23-05/41299196_XZ2yJ-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:40:04 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here is Mina in full flight spread. She was banking over Machado Lake so I got this shot looking straight ahead and didn't have to crane my neck. I've been waiting to get a "classic" capture ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#41299226_A4YGa" title="Here is Mina in full flight spread. She was banking over Machado Lake so I got this shot looking straight ahead and didn't have to crane my neck. I've been waiting to get a "classic" capture ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina1-Oct-23-05hnf/41299226_A4YGa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Here is Mina in full flight spread. She was banking over Machado Lake so I got this shot looking straight ahead and didn't have to crane my neck. I've been waiting to get a "classic" capture ..." title="Here is Mina in full flight spread. She was banking over Machado Lake so I got this shot looking straight ahead and didn't have to crane my neck. I've been waiting to get a "classic" capture ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-18T19:55:17Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina1-Oct-23-05hnf/41299226_A4YGa-Th.jpg 2005-10-23 14:54:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Snowy Egret in for a landing, Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097376_FybxK" title="Snowy Egret in for a landing, Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Snowy-Oct-29-05/42097376_FybxK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Snowy Egret in for a landing, Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005." title="Snowy Egret in for a landing, Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:12:05Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Snowy-Oct-29-05/42097376_FybxK-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 15:00:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Kildeer at Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005. These zippy small birds usually don't give you the time to get them in the frame --- but using the RDS I not only got one but two. Taken at full opti ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097409_kVMTt" title="Kildeer at Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005. These zippy small birds usually don't give you the time to get them in the frame --- but using the RDS I not only got one but two. Taken at full opti ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kildeer-Oct-29-05/42097409_kVMTt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Kildeer at Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005. These zippy small birds usually don't give you the time to get them in the frame --- but using the RDS I not only got one but two. Taken at full opti ..." title="Kildeer at Cabrillo Beach, CA, Oct 2005. These zippy small birds usually don't give you the time to get them in the frame --- but using the RDS I not only got one but two. Taken at full opti ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:11:57Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kildeer-Oct-29-05/42097409_kVMTt-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 14:27:01 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />White-tailed Kite hunting at Ken Malloy Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097425_2KQ3r" title="White-tailed Kite hunting at Ken Malloy Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kite3-Oct-29-05/42097425_2KQ3r-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="White-tailed Kite hunting at Ken Malloy Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005." title="White-tailed Kite hunting at Ken Malloy Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:12:08Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kite3-Oct-29-05/42097425_2KQ3r-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 10:10:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />White-tailed Kite coming in for a landing on the branches.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097429_oBrpA" title="White-tailed Kite coming in for a landing on the branches."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kite4-Oct-29-05/42097429_oBrpA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="87" alt="White-tailed Kite coming in for a landing on the branches." title="White-tailed Kite coming in for a landing on the branches." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:15:02Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kite4-Oct-29-05/42097429_oBrpA-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 10:10:57 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Northern Shoveler, Harbor Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005. While I prefer to achieve focus lock with a perched bird then wait for it to fly off, sometimes I have no choice but to "w ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097439_dRHk8" title="Northern Shoveler, Harbor Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005. While I prefer to achieve focus lock with a perched bird then wait for it to fly off, sometimes I have no choice but to "w ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Northern-Shoveler1-Oct/42097439_dRHk8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="91" alt="Northern Shoveler, Harbor Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005. While I prefer to achieve focus lock with a perched bird then wait for it to fly off, sometimes I have no choice but to "w ..." title="Northern Shoveler, Harbor Regional Park, Harbor City, CA, Oct 2005. While I prefer to achieve focus lock with a perched bird then wait for it to fly off, sometimes I have no choice but to "w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:18:32Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Northern-Shoveler1-Oct/42097439_dRHk8-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 17:03:31 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097444_vntPk" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Northern-Shoveler2-Oct/42097444_vntPk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T20:36:06Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Northern-Shoveler2-Oct/42097444_vntPk-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 17:03:32 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Brown Pelicans on takeoff, Cabrillo Beach, CA, October 29 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42097462_n3g9Z" title="Brown Pelicans on takeoff, Cabrillo Beach, CA, October 29 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Brown-Pelicans-Oct-29/42097462_n3g9Z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="75" alt="Brown Pelicans on takeoff, Cabrillo Beach, CA, October 29 2005." title="Brown Pelicans on takeoff, Cabrillo Beach, CA, October 29 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:17:11Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Brown-Pelicans-Oct-29/42097462_n3g9Z-Th.jpg 2005-10-29 15:05:02 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Kildeer and unidentified shorebird, Cabrillo Beach, Oct 30 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42269653_b5isF" title="Kildeer and unidentified shorebird, Cabrillo Beach, Oct 30 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kildeer-Oct-30-05/42269653_b5isF-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="63" alt="Kildeer and unidentified shorebird, Cabrillo Beach, Oct 30 2005." title="Kildeer and unidentified shorebird, Cabrillo Beach, Oct 30 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:08:57Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Kildeer-Oct-30-05/42269653_b5isF-Th-1.jpg 2005-10-30 15:15:48 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This and the following 2 photos show a Caspian Tern coming up with a snack. Most of my Birds-in-Flight shots are taken using the FZ30's high-burst mode which gives me a maximum of 5 pics at ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42269654_GYvmA" title="This and the following 2 photos show a Caspian Tern coming up with a snack. Most of my Birds-in-Flight shots are taken using the FZ30's high-burst mode which gives me a maximum of 5 pics at ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern1-Oct-30-05/42269654_GYvmA-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="This and the following 2 photos show a Caspian Tern coming up with a snack. Most of my Birds-in-Flight shots are taken using the FZ30's high-burst mode which gives me a maximum of 5 pics at ..." title="This and the following 2 photos show a Caspian Tern coming up with a snack. Most of my Birds-in-Flight shots are taken using the FZ30's high-burst mode which gives me a maximum of 5 pics at ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:05:49Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern1-Oct-30-05/42269654_GYvmA-Th-1.jpg 2005-10-30 15:07:59 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42269656_WmgHv" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern2-Oct-30-05/42269656_WmgHv-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="93" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:05:04Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern2-Oct-30-05/42269656_WmgHv-Th-1.jpg 2005-10-30 15:08:00 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#42269657_5b9Vh" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern3-Oct-30-05/42269657_5b9Vh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T21:06:41Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Tern3-Oct-30-05/42269657_5b9Vh-Th.jpg 2005-10-30 15:08:00 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This and the next photo show Mina the female Kaiser Hospital Red-tail flying off after paying a visit to re-arrange her nest. Taken at Harbor City, CA, November 5 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220929_mYFX5" title="This and the next photo show Mina the female Kaiser Hospital Red-tail flying off after paying a visit to re-arrange her nest. Taken at Harbor City, CA, November 5 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-Nest-2-Nov-5-05/43220929_mYFX5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="This and the next photo show Mina the female Kaiser Hospital Red-tail flying off after paying a visit to re-arrange her nest. Taken at Harbor City, CA, November 5 2005." title="This and the next photo show Mina the female Kaiser Hospital Red-tail flying off after paying a visit to re-arrange her nest. Taken at Harbor City, CA, November 5 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:33:39Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-Nest-2-Nov-5-05/43220929_mYFX5-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 06:57:55 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220934_VcwRh" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-Nest-3-Nov-5-05/43220934_VcwRh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="77" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:34:51Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Mina-Nest-3-Nov-5-05/43220934_VcwRh-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 06:57:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />At Harbor Park across from the Kaiser hospital where I work there's a White-tailed Kite that stops by during the winter. While observing it I saw it twist around on its perch but not until I ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220891_Zfdhg" title="At Harbor Park across from the Kaiser hospital where I work there's a White-tailed Kite that stops by during the winter. While observing it I saw it twist around on its perch but not until I ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite1-Nov-5-05/43220891_Zfdhg-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="88" alt="At Harbor Park across from the Kaiser hospital where I work there's a White-tailed Kite that stops by during the winter. While observing it I saw it twist around on its perch but not until I ..." title="At Harbor Park across from the Kaiser hospital where I work there's a White-tailed Kite that stops by during the winter. While observing it I saw it twist around on its perch but not until I ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T00:35:22Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite1-Nov-5-05/43220891_Zfdhg-Th-1.jpg 2005-11-05 07:39:05 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#79397437_YeZqz" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite3/79397437_YeZqz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-09T17:40:43Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite3/79397437_YeZqz-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 08:03:29 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />To catch its prey the White-tailed Kite hovers in the air then drops down with wings raised and talons extended. In this and the next pic the Red-Dot Sight caught it scanning the ground wait ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220904_HdCbg" title="To catch its prey the White-tailed Kite hovers in the air then drops down with wings raised and talons extended. In this and the next pic the Red-Dot Sight caught it scanning the ground wait ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite7-Nov-5-05/43220904_HdCbg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="To catch its prey the White-tailed Kite hovers in the air then drops down with wings raised and talons extended. In this and the next pic the Red-Dot Sight caught it scanning the ground wait ..." title="To catch its prey the White-tailed Kite hovers in the air then drops down with wings raised and talons extended. In this and the next pic the Red-Dot Sight caught it scanning the ground wait ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-19T07:23:38Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite7-Nov-5-05/43220904_HdCbg-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 09:04:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#79397396_ZQg9s" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite1/79397396_ZQg9s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-20T16:09:48Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite1/79397396_ZQg9s-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 09:04:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#79397420_kNtUp" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite2/79397420_kNtUp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-20T16:08:08Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kite2/79397420_kNtUp-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 08:03:17 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Mina the female Kaiser Red-tail Hawk sometimes perches on a light pole near Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital scanning the ground for prey. I never know when she'll be there, and it u ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#84485467_QL4D6" title="Mina the female Kaiser Red-tail Hawk sometimes perches on a light pole near Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital scanning the ground for prey. I never know when she'll be there, and it u ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-Perch/84485467_QL4D6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Mina the female Kaiser Red-tail Hawk sometimes perches on a light pole near Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital scanning the ground for prey. I never know when she'll be there, and it u ..." title="Mina the female Kaiser Red-tail Hawk sometimes perches on a light pole near Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital scanning the ground for prey. I never know when she'll be there, and it u ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-18T00:09:56Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-Perch/84485467_QL4D6-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Then she finally took off...and in the right direction for once. This and the following pic were part of the 5-photo, high-burst sequence.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#469385200_wqTWb" title="Then she finally took off...and in the right direction for once. This and the following pic were part of the 5-photo, high-burst sequence."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-BIF1/469385200_wqTWb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="Then she finally took off...and in the right direction for once. This and the following pic were part of the 5-photo, high-burst sequence." title="Then she finally took off...and in the right direction for once. This and the following pic were part of the 5-photo, high-burst sequence." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T10:08:46Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-BIF1/469385200_wqTWb-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#84485447_HfE5g" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-BIF2/84485447_HfE5g-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-18T00:15:07Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Cornell-Mina-BIF2/84485447_HfE5g-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220913_rpdoU" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/MIna-BIF3-Nov-5-05/43220913_rpdoU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-19T06:59:44Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/MIna-BIF3-Nov-5-05/43220913_rpdoU-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 10:14:08 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This sequence of 4 photos was completely off-the-cuff and I had no time for pre-focus. This Heerman's Gull was chasing off a Black-Crowned Night Heron at Cabrillo Beach here in San Pedro, C ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43659451_gJ7Vr" title="This sequence of 4 photos was completely off-the-cuff and I had no time for pre-focus. This Heerman's Gull was chasing off a Black-Crowned Night Heron at Cabrillo Beach here in San Pedro, C ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull1/43659451_gJ7Vr-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="This sequence of 4 photos was completely off-the-cuff and I had no time for pre-focus. This Heerman's Gull was chasing off a Black-Crowned Night Heron at Cabrillo Beach here in San Pedro, C ..." title="This sequence of 4 photos was completely off-the-cuff and I had no time for pre-focus. This Heerman's Gull was chasing off a Black-Crowned Night Heron at Cabrillo Beach here in San Pedro, C ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:26:00Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull1/43659451_gJ7Vr-Th-1.jpg 2005-11-06 15:31:51 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43659446_XHvmT" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull2/43659446_XHvmT-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T22:42:24Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull2/43659446_XHvmT-Th-1.jpg 2005-11-06 15:31:51 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43659449_zTYy2" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull3/43659449_zTYy2-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:25:55Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull3/43659449_zTYy2-Th-1.jpg 2005-11-06 15:31:52 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43659444_S74BJ" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull4/43659444_S74BJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:27:11Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Heron-and-Gull4/43659444_S74BJ-Th.jpg 2005-11-06 15:31:52 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Another completely spontaneous sequence...I was concentrating on nearby Brown Pelicans when this Royal Tern flew by me, coming to within perhaps 15 feet. I didn't even have time to sight thr ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#44574859_QPBWS" title="Another completely spontaneous sequence...I was concentrating on nearby Brown Pelicans when this Royal Tern flew by me, coming to within perhaps 15 feet. I didn't even have time to sight thr ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Royal-Tern1-Nov-13-05/44574859_QPBWS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Another completely spontaneous sequence...I was concentrating on nearby Brown Pelicans when this Royal Tern flew by me, coming to within perhaps 15 feet. I didn't even have time to sight thr ..." title="Another completely spontaneous sequence...I was concentrating on nearby Brown Pelicans when this Royal Tern flew by me, coming to within perhaps 15 feet. I didn't even have time to sight thr ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T19:48:39Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Royal-Tern1-Nov-13-05/44574859_QPBWS-Th.jpg 2005-11-13 10:19:53 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This is probably the best shot of a Tern that I can ever hope to get. And it was all done thanks to the FZ30's high-speed auto-focusing.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#44387840_e8D8k" title="This is probably the best shot of a Tern that I can ever hope to get. And it was all done thanks to the FZ30's high-speed auto-focusing."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Royal-Tern-Nov-13-05/44387840_e8D8k-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is probably the best shot of a Tern that I can ever hope to get. And it was all done thanks to the FZ30's high-speed auto-focusing." title="This is probably the best shot of a Tern that I can ever hope to get. And it was all done thanks to the FZ30's high-speed auto-focusing." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-07T08:49:59Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Royal-Tern-Nov-13-05/44387840_e8D8k-Th.jpg 2005-11-13 10:19:54 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This Red-Tail Hawk juvenile lives on the hill opposite my condo and somtimes spies for food from atop a nearby telephone pole. Lighting conditions were perfect and I had my FZ30/RDS at the r ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#45686465_XUHa6" title="This Red-Tail Hawk juvenile lives on the hill opposite my condo and somtimes spies for food from atop a nearby telephone pole. Lighting conditions were perfect and I had my FZ30/RDS at the r ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-1/45686465_XUHa6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="This Red-Tail Hawk juvenile lives on the hill opposite my condo and somtimes spies for food from atop a nearby telephone pole. Lighting conditions were perfect and I had my FZ30/RDS at the r ..." title="This Red-Tail Hawk juvenile lives on the hill opposite my condo and somtimes spies for food from atop a nearby telephone pole. Lighting conditions were perfect and I had my FZ30/RDS at the r ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-19T22:40:05Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-1/45686465_XUHa6-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 14:26:32 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />That darned telephone wire...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#45686462_HnoiK" title="That darned telephone wire..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-2/45686462_HnoiK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="That darned telephone wire..." title="That darned telephone wire..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T19:12:16Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-2/45686462_HnoiK-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 14:26:33 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Ah...better!</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#45686459_CmJ2D" title="Ah...better!"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-3/45686459_CmJ2D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Ah...better!" title="Ah...better!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T19:16:21Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-RT-3/45686459_CmJ2D-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 14:26:33 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#43220937_Ud86W" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-Red-tail-Nov-5-05/43220937_Ud86W-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T20:39:34Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Juvie-Red-tail-Nov-5-05/43220937_Ud86W-Th.jpg 2005-11-05 14:26:37 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA, Nov 27 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#46403650_wshdh" title="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA, Nov 27 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sanderlings-Nov-27-05/46403650_wshdh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA, Nov 27 2005." title="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, CA, Nov 27 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:48:34Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sanderlings-Nov-27-05/46403650_wshdh-Th.jpg 2005-11-27 12:50:20 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Great Blue Heron flyby with Cormorant as spectator, Cabrillo Beach, CA, November 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#46601532_X8bDj" title="Great Blue Heron flyby with Cormorant as spectator, Cabrillo Beach, CA, November 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/GBH-at-Cabrillo-Nov-30-05/46601532_X8bDj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="Great Blue Heron flyby with Cormorant as spectator, Cabrillo Beach, CA, November 2005." title="Great Blue Heron flyby with Cormorant as spectator, Cabrillo Beach, CA, November 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T05:13:11Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/GBH-at-Cabrillo-Nov-30-05/46601532_X8bDj-Th.jpg 2005-11-30 14:41:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />I saw this Red-Shouldered Hawk at Ken Malloy Harbor Park in Harbor City, CA across from Kaiser Hospital where I work. It was perched on a tall pole supporting netting used to stop the golf b ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47497966_R7NHD" title="I saw this Red-Shouldered Hawk at Ken Malloy Harbor Park in Harbor City, CA across from Kaiser Hospital where I work. It was perched on a tall pole supporting netting used to stop the golf b ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk/47497966_R7NHD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="I saw this Red-Shouldered Hawk at Ken Malloy Harbor Park in Harbor City, CA across from Kaiser Hospital where I work. It was perched on a tall pole supporting netting used to stop the golf b ..." title="I saw this Red-Shouldered Hawk at Ken Malloy Harbor Park in Harbor City, CA across from Kaiser Hospital where I work. It was perched on a tall pole supporting netting used to stop the golf b ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-20T10:01:42Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk/47497966_R7NHD-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:14:05 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />A nicely-angled takeoff to see its underparts...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47308226_N3fGq" title="A nicely-angled takeoff to see its underparts..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF1/47308226_N3fGq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="A nicely-angled takeoff to see its underparts..." title="A nicely-angled takeoff to see its underparts..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:17:11Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF1/47308226_N3fGq-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:14:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47308222_QbR2t" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF2/47308222_QbR2t-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T05:58:17Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF2/47308222_QbR2t-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:14:34 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And the reason for its hasty exit --- a Kestrel was, er, "shooing" it away.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47308221_Byfbq" title="And the reason for its hasty exit --- a Kestrel was, er, "shooing" it away."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF3/47308221_Byfbq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="And the reason for its hasty exit --- a Kestrel was, er, "shooing" it away." title="And the reason for its hasty exit --- a Kestrel was, er, "shooing" it away." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:18:02Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Red-Shouldered-Hawk-BIF3/47308221_Byfbq-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 15:14:35 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This Northern Flicker resides at Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital in Harbor City, CA. Flickers are fast and usually don't fly in a straight line but even though these are heavy crops ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47785693_28CoT" title="This Northern Flicker resides at Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital in Harbor City, CA. Flickers are fast and usually don't fly in a straight line but even though these are heavy crops ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker1/47785693_28CoT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="This Northern Flicker resides at Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital in Harbor City, CA. Flickers are fast and usually don't fly in a straight line but even though these are heavy crops ..." title="This Northern Flicker resides at Harbor Park across from Kaiser Hospital in Harbor City, CA. Flickers are fast and usually don't fly in a straight line but even though these are heavy crops ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:03:46Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker1/47785693_28CoT-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 08:34:23 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47785687_bdpy9" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker2/47785687_bdpy9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T21:18:21Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker2/47785687_bdpy9-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 08:34:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47785689_gkFqn" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker3/47785689_gkFqn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T18:04:49Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker3/47785689_gkFqn-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 08:34:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47785691_mXm5p" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker4/47785691_mXm5p-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:08:56Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker4/47785691_mXm5p-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 08:34:24 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47785682_ehLyf" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker5/47785682_ehLyf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T09:33:06Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Flicker5/47785682_ehLyf-Th.jpg 2005-12-04 08:34:25 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, CA, late 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47961306_Meax8" title="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, CA, late 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Sanderlings2/47961306_Meax8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="61" alt="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, CA, late 2005." title="Sanderlings during low tide at Cabrillo Beach, CA, late 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T06:56:53Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Sanderlings2/47961306_Meax8-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sanderlings and a seemingly-unconcerned Heerman's Gull.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#47961314_WgbYK" title="Sanderlings and a seemingly-unconcerned Heerman's Gull."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Sanderlings1/47961314_WgbYK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Sanderlings and a seemingly-unconcerned Heerman's Gull." title="Sanderlings and a seemingly-unconcerned Heerman's Gull." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T06:51:28Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Sanderlings1/47961314_WgbYK-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This Phoebe-with-Worm sequence was shot at 1/1300 second in the FZ30's 5MP mode which increases the optical zoom to 535mm.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#48674251_kc7mA" title="This Phoebe-with-Worm sequence was shot at 1/1300 second in the FZ30's 5MP mode which increases the optical zoom to 535mm."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF1/48674251_kc7mA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This Phoebe-with-Worm sequence was shot at 1/1300 second in the FZ30's 5MP mode which increases the optical zoom to 535mm." title="This Phoebe-with-Worm sequence was shot at 1/1300 second in the FZ30's 5MP mode which increases the optical zoom to 535mm." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T17:36:18Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF1/48674251_kc7mA-Th.jpg 2005-12-17 14:47:45 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#48674247_RF9xo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF2/48674247_RF9xo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T17:40:47Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF2/48674247_RF9xo-Th.jpg 2005-12-17 14:47:45 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#48674248_wb3rZ" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF3/48674248_wb3rZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T20:39:22Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF3/48674248_wb3rZ-Th.jpg 2005-12-17 14:47:45 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#48674245_eUhL7" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF4/48674245_eUhL7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:13:47Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Says-Phoebe-BIF4/48674245_eUhL7-Th.jpg 2005-12-17 14:47:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#48674255_fuKuH" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RT-Dec-17-05/48674255_fuKuH-Th.jpg" width="138" height="150" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T17:37:56Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-RT-Dec-17-05/48674255_fuKuH-Th.jpg 2005-12-17 14:02:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Well, not ALL RDS BIFs are successful...This and the following 2 pics are examples of what happens when your subject is too close--the calibration is off. These pics are called "KFCs" as bod ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#50106776_F2AwY" title="Well, not ALL RDS BIFs are successful...This and the following 2 pics are examples of what happens when your subject is too close--the calibration is off. These pics are called "KFCs" as bod ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-4/50106776_F2AwY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Well, not ALL RDS BIFs are successful...This and the following 2 pics are examples of what happens when your subject is too close--the calibration is off. These pics are called "KFCs" as bod ..." title="Well, not ALL RDS BIFs are successful...This and the following 2 pics are examples of what happens when your subject is too close--the calibration is off. These pics are called "KFCs" as bod ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T16:39:21Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-4/50106776_F2AwY-Th.jpg 2005-12-29 10:25:55 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#50106772_toErC" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-5/50106772_toErC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T10:34:27Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-5/50106772_toErC-Th.jpg 2005-12-29 10:25:55 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#50106767_Dih4k" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-6/50106767_Dih4k-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T10:06:41Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RTH-Dec-29-6/50106767_Dih4k-Th.jpg 2005-12-29 10:25:56 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The Bald Eagle pair at Marine Drive on Dungeness Bay near Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, taken January 13, 2006.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#52407175_RhSNr" title="The Bald Eagle pair at Marine Drive on Dungeness Bay near Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, taken January 13, 2006."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles1/52407175_RhSNr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="The Bald Eagle pair at Marine Drive on Dungeness Bay near Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, taken January 13, 2006." title="The Bald Eagle pair at Marine Drive on Dungeness Bay near Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, taken January 13, 2006." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-07T15:17:16Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles1/52407175_RhSNr-Th.jpg 2006-01-13 15:45:22 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#52407985_ZQ5Mp" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles5/52407985_ZQ5Mp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="84" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:14:03Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles5/52407985_ZQ5Mp-Th.jpg 2006-01-13 15:35:32 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#52407991_kAuy2" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles3/52407991_kAuy2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T15:15:29Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Bald-Eagles3/52407991_kAuy2-Th.jpg 2006-01-13 15:26:04 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sharp-Shinned Hawk at Sequim, WA, January 2006.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#53384757_mJFan" title="Sharp-Shinned Hawk at Sequim, WA, January 2006."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sharpie2/53384757_mJFan-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="Sharp-Shinned Hawk at Sequim, WA, January 2006." title="Sharp-Shinned Hawk at Sequim, WA, January 2006." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T14:29:26Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Sharpie2/53384757_mJFan-Th.jpg 2006-01-20 15:19:58 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#54248310_XBJ3m" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Wigeons-in-Flight1/54248310_XBJ3m-Th.jpg" width="150" height="80" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T04:49:06Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Wigeons-in-Flight1/54248310_XBJ3m-Th.jpg 2006-01-28 13:50:39 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />These American Wigeons look like jets banking in close formation...Taken near Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge in Washington State That's Dungeness Lighthouse in the background.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#54247982_fm9bW" title="These American Wigeons look like jets banking in close formation...Taken near Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge in Washington State That's Dungeness Lighthouse in the background."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Wigeons-in-Flight2/54247982_fm9bW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="These American Wigeons look like jets banking in close formation...Taken near Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge in Washington State That's Dungeness Lighthouse in the background." title="These American Wigeons look like jets banking in close formation...Taken near Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge in Washington State That's Dungeness Lighthouse in the background." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T13:50:32Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Wigeons-in-Flight2/54247982_fm9bW-Th.jpg 2006-01-28 14:01:37 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />American Wigeons at Dungeness on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, January 27 2005.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#54248315_JhaHf" title="American Wigeons at Dungeness on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, January 27 2005."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Widgeons-in-Flight/54248315_JhaHf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="78" alt="American Wigeons at Dungeness on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, January 27 2005." title="American Wigeons at Dungeness on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, January 27 2005." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-08T03:26:31Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Widgeons-in-Flight/54248315_JhaHf-Th.jpg 2006-01-28 14:12:14 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#57863382_nLmFS" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kestrel-Feb-25-06/57863382_nLmFS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T10:03:51Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Kestrel-Feb-25-06/57863382_nLmFS-Th.jpg 2006-02-25 12:30:38 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA, Feb 19 2006.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#57863390_xzh4j" title="Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA, Feb 19 2006."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RT-and-Merlin-Feb-19-06/57863390_xzh4j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA, Feb 19 2006." title="Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin, Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA, Feb 19 2006." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T10:08:10Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/RT-and-Merlin-Feb-19-06/57863390_xzh4j-Th.jpg 2006-02-19 08:49:48 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This male Northern Harrier was in the field behind my parents' house in Sequim, Washington state.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#58728033_x5MmL" title="This male Northern Harrier was in the field behind my parents' house in Sequim, Washington state."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier1/58728033_x5MmL-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="This male Northern Harrier was in the field behind my parents' house in Sequim, Washington state." title="This male Northern Harrier was in the field behind my parents' house in Sequim, Washington state." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T11:40:04Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier1/58728033_x5MmL-Th-1.jpg 2006-02-04 12:02:08 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />The lighting wasn't the best as there were cloudy conditions so I upped the ISO to 100 and got a decent pic of the Harrier as he took off...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#58728029_G7cZw" title="The lighting wasn't the best as there were cloudy conditions so I upped the ISO to 100 and got a decent pic of the Harrier as he took off..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier2/58728029_G7cZw-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="The lighting wasn't the best as there were cloudy conditions so I upped the ISO to 100 and got a decent pic of the Harrier as he took off..." title="The lighting wasn't the best as there were cloudy conditions so I upped the ISO to 100 and got a decent pic of the Harrier as he took off..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T10:43:27Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier2/58728029_G7cZw-Th-1.jpg 2006-02-04 12:42:53 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />And followed him as he did low-level food reconaissance.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#58728032_VX9Rs" title="And followed him as he did low-level food reconaissance."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier3/58728032_VX9Rs-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="And followed him as he did low-level food reconaissance." title="And followed him as he did low-level food reconaissance." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T10:42:48Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier3/58728032_VX9Rs-Th-1.jpg 2006-02-04 12:42:52 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#58728027_7owyj" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier4/58728027_7owyj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T05:52:53Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Harrier4/58728027_7owyj-Th.jpg 2006-02-04 12:43:00 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />For this and the following Snowy Egret shot I used 3-area high-speed AF but it was hard to achieve focus lock on the bird with all the wave action going on in the background. Possibly 1-area ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#62362775_zSWwf" title="For this and the following Snowy Egret shot I used 3-area high-speed AF but it was hard to achieve focus lock on the bird with all the wave action going on in the background. Possibly 1-area ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Willett-March-30-2006/62362775_zSWwf-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="For this and the following Snowy Egret shot I used 3-area high-speed AF but it was hard to achieve focus lock on the bird with all the wave action going on in the background. Possibly 1-area ..." title="For this and the following Snowy Egret shot I used 3-area high-speed AF but it was hard to achieve focus lock on the bird with all the wave action going on in the background. Possibly 1-area ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T17:15:59Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Willett-March-30-2006/62362775_zSWwf-Th-1.jpg 2006-03-30 15:14:12 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#469671655_RHcmf" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Snowy-March-30-06/469671655_RHcmf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-07T21:21:50Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Smugmug-Snowy-March-30-06/469671655_RHcmf-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#64144898_EDibS" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/A-Flock-of-Seabirds-Apr-9-06/64144898_EDibS-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T19:41:27Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/A-Flock-of-Seabirds-Apr-9-06/64144898_EDibS-Th-1.jpg 2006-04-09 13:48:46 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's an example of what is known as BBIFs --- Big Birds in Flight. These jets passed by as I was concentrating on birds. f4.5 @ 1/1300 sec.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#64782157_7MPaN" title="Here's an example of what is known as BBIFs --- Big Birds in Flight. These jets passed by as I was concentrating on birds. f4.5 @ 1/1300 sec."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Jet-Flyby/64782157_7MPaN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Here's an example of what is known as BBIFs --- Big Birds in Flight. These jets passed by as I was concentrating on birds. f4.5 @ 1/1300 sec." title="Here's an example of what is known as BBIFs --- Big Birds in Flight. These jets passed by as I was concentrating on birds. f4.5 @ 1/1300 sec." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T02:14:07Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Jet-Flyby/64782157_7MPaN-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 13:01:19 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Here's an example--to me, at least--of grace and coordination personified. These Black Skimmers at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach were, well, skimming. IS0 80, f4.5, 1/1300 sec @ 420mm.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#109076278_mmKeW" title="Here's an example--to me, at least--of grace and coordination personified. These Black Skimmers at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach were, well, skimming. IS0 80, f4.5, 1/1300 sec @ 420mm."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/3-Skimmers-Skimming/109076278_mmKeW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="Here's an example--to me, at least--of grace and coordination personified. These Black Skimmers at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach were, well, skimming. IS0 80, f4.5, 1/1300 sec @ 420mm." title="Here's an example--to me, at least--of grace and coordination personified. These Black Skimmers at San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach were, well, skimming. IS0 80, f4.5, 1/1300 sec @ 420mm." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-15T19:20:38Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/3-Skimmers-Skimming/109076278_mmKeW-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 13:16:05 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Their skimming course took them right by some Black Brants, rarely-seen visitors here on their way north.</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#65359046_9Qi9n" title="Their skimming course took them right by some Black Brants, rarely-seen visitors here on their way north."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-3/65359046_9Qi9n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="89" alt="Their skimming course took them right by some Black Brants, rarely-seen visitors here on their way north." title="Their skimming course took them right by some Black Brants, rarely-seen visitors here on their way north." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T06:04:39Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-3/65359046_9Qi9n-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 13:19:32 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#65359049_4caEf" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-2/65359049_4caEf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="121" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T22:23:18Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-2/65359049_4caEf-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 13:18:53 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#65359054_tpK3o" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-1/65359054_tpK3o-Th.jpg" width="150" height="127" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T22:10:08Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/Black-Skimmers-April-9-1/65359054_tpK3o-Th.jpg 2006-04-09 13:20:53 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />This and the following 5 photos were taken in January 2006 near the Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. I once again pre-focused on this perched Bald Ea ...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#68151559_MMeqP" title="This and the following 5 photos were taken in January 2006 near the Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. I once again pre-focused on this perched Bald Ea ..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE-1/68151559_MMeqP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="122" alt="This and the following 5 photos were taken in January 2006 near the Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. I once again pre-focused on this perched Bald Ea ..." title="This and the following 5 photos were taken in January 2006 near the Dungeness Nat'l Wildlife Refuge on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. I once again pre-focused on this perched Bald Ea ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T03:53:52Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE-1/68151559_MMeqP-Th.jpg 2006-01-17 12:51:45 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Sometimes one's prayers are answered...but the takeaway is the infamous Moving Branch that always seems to make an appearance to spoil an otherwise perfect shot...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#68151567_GRJkt" title="Sometimes one's prayers are answered...but the takeaway is the infamous Moving Branch that always seems to make an appearance to spoil an otherwise perfect shot..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE2/68151567_GRJkt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Sometimes one's prayers are answered...but the takeaway is the infamous Moving Branch that always seems to make an appearance to spoil an otherwise perfect shot..." title="Sometimes one's prayers are answered...but the takeaway is the infamous Moving Branch that always seems to make an appearance to spoil an otherwise perfect shot..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T03:55:54Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE2/68151567_GRJkt-Th.jpg 2006-01-21 13:54:40 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />I use the RDS to track the first Bald Eagle on its flight...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#68151578_JzF2f" title="I use the RDS to track the first Bald Eagle on its flight..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE3/68151578_JzF2f-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="I use the RDS to track the first Bald Eagle on its flight..." title="I use the RDS to track the first Bald Eagle on its flight..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T10:39:25Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE3/68151578_JzF2f-Th.jpg 2006-01-21 13:54:41 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a> </p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#68151548_xsmv4" title="Steve Wolfe's photo"><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE4/68151548_xsmv4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="Steve Wolfe's photo" title="Steve Wolfe's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T17:45:52Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE4/68151548_xsmv4-Th.jpg 2006-01-21 13:59:36 <p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com">Steve Wolfe</a><br />Then the 2nd one takes off, leaving a feather floating in the air...</p><p><a href="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/899628_kgyyk#68158501_ZHMdh" title="Then the 2nd one takes off, leaving a feather floating in the air..."><img src="http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE6/68158501_ZHMdh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Then the 2nd one takes off, leaving a feather floating in the air..." title="Then the 2nd one takes off, leaving a feather floating in the air..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T03:53:25Z Steve Wolfe http://trailhiker.smugmug.com http://trailhiker.smugmug.com/Birds-in-Flight-BIF/Panasonic-FZ30RDS-Birds-in/BE6/68158501_ZHMdh-Th.jpg 2006-01-21 13:59:35