Gold Harbour, South Georgia.
A portion of this huge King Penguin rookery - 10's of thousands of birds, many chicks of various ages, many adults incubating eggs on their feet. A truly wonderful, awe-inspiring experience.
FYI, this is a Panorama with the direction in the camera set to Down (as in from Top to Bottom), Wide width, and then the camera held on its side to take the Panorama - not cropped, only resized. Works well for this type of shot.
This is probably best viewed large www.flickr.com/photos/kookr/12557644813/sizes/o/in/photos...
Tags: King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus Gold Harbour South Georgia David Cook Wildlife Photography kookr Sony SLT-A77V Sony SAL-70400G2 © 2014 David Cook Wildlife Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Lake Pinaroo, Sturt National Park, NSW, Australia.
We're just back from a round trip that took in Mutawintji National Park, Sturt National Park, Cameron Corner, Innamincka, Lyndhurst and Gluepot Reserve. Our primary target was this bird, the Grey Falcon, having looked for it for years all over northern and central Australia. On a particularly hot and windy day we were lucky enough to find a pair of GFs on the shore of Lake Pinaroo. Having seen something that looked interesting from about 500m away through my binoculars, we snuck up quietly and were rewarded with two Grey Falcons, which were in the process of dismembering a Whiskered Tern on the ground - they were down behind a log so we could get reasonably close to them without being detected. They then flew up into a tree, allowing good views (and photos), but eventually flew away across the lake when we tried to get a bit closer. A magic experience, one we'll never forget!
Tags: Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos Lake Pinaroo Sturt National Park NSW Australia David Cook Wildlife Photography kookr Sony SLT-A77V Sony SAL-300 F2.8 G2 Sony SAL-TC14 © 2013 David Cook Wildlife Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Gluepot Reserve, South Australia, Australia. ♀.
Tags: Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Lophochroa leadbeateri Pink Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri Gluepot Reserve South Australia Australia David Cook Wildlife Photography kookr Sony SLT-A77V Sony SAL-300 F2.8 G2 Sony SAL-TC14 © 2013 David Cook Wildlife Photography. All Rights Reserved. Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri
Sturt National Park, NSW, Australia.
(Best viewed in Original Size).
Tags: Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus Sturt National Park NSW Australia David Cook Wildlife Photography kookr Sony SLT-A77V Sony SAL-70400G2 © 2013 David Cook Wildlife Photography. All Rights Reserved.
Rocky Hall, NSW, Australia. Adult ♂.
Tags: Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae Rocky Hall NSW Australia David Cook Wildlife Photography kookr Sony SLT-A33 Sony SAL-70400G © 2011 David Cook Wildlife Photography. All Rights Reserved.