Birds Birds not in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[THXGEEK]

This is a bird that for years I have been trying to get a good photo of. Typically Scarlet Tanagers like to hang out high in trees but this one was fairly kind and came down to say hello.

Beautiful - striking color contrast!

You seem to have a bounty of interesting & colorful wildlife nearby - I am jealous!

 

[RogerSmith]

I would call this one "bird almost in flight" a juvenile peregrine falcon practicing, Torrey Pines State Park San Diego CA.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[iamdlewis]

You seem to have a bounty of interesting & colorful wildlife nearby - I am jealous!

All the birds I posted recently should be/have past through your area. You should have the Indigo Bunting, Common Yellowthroat and more likely the Summer Tanager instead of the Scarlet.

Go here: https://ebird.org/hotspots zoom into your area and see what people have been finding at places around you and then do a little reading on them, download the Merlin app, go out use the Sound Id to help know what is around and search.

 

[Phil Vetra]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[spudhead]

chiffchaff

• ILCE-1
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

 

[Clix Pix]

A Pair of Common Grackles. I was shooting the one standing on the chain when the other one suddenly went flying right past!

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[THXGEEK]

Sparrows arguing over who get the prime spot on the feeder ...

• ILCE-1M2
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[Phil Vetra]

C

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 6400

old and wet but, still singing.

 

[THXGEEK]

Great Blue Heron fishing at a nearby lake...

• ILCE-1M2
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-1M2
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1M2
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

Dinner is served!

• ILCE-1M2
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[iamdlewis]

Some from an outing this morning.
Ceder Waxwing

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 800

White-Eyed Vireo

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 10000

Blackpoll Warbler
Male

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 8000

Female

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 3200

Indigo Bunting

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 640

Common Yellowthroat

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

Prairie Warbler

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 400

Mocking Bird - This one was being a real jerk in that it was mimicking about 6 different migratory birds

• ILCE-1M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[THXGEEK]

Some from an outing this morning.


Indigo Bunting
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Looks like your new A1II is taking some mighty fine pictures there, David. (Although I'm sure you helped.... )

I need to get out more. I really want to see (and photograph) an Indigo Bunting. Such a striking shade of blue!

 

[Phil Vetra]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 774.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/10000 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[iamdlewis]

Looks like your new A1II is taking some mighty fine pictures there, David. (Although I'm sure you helped.... )

I need to get out more. I really want to see (and photograph) an Indigo Bunting. Such a striking shade of blue!

I think the A1ii did a little better job in picking up the birds especially in the darker moments of the outing. I still have some stuff to work out with it. The fact that I now have 2 cameras with the focus stacking feature did allow me to setup for the mushroom pick in the other thread and then watch for the Prairie Warbler was a nice thing. The * option on the Frame Rate dial has already starting paying off as I have reduced my overall shot count without feeling as though I am missing shots.

It is good to have a target bird. The Indigo is a nice one to target as it shares a liking for areas that a number of other interesting looking birds have. Indigo Buntings like forest edges along open non-maintained fields that have shrubs. So think farmland fields rather than mowed park land along wooded areas. This time of year they are going to be one of the more vocal birds in such areas.

 

[THXGEEK]

The * option on the Frame Rate dial has already starting paying off as I have reduced my overall shot count without feeling as though I am missing shots.

Concur.

With the dial set to *, I have the red REC button set to cycle thru the different frame rates with each push. Now I can very quickly cycle between single shot and high-speed blasts (and everything in between) Very handy.

There are a few locations nearby like those non-maintained fields you described. Sounds like a good excuse for a field trip.