Birds Birds Non-BIF Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Gaz]

You will need to get the local bird packs for areas.
I am pretty sure that is a Glaucous-winged Gull based on the feet. Could be a Herring Gull. Both are common to the area and both are among the mostly white with grey wing area and a red spot on the bill.

I thought the red spot was from dinner.

I was truly fascinated by its size. Quite intimidating when I had lunch!

 

[GvilleRick]

Took a walk around a lake and saw birds both small, such as this Song Sparrow singing in the top of a tree...

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... or this Robin ...

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and large birds like this Great Blue Heron who let me get quite close after I watched him catch and swallow a fish (as seen in a separate post.)

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[Gaz]

An Australasian Swamphen just snuck up under my feet while I was photographing black swans today.

And I thought I spotted the slickness Monster, a long way off, but then I figured it was a swamp chicken with her chick on its back.

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[Brownie]

A new subject. Not the first one I've seen in my backyard, but the first in a long while.

Tufted Titmouse
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[spudhead]

Saw

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this raven near a construction site hence fencing in the back ground

 

[spudhead]

grebe with lunch

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[Deleted Member 5045]

A bit of a collection from the weekend.

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[Gaz]

Pretty sure this is the Noisy Minor, not to be confused with the introduced and invasive Indian Miner. (Which I always confuse)

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[Deleted Member 5003]

A bit of a collection from the weekend.

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Nice selection of shots Clint.....the second BandW bird seems a somewhat angry model......

The black oyster catcher I like particularily.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Cheers Ray. They're definitely the most aggressive birds I've seen, if these Willy Wagtails had any size on them they'd probably rule the world I reckon. Little weapons for sure!

It was a flat afternoon which delivered quite lifeless images but probably the most amount of energy I've seen from the bird life in a while so I just had to make do with that. Still it's nice to have images in all the different scenarios.

 

[iamdlewis]

Some of the couples hanging out this morning. Mallards, Wood Ducks and Common Mergansers

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Some of the couples hanging out this morning. Mallards, Wood Ducks and Common Mergansers
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Hey, David.
I love the stand-up duck (Common Merganser) in the last one.

 

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The Power Couple through the Window.

Chaitali,
This is wonderful!

 

[Gaz]

Cheers Ray. They're definitely the most aggressive birds I've seen, if these Willy Wagtails had any size on them they'd probably rule the world I reckon. Little weapons for sure!

It was a flat afternoon which delivered quite lifeless images but probably the most amount of energy I've seen from the bird life in a while so I just had to make do with that. Still it's nice to have images in all the different scenarios.

I reckon It’s their white eyebrows that makes them look angry. Such cheeky characters. I saw one chase off the minor birds yesterday, and the little guy down on the beach chased off a magpie last week. Hilarious.

I was tracking Willy but managed to get neither in focus.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I reckon It’s their white eyebrows that makes them look angry. Such cheeky characters. I saw one chase off the minor birds yesterday, and the little guy down on the beach chased off a magpie last week. Hilarious.

I was tracking Willy but managed to get neither in focus.

Eyebrows hey..?

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Cheers Ray. They're definitely the most aggressive birds I've seen, if these Willy Wagtails had any size on them they'd probably rule the world I reckon. Little weapons for sure!

It was a flat afternoon which delivered quite lifeless images but probably the most amount of energy I've seen from the bird life in a while so I just had to make do with that. Still it's nice to have images in all the different scenarios.

Agree...just go with what you have rather than wishing for better....

 

[Gaz]

Eyebrows hey..?

Haha. Without the angry eyebrows nobody would take her threats seriously!

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Haha. Without the angry eyebrows nobody would take her threats seriously!

Lol! I dug this one up for you. They're the world's premier insect assassin...

This one was at Centennial Parklands over the west side road of the main lake.

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[Gaz]

Lol! I dug this one up for you. They're the world's premier insect assassin...

This one was at Centennial Parklands over the west side road of the main lake.

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That’s a perfect photo. Obviously just had the bucks party. Someone shaved off one eyebrow.

I love the centennial park. It’s within walking distance but I ride the motorbike there.

Im a little annoyed with Sony A7iv geotagging my shots. After using iPhone which tags everything, the Sony is hit and miss. I started adding the info later but in the last few weeks I’ve gotten lazy.

Soon I won’t remember where I saw that insect eating monobrow.

 

[evacguy]

Shy parrot in Royal Greenwich Park.

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That’s a perfect photo. Obviously just had the bucks party. Someone shaved off one eyebrow.

I love the centennial park. It’s within walking distance but I ride the motorbike there.

Im a little annoyed with Sony A7iv geotagging my shots. After using iPhone which tags everything, the Sony is hit and miss. I started adding the info later but in the last few weeks I’ve gotten lazy.

Soon I won’t remember where I saw that insect eating monobrow.

Hey, Gaz,

The latest version of Imaging Edge Mobile has been much better at connecting to the phone and getting the location information. I don't have to give it any thought. It just runs in the background and connects to the camera automatically.

Imaging Edge Mobile | Creators' Cloud

creatorscloud.sony.net

 

[Brownie]

Had an interesting day in the back yard. Almost everyone showed up. This was about 2 hours.

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[Deleted Member 5045]

That’s a perfect photo. Obviously just had the bucks party. Someone shaved off one eyebrow.

I love the centennial park. It’s within walking distance but I ride the motorbike there.

Im a little annoyed with Sony A7iv geotagging my shots. After using iPhone which tags everything, the Sony is hit and miss. I started adding the info later but in the last few weeks I’ve gotten lazy.

Soon I won’t remember where I saw that insect eating monobrow.

Really? I could tell the story behind every image that I've edited..! Never wanted to use anything like that...

I have the garden at Caringbah or the mangrove walk at Taren Point for my quick and easy locations. I recommend you hit Taren Point one day, that's where most of these images were from the series I put up yesterday, honey eaters and wrens are usually ripping around there too.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Had an interesting day in the back yard. Almost everyone showed up.

Are these with your 200-600mm Timmy..?

 

[Brownie]

Are these with your 200-600mm Timmy..?

Yessir.

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I knew it! The clarity is lovely!

 

[GvilleRick]

A few from this afternoon at Conestee Nature Preserve in Greenville, SC.

Great Blue Heron with two chicks (probably born within the last week.)

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Great Blue Heron pair with chick poking his head out of the nest.

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Carolina Wren

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Red-Headed Woodpecker.

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[Gaz]

A few from this afternoon at Conestee Nature Preserve in Greenville, SC.

Great Blue Heron with two chicks (probably born within the last week.)
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Great Blue Heron pair with chick poking his head out of the nest.
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Carolina Wren
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Red-Headed Woodpecker.
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The chicks are really cute!

 

[iamdlewis]

A wrap up of my trip to Puerto Rico
Bananaquit

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A Little Blue Heron looking for its wallet

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Monk Parakeet

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Orange-Fronted Parakeet

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Pearly-Eyed Thrasher

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Puerto Rican Tody

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Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo

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White-Winged Dove

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[Deleted Member 5003]

A wrap up of my trip to Puerto Rico
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A Little Blue Heron looking for its wallet
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Monk Parakeet
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Pearly-Eyed Thrasher
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Puerto Rican Tody
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Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo
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Nice images David.....particularly liked the tody and the lizard cuckoo..