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    Posted: 05 July 2010 at 06:16
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And a couple more:

Reef Heron (a700 & Tokina ATX304):


Tern (a550 & Beercan):


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@stiuskr - love the impression on Hoolie's face!! Looks like a great place to visit, full credit to the people who run and work at these facilities!!   

Some from me from the last few weeks:

Squacco Heron


Plover trying to look invisible!


Osprey


All taken with a700 & Tokina ATX304

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Posts: 11464 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 July 2010 at 23:29
Went to an open house at the Three Rivers Avian Center here in W. Va. It's a bird of prey rescue/rehabilitation and public education center and also instramental in the release of Peregrine Falcons into the New River Gorge area. I did enjoy myself but as far as picture taking goes it was a disappointment as all the birds on display (residents that can't be released) were in chain link cages and in the shade. But I did get a few keepers.
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All with the a700 & 70200G.

Perry, a male Peregrine Falcon


Hoolie, a Great Horned Owl who was perched on a refrigerator and the only bird that I didn't have to focus through a fence.


Spirit, a Golden Eagle. Found near death with a broken and infected rear talon that had to be amputated and without the ability to grip survival in the wild was unlikely.


Edited by stiuskr - 04 July 2010 at 23:30
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Golden Eagle,   Hooded Claw (Great Tit)



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Posts: 9083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 July 2010 at 17:29
Thanks Brian and Okapi.
Indeed it was very close. When I was about to leave after a regular session with the Heron, the Heron came and arrive just few meters away from me on the river waterside. I guess he already knows me and we are friends, so he is not afraid...
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Superb pictures of that heron, and very well story about them.
And a happy day for all americans Dyxumers too from Switzerland.
Excuse my bad english please!
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Posts: 5166 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 July 2010 at 16:55
@rovhazman: I only see half of that fish headed for the water in #3 . Nice job with difficult lighting. You must have been quite close to have the first three at 150mm. Well done.

Cheers... Brian

Edited by bms44974 - 04 July 2010 at 16:56
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Posts: 9083 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 July 2010 at 16:38
I see a fish

A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 150mm | f/5.6 | 1/640 sec | ISO 320

Got it

A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 150mm | f/5.6 | 1/250 sec | ISO 320

Ops...

A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 150mm | f/5.6 | 1/320 sec | ISO 320

Let's think what went wrong...

A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 180mm | f/5.6 | 1/250 sec | ISO 320

Few more picture of the same Heron

A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 360mm | f/5.6 | 1/250 sec | ISO 320


A700 + Sony 70-400mm | 400mm | f/5.6 | 1/320 sec | ISO 320

OK, I think it is enough for now...
Happy 4th of July!
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a900, 1/1000, f7.1, 400mm


a900, 1/1600, f7.1, 400mm

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Western snowy plovers: parent and chick. This bird is listed as "Threatened" under the US Endangered Species Act.

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Little Egret preparing to land



Grey heron

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yeah the Sparrows look great too.

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@rmscustom: Thanks, Robert! These crows were apparently used to scavenging off the tourists coming to see the elephant seals at the beach near San Simeon (CA, USA). The sun was a bit too high for these shots, but LR fill light brought back some decent detail. The individual in #1 above seemed small for the American Crows I've seen, but I couldn't find another species with a range that included this location and the bird in #2 looked more like the adults I'm used to seeing in North Carolina.

I took LOTS of shots, but for the most part they look just like these. Perhaps you will settle for a chipping sparrow I caught feeding its young in my back yard.

1.


2.


both with A700+70300G (exif embedded).

Cheers... Brian
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