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| View over the Diep River, Milnerton Golf Course, Milnerton Golf Course towards Table Mountain |
Here next to the Diep River, Woodbridge Island, I spend many hours waiting for the birds in flight to fly mainly from the left to the right into the morning sun. Although the mountain view stretches' from my side of the Diep River over the Milnerton Golf Course buildings, the Milnerton Lighthouse and Woodbridge Island to provide some exquisite viewing - my 'frame of opportunity' is actually very small. A few seconds at best.
The majority of the birds I photograph in flight are out of this frame view towards the right – with no background distractions – only the water, reeds and the golf course green. The stretch of land in front is a small island in the Diep River with up to 20 to 30 bird species on or above the island on most days.
These are some of the bird species I had the privilege to see and photograph during yesterday morning's photography session: kings gulls, kelp gulls, swift terns, sandwich terns, red-knobbed coots, little egrets, greater egrets, grey herons, Egyptian geese, Cape teal ducks, yellow-billed ducks, pied kingfishers, African black oystercatchers, white-throated cormorants, Cape cormorants and a low flying African spoonbill.
These are some of the bird species I had the privilege to see and photograph during yesterday morning's photography session: kings gulls, kelp gulls, swift terns, sandwich terns, red-knobbed coots, little egrets, greater egrets, grey herons, Egyptian geese, Cape teal ducks, yellow-billed ducks, pied kingfishers, African black oystercatchers, white-throated cormorants, Cape cormorants and a low flying African spoonbill.
