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Great start two lovelies , Thank you Tersha this gives me a good reason to go try get some new bird photos , the conditions in my local area are ripe for the picking if i am honest and all that flat city walking has softened me a bit the fear steep hills haha 🙂
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Allows Edits? YesI’m Telling You Fred, The Green Ones Taste Better
An Avocet And A Killdeer Hunting Bugs On The Lake
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The bird throwdown off to a good start. I’ve been making progress on the spring clean-up around the property and was hoping to spend more time exploring the region and get away from the bird photos for a bit. Oh well. The best laid plans… as they say. 🙂
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Beautiful Bird , what type of raptor is this Julie ? thanks for posting 🙂
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Hi Patrick, Thanks! I am not sure the type of raptor it is. This was taken during a demonstration at a local Renaissance Faire.
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Beautiful shot @Julie120
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Allows Edits? YesLovely timing @julie120
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Hooded Crow
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Posed very proudly for you. 🙂 Looks great in b&w.
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Wow @patrickw great shot mate.
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Sweet looking little bird mate nice capture , i am only now starting to see the smaller birds in my garden for this year 🙂
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I can never decide what image to select for something like this so I decided to go for the last one taken: male pied kingfisher with a snack.
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Gorgeous birds and lovely shot with the little meal its about to have 🙂
I walked for 5 hours today going slow and never got one frame with a bird in it , back to the drawing board lol
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Terrific shot. Always a plus to have added context like a meal in its mouth.
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Thanks Dave.
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Allows Edits? YesExcellent @tobiepsg
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Allows Edits? YesVery nice timing there @tobiepsg
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Which type of bird id this Steve ? it has a lovely color on its chest 🙂
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We think it is a yellow throated warbler. Pretty sure it’s a juvenile.
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Green-backed / Striated Heron snapped earlier this morning.
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Gorgeous frame mate 🙂
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What Patrick said. Have always loved the intense glare that Herons and Egrets have.
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Agreed Dave. Looks like they look right through you.
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Cool shot @tobiepsg
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Golden-crowned Sparrows still seem to be the kings of our Mulberry tree.
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Same as above but sporting his full breeding plumage. 🙂
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I have a love-hate relaionship with hadeda ibises. They look ancient (evil-ish) and they are noisy. Very noisy – and not with a call that one can appreciate. But now and again when positioned correctly in the sun, they offer a decent shot.
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Beautiful portrait Tobie 🙂
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Great shot Tobie. Beautiful background. And love the color and pattern of the feathers.
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Daily visitor in the garden..
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Two old ones until i get out again for some new ones
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Glad you posted them again. Love the 2nd one with bug in mouth. 🙂
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Allows Edits? YesI don’t often photograph birds but this past weekend I was loaned a 500mm f4 mkii. What a treat, below are some image that I managed to capture.
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Great Capture Charmaine @joubie Beautiful African Spoonbills.
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Migration time is on in the eastern North American flyway through southern Ontario. This is a Tufted Titmouse.
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Not very good images but good to see the blue tits using the nest box i put up 7 years ago lol .. just noticed them this year but i am sure they have used this box before , it is a good safe dry out of the wind spot 🙂
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We very nearly never have a Pileated Woodpecker visit us, though the books say they are here year round. Today, he did…
ISO 8000, 1/1000 sec @ f/6.3, 500 mm cropped about 40%, handheld. Edited in Lightroom with the new Denoise module..
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Just skipping along! Good timing!
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Nice capture Rob @reyers
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Love this Patrick!
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Thank you Tersha , there was a fair few branches to the left and slightly above the bird making it very shadowy so had to blow the highlights to get the bird lit enough and that helped it Black & White i think 🙂
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First peek at the outside world for this little one , blue tit 🙂
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Terrific shot Patrick. Has me grinning big time. 🙂
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Not something you see everyday.
The Curlew is one of the most iconic birds of the Irish countryside
According to recent data, 90% of the Irish breeding population has been lost since the 1970s. A national survey carried out between 2015 – 2017, funded by National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and conducted by BirdWatch Ireland and others, found that only 138 pairs remain , This was 2022 and a pair were feeding not far in front of me lovely birds indeed.Did not want to go any closer in case i disturbed them feeding so this is closest frame
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Nice image and story behind it. Hope you see more in the future.
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That is a lovely Bird photo mate , nicely framed up with those colors and the birds color , the little shadow running down the chest from just below the beak flows lovely from the black shape around its eye , smashing image Dave 🙂
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Thanks Diane @tersha for starting this. While I have been offline all I have shot is birds! It’s taken me all this time to realise photographing birds is what I enjoy the most, I love being out bush and watching them go about their daily business. So here are a few and I will share some more later.
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All beauties mate crisp and clean as well , good photography as always 🙂
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Great set Beaky, all good, but I really love the 2nd one … beautiful bird and colours, though I’ve no idea what sort of bird it is.
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Allows Edits? YesOh, @ozride these are jaw dropping, Beaky (and I’ve missed seeing your work)
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Thank you so much Pat @patography
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I love everyone’s shots so far, fantastic and kudos to all. I’m n0t a birder with a super-telephoto but I occasionally see a bird stop close by for a photo op. I call this one “Jemima Puddleduck” in honor of Beatrix Potter’s story. She flew over from the park nearby for a sip from a puddle at the entrance of our alleyway.
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Sweet shot Marty, and a perfect name! 🙂
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Lots of grackles in Dallas, you can always spot them by their yellow eyes. They are definitely birds with attitude.
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Two beautiful shots Marty , i was watching a backyard feeder video yesterday and apparently these birds are aggressive to the smaller birds and if possible try not to encourage them by arranging feeders that they find hard to feed from , i understand what they were saying and the reasons behind these thoughts but they are a beautiful bird i think , we don’t have them our closest bird to them i think is the common blackbird or Turdus merula.
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You’re right, Patrick. Grackles are very aggressive, noisy blackbirds that many consider a nuisance. They’re rather known as the “bird Texans love to hate” here, but photographers love them because they’re unafraid and easy to get shots of. You might enjoy this humorous article about grackles, they’re the stuff of urban legends – hero or villain?
https://texashighways.com/culture/in-defense-of-grackle-texas-bird-people-love-to-hate/
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Nice shots Marty, I like the 2nd 2. Yes shore birds are gusty little fella’s 🙂
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Wow, I love your minimalist sand piper shots, Pat! All attention is directed to the birds, and the quiet feel of the shots is sublime. Kudos 🙂
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not sure exactly what, but it appears to be some sort of muppet on crack
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Bahaaaaa! 😛 Looks to be a young Owl of some sort. Nicely shot Beth @loki
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and a guy who forgot it was his anniversary and is now trying to woo his lady back.
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A few shots of Brown Booby Birds, I do have special like towards Boobies 🙂
First one is diving in for dinner, 2nd Soaring the waves and 3rd gliding over head. The last shot is a Crested Pigeon.
Crested Pigeon
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I love every one mate , really nice shooting ..This last one is a wee beauty what bird ? Do you have a Name , the beak looks like it is a raptor and that lovely color around its eye is stunning 🙂 Well camouflaged
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@patrickw-2 Brown Falcon Mate, we have lots around at work. Beautiful birds
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Not the best shot, but a great experience. I went to the arboretum & saw a large tree loaded with bright red berries. A flock of birds kept flying in & out so I knew it must be cedar waxwings. They were greedily flinging berries right & left in a feeding frenzy. Back & forth they came, over & over. It was great fun trying to capture shots of them even though I only have a kit telephotos lens. They spooked easily & would fly off if I got any closer. This is my best shot of one eating a berry. I returned to the same spot the next day & they had picked it clean.
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A lovely collection of images you have there Beth , loving the last one i think is an Osprey ? i could be wrong but regardless lovely composition 🙂
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@loki Awesome shots Beth, love the 2 white Herons and the Osprey.
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thanks beaky. in the us we call the white herons egrets. these are great egrets, with 2 smaller versions that are more common down south – the snowy egret and the cattle egret. the smaller egrets often confused with the juvenile great blue heron, which is also white but with lime green legs.
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Swainson’s Hawk:
Momma (or papa) wasn’t too happy with me….
I had been hanging around too many days taking pictures of its babies in the nest…
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Great set Paul!
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Your shots of the babies are definitely worth it in my book! 🙂 Fantastic set @paul-3
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Singing!
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Allows Edits? YesLovely shot, @tersha
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A mama cardinal built a nest in a small potted tree by our back door several years ago. I had a hard time getting decent shots but at least managed to capture some great memories. We were proud “grandparents” when 2 out of 3 eggs hatched and fledged. It was a joy watching mama and daddy teaching the babies how to find food in the grass and fly up the trunk of an oak tree to a branch jump by jump in our back yard. Dad was just as much a part of the training as mom.
Apologies for the last shot, the action happened so quickly & my camera craft & lens were not up to the challenge at that distance but it’s still a fond memory.
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Allows Edits? YesLovely timing @kwongphotography
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A snowy egret is silhouetted by the setting sun at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center in Hayward, CA.
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Gorgeous shot Kenneth.
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Thanks @tersha.
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In the garden this today …Goshawk
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Beautiful Tersha , looks like a young bird , awesome flying skills they have and brave
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Thanks Patrick. He comes through most days and sits in the branches above the feeders. The feeders are under an archway, and he swoops down and through the arch and away, so quick!
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I think they reuse the same nest each year and if not the same they will stay in that area ..good to have it visit if i had these visit i don’t think i would get out to shoot very much .. Full time Hide with a coffee machine 🙂
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@martye I like the composition of this image, although at first glance, I think the duck’s head is getting a little lost against the background. It appears that you’ve burned-down (darkened) the background a little, and IDK if that’s really necessary.
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@kwongphotography Thank you for your comments. You are right that the duck’s head is a little lost and I darkened the background a little to compensate. I’m still learning about when to burn or dodge and how much is too much, not enough, or just right. The vivid colors of tulips in the original shot seemed to make the duck a little lost (camouflaged?) , and I was wanting to highlight the duck’s eye if possible. I’m also a beginner with monochrome, so this is good feedback. Here’s the original if that matters.
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@martye The look of an image is very subjective, so please take what I say with a grain of salt. I am a little different than most people and believe the challenge is to get the image right in camera and do as little as possible in post processing. The majority of the pictures I’ve posted here and on my website have minimal processing and many are almost straight out of the camera.
I tend to like my images a little darker and more saturated than a lot of people, however, my opinion is that overall, the duck is a little underexposed. I can barely see the catch light in its eye. Obviously, you could easily fix this if you chose to do so. 😉
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Allows Edits? YesSome stunning shots there @kwongphotography
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