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Topic: Show Us Some Birds...33

Posted By: TBMike
Subject: Show Us Some Birds...33
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 00:25

Starting new thread with Momma showing off her new chicks first of 2010.

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Posted By: brettania
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 01:15

Good start to the new thread John (and thanks for kicking it off!).

Posted By: momech
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 03:05

Another green jay

Nice to see the chicks; at least someone thinks spring's gonna be here soon

Posted By: rmscustom
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 04:57

One taken in early January.
Ring necked Duck

A700 Bigma @500MM F/8 iso400

RMS

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Posted By: Mal17520
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 13:32

Taken A week ago. First sunny day in ages.

F/10.0, 160th sec, iso 800, 280mm.

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Posted By: svjetlana
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 18:31

Posted By: ianb
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 22:16

Humble/Iconic British Robin Sunbathing!!!!

Ianb

Posted By: Brandy
Date Posted: 27 February 2010 at 23:44

Good to see you're finally getting some sun in the UK Ian!!
This stilt gets quite vociferous when I invade his territory...

Cheers Brandy.

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Posted By: rmscustom
Date Posted: 28 February 2010 at 20:09

One from today, this guy was huddled and looked cold.

Coyoteutus Runawayumus (Common name Roadrunner)

A700 70-400G @400mm f/9 iso800

RMS

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Posted By: Daninho
Date Posted: 28 February 2010 at 20:17

Taken today, A700, 70-400

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Posted By: punkskaphil
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 02:03

^ that's a beauty.

Tried to find Crested Tits in Sweden last year, but they proved elusive (one did fly past us at high speed, but that's as close as we got). Even if I did manage to finally snap one, I doubt I'd get it as well as you've done there.

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Posted By: nasher
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 02:16

This one is from a couple of years ago. There was a baby robins' nest right outside our front door (taken with 100 2.8 Macro D).

Mark

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Posted By: wolfy
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 03:46

A couple old ones from me;

1. Wollongong Uni resident evil duck, A700+35-105/3.5-4.5(original)

2. Pelican, A700+600/4 hand held at local lagoon

3. Pelican, A900+300/2.8 hand held at local inlet

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Posted By: Argote
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 04:53

http://www.flickr.com/photos/argote/3878731667/">

Camera: Sony DSLR-A200
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 320
Focal Length: 300 mm
Lens: 75-300mm F4.5-5.6

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Posted By: Wayne09
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 05:30

Red-breasted Sapsucker

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Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 01 March 2010 at 09:57

Northern Fantail

White breasted Woodswallow

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Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 22:00

Coot

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Posted By: bms44974
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 22:11

@xmilehigh: Very nice exposure, Jerry! Cheers... Brian

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Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 02 March 2010 at 22:45

Thanks,

Normally blow the highlights (beak) badly on these, but managed to pull this one back.

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Posted By: punkskaphil
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 01:18

I have the same issue with coots. You've done a nice job there. I really like the colours around it's huge feet too.

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Posted By: Copperhead
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 07:43

Here are a couple from this afternoon. Please excuse the bald eagle shot, I did not quite have enough shutter speed. It is my first wild eagle, so I wanted to post it. A700/Minolta 400 f4.5

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Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 09:50

Blue Faced Parrot Finch (Regarded as Uncommon to Rare)

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Posted By: Wayne09
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 18:00

Camouflage

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Posted By: Pavel
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 19:09

A-900+200 f/4 macro

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Posted By: bms44974
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 19:33

@Pavel: Birding with a macro lens

. Well done, Pavel!

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Posted By: bharnois
Date Posted: 03 March 2010 at 19:47

Nice start to the new thread. TFS

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Posted By: EKStarzinger
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 02:13

bms44974 - sounds like a challenge to me.

Posted By: pegelli
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 08:18

bms44974 wrote:

@Pavel: Birding with a macro lens

. Well done, Pavel!

They're quite small birds really

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Posted By: Pavel
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 14:34

bms44974 wrote:

@Pavel: Birding with a macro lens

. Well done, Pavel!

I didn't plan for birding on that day, but today I saw some herons at the near lake.Tomorrow I am going to take closer look at them through the 600 f/4 HS G

Posted By: p_man
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 14:43

Copperhead wrote:

Here are a couple from this afternoon. Please excuse the bald eagle shot, I did not quite have enough shutter speed.

Posted By: aditya
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 19:05

some of my recent attempts

This is a very rare bird a paradise fly catcher I would have bin lucky to have spotted one let alone photograph it

this one of my first gull shot

an ordinary egret in flight

this was shot with the middle of summer mid day sun as back lighting, had to do little pp but all credit to the 70-400g

70-400g mfd is great too

this is slightly more than 100% crop extreme top left corner at 400

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 04 March 2010 at 19:15

Birds with macro lens you say?

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Posted By: misu_d
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 00:13

goose landing

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Posted By: nurkov
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 00:29

Some of mine from today

1.

All taken with Sigma AF 400mm F5.6 APO TeleMacro

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Posted By: Brandy
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 01:05

Some Superb Fairy Wrens from yesterday.

Moult.

Male.

Female.

Cheers Brandy.

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Posted By: Brandy
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 01:10

And a Wattle bird.

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Posted By: Copperhead
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 01:50

Thank you P Man. Overall I am happy with the photo. I was very excited to have several bald eagles of different maturity so close to me. I took over 50 photos of seven different eagles in a few minutes time. The shots did not turn out exactly like I had planned. Only five or six shots came out right and worked for me. I was hoping for a little more success, but thats the way it goes. Each failure I experience makes me a better photographer. (in my own mind anyway)

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Posted By: EKStarzinger
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 02:26

This week has been my first real chance to go birding with the A700. I'm much happier with the results vice the A300.

EK

An adult male Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
#1

Posted By: TBMike
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 22:06

My Woodstorks have returned to nest another year but looks like it will only a few nests.

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Posted By: Basil
Date Posted: 05 March 2010 at 22:34

A 700 w/ Vivitar 100 3.5 macro
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A 700 w/Tamron 70-300 LD Macro
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A 700 w/Tamron 70-200 2.8
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Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 06 March 2010 at 09:17

Couple from yesterday

Great Tit

Blue Tit

a700 & 200 HS G

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Posted By: pegelli
Date Posted: 06 March 2010 at 10:54

Those are pretty close Jerry. Are they not so shy or were you in a hide.
In our garden I would never get so close I think.

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Posted By: svjetlana
Date Posted: 06 March 2010 at 17:12

great images on this page

Posted By: silversurfer
Date Posted: 06 March 2010 at 22:25

Beautiful capture of the chickadee svjetlana!
This mockingbird was guarding something. Let me get very close and didng budge.

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 02:24

Great pictures svletlana and silversurfer. Today I went out to shoot some bald eagles, but ended up with a comorand and an owl

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Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 05:02

Juvenile Northern Fantail - thought I was there to feed it

Grey Headed Robin

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Posted By: goldsmid
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 12:55

Owl caught mid day in a Barn

A850, 300mm, f/13, 1/800s, ISO200

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Posted By: goldsmid
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 12:58

Bird on Ice

A850, 180mm, f/10, 1/640s, ISO200

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Posted By: wolfy
Date Posted: 07 March 2010 at 15:04

Well theres something I have never seen, bird hanging onto an icicle, nice catch goldsmid.

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Posted By: Okapi
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 01:14

Two BIF taken last month.

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Posted By: Craig144
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 01:16

Great shot of the Chickadee on the icicle Goldsmid.

It is almost spring again so the Mallard drakes are out in full colour. Here are a couple of shots from yesterday.
Swimming Against the Current

Cold Duck Feet

Both shot with my A700 & 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G SSM

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Posted By: yuri1111
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 13:48

I went out to test my new Tamron 70-200 and met this pretty little Erithacus rubecula...

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Posted By: svjetlana
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 16:08

silversurfer and SerdarA: thank you

Posted By: MG1968
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 20:39

I'm not sure what bird this is, he wouldn't turn around for me, so he just "struck a pose".

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Posted By: p_man
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 20:47

@MG1968 - I believe that's an American Robin, but I'm guessing that you knew that and we're just kidding around. BTW, is you nickname a refernce to the car? - my neighbor has one and he actually let me take it out for a spin on one of the 4 days it ran last summer.

Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 21:03

pegelli wrote:

Those are pretty close Jerry. Are they not so shy or were you in a hide.
In our garden I would never get so close I think.

Hi,

No hide, these birds are not shy at all, at this particular location they are very well fed and if you keep movement to a minimum you are able to get very close indeed

but I agree normally not within 20'.

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Posted By: MG1968
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 21:06

nope, nothing that exciting, the "MG" are my initials and the "1968" is the year I was born.

Kind of figured that was a male robin, I don't think I've ever seen one with such a dark-colored head.

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Posted By: p_man
Date Posted: 08 March 2010 at 21:12

I think you should definitely get one for your mid-life crisis car. It is a fun little money pit. I'm only a year younger- my midlife crisis car would be a 69 'vette - though with two young kids that's not going to happen.

All the robins around us are colored that way. The females are a little browner, but they are ruddy underneath - in general just looking like a faded male. In my town, the females outnumber the males about 2:1. According to my Peterson's guide, robins are in the blackbird family and you can attract them by putting out cracked corn and mealworms.

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Posted By: mpb
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 07:03

Rainbow Lorikeet giving me "THE EYE"

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Posted By: Frankman
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 10:50

Looks like everyone's been busy over the past week or so. Great stuff guys.

Here are a few of my more recent shots:

1. They may be graceful at times, but not when coming in to land:

2. Corellas

3. White faced heron

4. Black shouldered kite:

5. Black cockatoos:

6. Squabbling:

7. Darter

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Posted By: p_man
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 14:20

Great photos Frank!
Laughed out loud at the first one. The last looks like it should be a hood ornament on an car from the 1930s. The kite looks like a bird you don't want to mess with.
TFS

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Posted By: rmscustom
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 15:01

Love your post as usual, but that Black Shouldered Kite shot is really great, the pose is perfect!

RMS

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Posted By: MrZed69
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 19:51

Great shots on here as usual, it hardly seems fair to single any out, but Frank I love that Kite, it is gorgeous!

A few from me:
Egret:

Herons:

Gull Billed Tern:

"The chase" Not particularly good a shot and quite a crop, but I just liked the way the two at the back were chasing the one with food in formation:

Cheers
Dan

Posted By: silversurfer
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 22:29

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Frankman wrote:

1. They may be graceful at times, but not when coming in to land:

Gorgeous shots Frank, especially the heron.
Geese are not much better looking when landing.

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 22:38

Nice landing! Another incoming:

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Posted By: dennismullen
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 23:24

Taken with Sony A900 and Sigma 500/4.5 APO EX DG.

See larger versions http://www.dennismullen.com/Animals/Animals/3112001_6uQKL#804706099_8T6ad - here .

1/1600s f6.3 at 500mm iso200

1/1600s f6.3 at 500mm iso200

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Posted By: ronghomes
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 23:31

This guy needs to be giving lessons to Silversurfer’s birds

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Posted By: silversurfer
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 05:29

ronghomes wrote:

This guy needs to be giving lessons to Silversurfer’s birds

But these guys (and gal) already volunteered to teach the geese

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Posted By: ronghomes
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 08:15

They do seem to know what they’re doing, and so does the photographer. Great job Silversurfer!!

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Posted By: Frankman
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 10:03

Great work guys. Excellent clarity and detail.

Frank

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Posted By: Dr Hotdog
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 11:35

Some excellent photos in this thread. A few of my own more modest efforts:

A cheeky Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) feeding from a packet of sugar in the Hunter Valley
http://drhotdog.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/11451519_ikQ2H#805311804_zr9Kk-A-LB">

18-250 @ 80mm, ISO 100, f/8, 1/100s

Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) at Uluru
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18-250 @ 250mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/160s

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) at Australia Zoo (yep, a zoo bird, I cheated

)
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18-250 @ 55mm, ISO 400, f/5, 1/25s

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Posted By: bms44974
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 13:43

silversurfer wrote:

Nice panning silversurfer!

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Posted By: vinayn
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 15:20

Shot this on a Sunday afternoon, after spending five hours shooting birds.

Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 11 March 2010 at 05:42

A neighbor:

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Posted By: svjetlana
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 07:02

birding with wide lens Minolta 11-18mm

Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 08:15

Great shots with a small lens. You must have been very close.
Todays effort from me
Male Red-backed Fairy-wren

Female

Pale Yellow Robin

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Posted By: svjetlana
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 15:50

Stan53 wrote:

Great shots with a small lens. You must have been very close.

Thanks Stan, I was very close. The lens almost touched the feeder.

Posted By: Scott3249
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 16:09

Just a few I have.

Posted By: JamesD
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 08:12

A few from today. Very pleased that this first series was all in focus.

Just liked this little guy

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Posted By: Jens G
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 19:56

Here is a blue tit, enjoying the sun.

A700 with 70-400G @360mm

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 21:04

Lovely picture Jens. I am very tempted to get a 70-400G.

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Posted By: misu_d
Date Posted: 14 March 2010 at 22:27

Nice birds around here! I have one too(but not so nice).

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Posted By: Wayne09
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 05:54

Face-off, Hooded Merganser, Nisqually NWR, Olympia, Washington

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Posted By: Brandy
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 07:11

Always amazed at the shots here. Nice one Serdar and like the face off Wayne. Some Pelicans from above, not an angle I usually get.

Liked the way the shadow gave a sort of polarising effect, especially in 2.

Cheers Brandy.

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Posted By: Brandy
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 09:05

Full flaps. Just wish he'd been by himself.

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Posted By: Frankman
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 12:46

Peter - the high angles work really well, especially given the amazing colour of the water. Good work!

Frank

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 14:46

Thanks Brandy. Lovely pictures of the pelican, I particularly liked the first one with the emerald colored water.
-Serdar

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Posted By: Matt Fairview
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 23:16

The bird thread is always an inspiration - great contributions.

Female blackcap - A700 + Sigma EX DG 100-300mm F4

Dunnock - A700 + Sigma EX DG 100-300mm F4

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Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 09:30

Laughing Kookaburra

Leaden Flycatcher

Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher (I have been trying to get a photo of this bird for 3 months.

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Posted By: alanfrombangor
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 09:34

Our bird table wasn't designed for squirrels but the bluetit doesn't seem perturbed.

Posted By: Dr Hotdog
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 12:55

Emerald Dove, taking a bath.

http://drhotdog.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/11451519_ikQ2H#811680756_Wg8Nr-A-LB">

Rose Crowned Fruit Dove.

http://drhotdog.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/11451519_ikQ2H#811675273_W6LVU-A-LB">

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Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 20:12

Cool Shots in this thread

Great Crested Grebe
#1

a700 & 500mm Relfex + Tripod

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Posted By: Pavel
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 20:15

Good results from your 500 Reflex Jerry

Posted By: Xmilehigh
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 20:25

Thanks.

Today was a good day with it no donuts

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Posted By: Serdar A
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 02:08

Was able to shoot a couple of small birds

Till the big one came and chased the small ones away:

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Posted By: Stan53
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 07:44

Anyone know what bird this is??

I was thinking a juvenile Common Bronzewing but can't find a picture of one.

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Posted By: Dr Hotdog
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 08:00

Nice photo Stan. Looks like it could be a juvenile Peaceful Dove, but I'm no expert on bird IDs.

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Posted By: vinayn
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 08:49

Pole Dancer..Shot with the A700 and the Tamron 200-500

Posted By: alanfrombangor
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 09:04

That doesn't look very comfortable! Nice shot though.

Posted By: ants
Date Posted: 17 March 2010 at 10:15

Another bird on my apple tree

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