Show us some birds...52

Welcome to part 52 of "Show us some birds...".

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Sounds like trying conditions Hopkins you did well - definitely some different species there.

Little Pied Cormorant

Pied Piper by benevolent_son71, on Flickr

Black Swan

Stately Bird by benevolent_son71, on Flickr

And finally a pair of Gulls with a hazy Perth skyline as a backdrop.

City Birds by benevolent_son71, on Flickr

Grebe. Can never get close e nough.









Cheers Brandy.]

Ok it's the US westcoast timezone's turn!


Peregrine Karate Kid



a450 with Minolta 600 f4 hs apo @ f13 1/1600sec & iso800


Burrowing Owl Portrait



a450 with Minolta 600 f4 hs apo @ f13 1/1250sec & iso 800 (no flash, shot close to sunset)


This Turkey (vulture) is not for the Thanksgiving Table



a450 with Minolta 600 f4 hs apo @ f8 1/2000sec & iso 400


Juniper Titmouse sitting pretty (holding brunch with both hands)



a450 with Minolta 600 f4 hs apo @ f7.1 1/2000sec & iso 800
The latter is from Red Rock Canyon, Nevada; preceding three are from Southern California.

Edited by pdeley - 25 February 2012 at 05:41

I got extraordinarily fortunate ( read that as lucky!) I was trying to get a mated pair of Hooded Mergansers
They were having a discussion... when the wood ducks showed up. I was under a set of bushes above the flood containment pond called by the neighborhood "Lake Le Mark" It was the only way to get even that close to the Mergansers. I can say the shots were taken from about 55 yards away. The moment they even thought a human was around the wood ducks bolted
and now a serious crop of the leaving

Thanks for viewing.

Cormorant


Osprey:


Egret:


White Ibis:


Sandhill Cranes:

From this morning I only have a bird print to show.

A pigeon with a small falcon biting in his neck flew into our window with a mighty blow. The pigeon didn't survive but the falcon flew away before I could get my camera out.

You can see the falcon's head/beak print behind the entire pigeon print.
This picture was helped by a strong sun backlight and some extra clarity in Lightroom.


A700 + 100/2.8 macro D