Birds Birds Non-BIF Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Uncle Kevriano]

This Great Crested Grebe looks like he has taken up pole fishing as an alternative means of catching food for the family...

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 640

 

[evacguy]

Squealing Duck, They went that way, officer.

Thanks Gaz, that’s a better caption then mine, ‘spruce mallard’ didn’t quite sound right!

 

[iamdlewis]

Red-Tailed Hawk

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 371.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 160

 

[Roland]

Perfect shot of the red tailed

 

[spudhead]

A couple of young oyster catchers out for a swim

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

A couple of young oyster catchers out for a swimView attachment 42467

Cool! They look so different with the near all black outfit

 

[spudhead]

Yep Kev mom was too far away to include as I wanted a tight crop

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

I wanted a tight crop

The rule of the pros!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Yep Kev mom was too far away to include as I wanted a tight crop

Hard to keep 2 in the focus plane anyway!

 

[spudhead]

I am sure you could have done it Kev

 

[evacguy]

A very animated duck.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 160

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 125

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Clix Pix]

Well, here we've got one sitting on the chosen spot while the other departs. These two had both been sitting on the chain but one of them (the guy still sitting on the chain) was rather aggressive and kept nudging and moving closer and closer to the other bird to the point where the one being harassed finally decided to just go ahead and leave..... The whole interaction between these two was fascinating to watch, and this was the conclusion:

• ILCE-1
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 320

 

[evacguy]

Serene Swan Swimming at Sunset

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Clix Pix]

Green Heron sitting on one of the chains at the pier. H'ed just finished grooming himself and still had a bit of downy, feathery fuzz stuck in his beak:

• ILCE-1
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 560.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[evacguy]

Double Swan-8

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 100

 

[spudhead]

Red bunting from a few weeks ago

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[spudhead]

roman seagull

• ILCE-9
• Zeiss Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70 mm F4 ZA OSS (SEL2470Z)
• 68.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 100

 

[LeDave]

• ILCE-7M3
• FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 320

 

[GvilleRick]

A few stationary birds taken at the Rosenburg Castle Falconry Center.

Trainer with Eurasian Eagle-Owl

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

Egyptian Vulture carrying an egg around before eating it.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 125

Young Eurasian Kestrels in a nest in the wall.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 125

Lanner Falcon up close.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS
• 345.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[Gaz]

Apostle Bird

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 606.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 12800

Unhappy Parrots in the rain. Red Rumped Parrot. Male and female. Dubbo NSW

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 125

Grey Butcher Bird. Dubbo NSW

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 633.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[spudhead]

young dunnock I have not seen many small birds this year, I guess the bird flu here in the UK

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 559.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 3200

is to blame

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Nice Gary. Bird flu has only really affected the sea birds, not our smaller species. More to do with the weather I think.

 

[MeowZzz]

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 203.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1600

Black n white quack, early a.m.

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1000

Noisy mynahs in the afternoon sun

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Meadow Pipit and morsels.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 160

 

[MeowZzz]

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

Black-headed munia (male I think)

 

[MeowZzz]

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

Black-browed reed warbler

 

[spudhead]

Nice Gary. Bird flu has only really affected the sea birds, not our smaller species. More to do with the weather I think.

Thanks Kev well maybe it the weather but numbers are very low with small birds compared to last year

 

[spudhead]

cygnet from a few weeks ago

• ILCE-9
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[MeowZzz]

Black drongos, a.k.a. King Crow - seemingly harmless

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/350 sec
• ISO 100

...then at dawn the next day

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/750 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/750 sec
• ISO 500

。。。。possibly a light-vented bulbul

• ILCE-7M4
• Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) + 1.4X Teleconverter (SEL14TC)
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 8000

(dusk at another location up north)

...so, we thought for a while that it could also be a warbling white-eye, but somehow the legs or the coloring looks off.

Either way, these two were making a racket as we sought out purple herons - well, actually I suppose it was the one on the left making a racket, as it quite obviously wanted in on the tucker and began 'dipping the bucket' as its friend/brother feverishly chomped down the lion's share of this meal deal

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Wading Curlew at low tide. Such beautiful markings.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 320