Birds Birds Non-BIF Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[spudhead]

robins from today

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[-ST-]

Greater Yellowlegs

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 1,200.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 6400

Bushtit

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 1,130.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 1,200.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 400

Green-winged Teal

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 1,200.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1000

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 1,200.0 mm
• ƒ/13
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

 

[TheFloridaShooter]

Red-headed Woodpecker - this woodpecker wouldn't stay still long enough to get a decent photograph. Image taken in SW Florida February 19, 2024 Camera: Sony Alpha 1

• ILCE-1
• FE 600mm F4 GM OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Richard A]

Thought I'd better pull my finger out & get a photo up on this site somewhere now that I have been a member for a while. This is a Rainbow Lorikeet on an old ornamental grape vine in my backyard.


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[Clix Pix]

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 832.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Brownie]

View attachment 55954

Is it farting?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

A very plump Redshank from late last year.

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Williams359]

I got to test my new 2x on my 70-200mm GM MKII . Mostly it worked very well in what was very poor light

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 282.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/3200 sec
• ISO 3200

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 340.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II + 2X Teleconverter
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[spudhead]

raven

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 200

 

[spudhead]

robin first with with the old a-mount sigma 500 4.5 ex on a1 and second a-mount Minolta 400 4.5 on a1

• ILCE-1
• 300mm F2.8
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-1
• 400mm F4.5
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 4000

 

[spudhead]

meadow pipit I think with Sony 300 2.8 g1 a-mount on a1 in apsc mode so 21mp

• ILCE-1
• 300mm F2.8 G
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Clix Pix]

Fresh from fishing for something to eat, a very wet female hooded Merganser heads on out, following her mate:

• DSC-RX10M4
• Sony RX10III & compatibles
• 220.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 100

 

[iain clyne]

Grey Heron with dinner.
_A101886 by Iain Clyne, on Flickr

 

[spudhead]

He looks like a greedy bugger Iain

 

[iain clyne]

He looks like a greedy bugger Iain

It didn't take him long to down that one and he went back behind the reeds looking for more.

 

[Brownie]

Love me some frog legs!

 

[GvilleRick]

I was looking back at some photos from last year and saw these shots of a Prothonotary Warbler. It was the first time I saw one as they migrated through our area. This one posed for a while.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 359.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1250 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 365.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 2500

 

[alexpler]

I was looking back at some photos from last year and saw these shots of a Prothonotary Warbler. It was the first time I saw one as they migrated through our area. This one posed for a while.

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I like shot 3 composition and shot 4 expression. Nice set.

 

[NatureBoyOhio]

Grackle in all of its glory!

 

[TheFloridaShooter]

Common Gallinule - are mostly charcoal gray birds with a white stripe down their sides and white outer tail feathers. Adults have a bright red shield on their forehead and a red bill tipped in yellow. Sony a9iii + FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Feb 23, 2024 SW Florida.

• ILCE-9M3
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/3.2
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 200

 

[TheFloridaShooter]

American Coot - lacks the Common Gallinule's white strip down the side. It also has a white (not red) bill. Sony a9iii + FE 300mm f/2.8 GM Feb 23, 2024 SW Florida.

• ILCE-9M3
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Brownie]

Got bored and headed out back. Not much action, house finch and a sparrow.

Bird Feb 25 (3) by telecast, on Flickr

Bird Feb 25 (1) by telecast, on Flickr

Bird Feb 25 (2) by telecast, on Flickr

 

[spudhead]

Nice Tim and that will be the 200-600 I guess

 

[Brownie]

Nice Tim and that will be the 200-600 I guess

Yessir.

 

[iamdlewis]

Got bored and headed out back. Not much action, house finch and a sparrow.

House Sparrow

 

[Brownie]

House Sparrow

Bonnie, Clyde, Blanche, Buck, W.D. Jones. The Sparrow gang. They rob the feeders blind and bully the other birds.

 

[Slug]

A real rainbow!
Rainbow Lorikeet in flowering gum.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[TheFloridaShooter]

Anhinga -

• ILCE-1
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 640

non-breeding colors Image taken in Lee County, FL. Camera; Sony Alpha 1

 

[iamdlewis]

White-Throated Sparrow

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

Song Sparrow

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 160

 

[NatureBoyOhio]

Got bored and headed out back. Not much action, house finch and a sparrow.

Bird Feb 25 (3) by telecast, on Flickr

Bird Feb 25 (1) by telecast, on Flickr

Bird Feb 25 (2) by telecast, on Flickr

Sometimes you have to take what is given to you. Nice group.