Fishing Sparrows

doenoe · Jul 6, 2008

In Amsterdam zoo i was watching the lions and then i noticed some sparrows. Between the people and the lions there is some water and on that water there were some (well alot of) waterplants. The sparrows knew there were loads of bugs to eat in those and so they were fishing for bugs. Pretty cool to see, they were just hovering above the water/plants and would grab the bugs that were on the surface. Anyways, here are some pics:
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

Thanks for looking
Greetz Daan

Dmitri · Jul 6, 2008

Nice captures. I especially liked #2 and #6 :thumbup:

Also nice to see you shooting something bigger than a bug :lol:

Antarctican · Jul 6, 2008

Sheesh, good shooting! 2, 4 and 6 for me.

Bifurcator · Jul 6, 2008

Those rock!

I love 3 and 4... Awesome textures in #4 !!!

Thanks for posting these man!

DadeCountyAnthony · Jul 6, 2008

Wow........I like the clarity.

Well done!!!

doenoe · Jul 7, 2008

hehe yeah, well there are still bugs in some of them

Thank you all for the comments

Dustcloth · Jul 7, 2008

Daan,

At first I thought #1 and #3 were it. Then I saw #6!!!!! Off the hook!!! These are all so awesome! Excellent captures!

-Jim

deanlewis · Jul 7, 2008

Theese are great, nice to see action shots of an underated bird !!

Dean

lostprophet · Jul 8, 2008

very very nice, I miss seeing little Sparrows

poppy67 · Jul 8, 2008

Great shots love the movement captured in the wings!

doenoe · Jul 8, 2008

thanks y'all
i dont see them too often neither. Its a shame, cause they are nice little birds. They used to be everywhere when i was younger, but they lost alot of places to build their nests. So everbody was looking/taking pics of the lions and there i was looking down and shoot the little birds...was pretty funny

mmcduffie1 · Jul 9, 2008

nice job - i am usually fumbling to get my camera ready and miss any shots like that - either that or i'm just still sleeping

doenoe · Jul 9, 2008

Didnt really have to be fast with these, since the group was coming back every few minutes. So i would just watch the lions and the people walking around and wait till they would return. And since they were hovering above the plants i had enough time to focus to (well the camera had enough time)
And thanks for the reply