Swallow-tailed Gull
© Mike Landwehr
Published:
September 12, 2011
A Swallow-tailed Gull prepares to take flight on Española, the southernmost of the Galápagos Islands. Mike Landwehr of Waukee, Iowa, took the photo on a recent visit to the islands and posted it to our
World Gallery.
“Just as I got my camera set up to photograph this beautiful bird,” he says, “it took flight, and I was able to capture this image of its takeoff.”
Mike used a Canon 1D Mark II N camera and a 500mm lens.
See more photos of birds from the Galápagos:
American Flamingo
Blue-footed Booby
Galápagos Flycatcher
Lava Gulls
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