Nankeen Kestrel
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BIRDS OF PREY
Kangaroo Island, Australia. Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island. Kangaroo Island lies off South Australia mainland, southwest of Adelaide and is a wildlife and geologic paradise.
Here are examples of birds of prey kept at the Rapture Rehabilitation Center. Photos taken during the 2012 Australia Queensland Total Solar Eclipse & Kangaroo Island Tour with Continental Capers Travel. Camera: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II. Various lenses and exposures.
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Barking Owl
Wedge Tailed Eagle
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Masked Barn Owl
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White Goshawk
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Tawny Frogmouth
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Laughing Kookabarra
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Hobby Falcon
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Australia Pelican
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KANGAROOD ISLAND SEA BIRDS
A Colorful Australia Kangaroo Island Pelican AND SILVER GULL. Pelican feeding on the Kangaroo Island dock gives good opportunities to see sea birds. 2012 November 18. (Unfortunately, after more than two decades, John Ayliffe has stopped down in 2017 from his pelican feeding show.) Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon 100-400 mm, f/4.5-5.6, Ultrasonic IS at 400 mm; ISO 1250; Exp. 1/4000 sec at f/8, white balance Auto.
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Silver Gull
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Pacific Gull
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Meanwhile other sea birds as the Silver Gull (second picture) and Pacific Gull (third picture) look on. Photo Details: Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon 100-400 mm, f/4.5-5.6, Ultrasonic IS at 400 mm; ISO 1250. White balance Auto.
Second Picture: Exp. 1/3000 sec at f/8
Third Picture: Exp. 1/4000 sec at f/8
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CAPE DU COUEDIC LIGHTHOUSE
A Colorful Navigation Monument. Sits on south west tip Kangaroo Island, Australia in Flinders Chase National Park (height 25 m or 82 ft). Named January 1803 by Baudin expedition (1800-03) in memory of Charles Louis Chevalier du Couëdic de Kergoualer (1740–1780), a French naval officer. Constructed 1906–1909. Consists of a tower built from 2,000 pieces of local stone, together with three four-roomed cottages for head keeper and two assistants with families. During early years site was inaccessible by land. Stores, materials and equipment brought by boat were hauled up to the lighthouse by a flying fox winching system originally powered by a pair of horses.
Photo Details: 2012 November 19. Canon DSLR, EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EF 28-135 mm lens; f/3.5-5.6 IS USM at 60 mm; ISO 320; Exp. 1/350 sec at f/11, white balance at Auto.
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