Birds Birds Non-BIF Thread - Post Your Shots Here

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what species is this? I think I've seen them here in South Florida.

Hi, Chris,
Thanks for asking.
It's a Red-winged Blackbird.

Here are a couple of more recognizable photos.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 197.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[evacguy]

The disappearing Tufted Duck, going, going, going, .........

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/6400 sec
• ISO 51200

........ gone!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/6400 sec
• ISO 12800

 

[lodbrok]

Bestfriends!

• ILCE-7M4
• SAMYANG AF 135mm F1.8
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[spudhead]

kingfisher from Sunday only managed one shot before he was off

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[-ST-]

Ducks in the rain.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[spudhead]

A few from today. View attachment 32554View attachment 32555View attachment 32556View attachment 32653View attachment 32654Caught the peanut thief! First Red Breasted Nuthatch I've seen here.

Tim looks like the feeders are full and the weather is better, good job

 

[spudhead]

pied wagtail

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 640

 

[spudhead]

sparrow recent edit from last year

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[lodbrok]

YOU TALKIN TO ME?

• ILCE-7M4
• SAMYANG AF 135mm F1.8
• 135.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Forgot about this variation. Whipped it up earlier. These wrens are usually built like a little ball, but this weirdo looked like a bloody pear! I think he is screaming because the girls don't talk to him...

View attachment 32928

 

[GvilleRick]

I bought a Sony 100-400 GM lens this week and decided to go to a local zoo to play with it this morning. As I walked out of the house I heard hawks and saw three flying off in the distance. I got a few photos but none were really any good. I got in the car and headed toward the zoo and about a half mile from my house saw what I thought at first were a couple of hawks chasing each other. I then noticed that one bird was bigger and saw the white head moving through the trees as it perched on a limb. I found a spot to park on the side of the road and managed to get some shots of the male bald eagle that the red-shouldered hawk was harassing. There were lots of branches so I'm glad he stayed perched while I adjusted to allow DMF so I could adjust focus manually. Unfortunately there were too many trees in the way to get a good shot of him in flight but it was cool to see. I'm hoping he will return to the area and I can get a better view.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[spudhead]

This guy is always around the garden busting a tune out and even sits 3 feet away from me when I fill the bird feeders, he is barely 3 inches tall

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[cjsmall]

While I'm waiting for my A7 IV to arrive, I was wondering if it would be wrong to post some photos from my lowly 6.1 megapixel Minolta 7D to this forum, since they are not from an Alpha camera. This was my first digital camera dating back to 2006 when I did a photo-safari in Tanzania and got a number of good shots. I don't want to violate protocols!

 

[spudhead]

While I'm waiting for my A7 IV to arrive, I was wondering if it would be wrong to post some photos from my lowly 6.1 megapixel Minolta 7D to this forum, since they are not from an Alpha camera. This was my first digital camera dating back to 2006 when I did a photo-safari in Tanzania and got a number of good shots. I don't want to violate protocols!

I am fairly sure Minolta is fine as its part of the Sony family, I post with Sony body and Minolta glass now and then and @ Brownie has posted with his recently purchased 5d take a look at his Confession thread

 

[-ST-]

Yellowlegs coming and going

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2) + 2X Teleconverter (SEL20TC)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 160

 

[evacguy]

'Don't stomp off in a flap!'

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 72.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 500

 

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'Don't stomp off in a flap!'View attachment 33057

That's outstanding, Ed.

 

[cjsmall]

A pair of yellow-billed egrets taken from a small boat on the Rufiji River in the Selous, Tnzania

• MAXXUM 7D
• 210.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 200

 

[cjsmall]

An unidentified bird shot with my Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 lens at Lake Manyara, Tanzania.

• MAXXUM 7D
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Clide]

Took advantage of a guided "brisk" walk at a near by State Park with a State Park Ranger. Since I was with a group of folks I brought a 35mm and a 85mm Lense as I thought there would be more landscape and people photos. We came around a bend and I saw this bird standing on this old fallen tree. I had my 85 mm on the A7 IV and started shooting as there were a number of children in the group and I knew it would be gone quickly. After a discussion and review of the photos it was identified as a juvenile Coopers Hawk. That 85 mm lense did a pretty good job in a pinch.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 85mm F1.8
• 85.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 85mm F1.8
• 85.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 400

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

The pond boss. He stands here all day, everyday...

View attachment 33096

 

[evacguy]

That's outstanding, Ed.

Thanks ST, I was rather surprised by their wing span.

 

[evacguy]

Egyptian goose exerting his authority at the Princess of Wales pond, Blackheath.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 160

 

[evacguy]

This Egyptian goose means business!

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 173.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/5000 sec
• ISO 160

 

[evacguy]

Not today thank you! You never know what you'll see in Greenwich Park. Ring-necked parakeet at home in Greenwich Park.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[Clide]

I could not move fast enough to get the background correct. Need to work on PS skills.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[spudhead]

skylark at long range on a grey day

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) + 1.4X Teleconverter (SEL14TC)
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[Gaz]

I didn’t expect these stars from the Sony 24-240 lens.

• ILCE-7M4
• ----
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Brownie]

I didn’t expect these stars from the Sony 24-240 lens.View attachment 33203

That is weird. There should be 14 rays for that lens. Looks like the ones down in the corner would be what you'd expect if we could see them all. I would expect the stars I see to come from a lens with 8 blades.

 

[Gaz]

That is weird. There should be 14 rays for that lens. Looks like the ones down in the corner would be what you'd expect if we could see them all. I would expect the stars I see to come from a lens with 8 blades.

I shot that in Prague. I did have one other lens at that time. An old Pentax 50mm F1.4 film lens - with 6 blades. Ionly tested it a couple of times while on holidays but that would explain it. Also explains the dodgy focus. Manual.