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[EricN]

Fish for the chicks
a short story in two parts
R5 + RF 100-500L + 2xTC
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It's too large for the chicks!
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I know a few places with a great blue heron each, I come a dawn or any other time of say, and I never see them catching a fish. They are often too far to get a good photo because of atmospheric disturbance.

 

[EricN]

Are you sure they are able to hydrolyze the chitin (I suspect they can!)? Personally I have a problem after to much "cocktail shrimp" (but I love it ) or any other shrimp with some parts of the exoskeleton that I use to ignore (I mean I just chew it) and it's because of the chitin...

I've seen people in some places eat the whole thing, but I guess I'm too American to try.

 

[EricN]

And from today: I decided the first photo is not reflecting the situation good enough (I went out when the rain slowed down). Took another shot 10 min. later - much better ! No parakeets today - I believe they went to dryer place (no idea where it should be - the rain is all around).
Edited: all phones, TVs are delivering emergency signals - flash flood! I'm fine on higher ground but some guys would not be that fortunate...

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Glad you could get out despite the rain! Flooding's no joke! Especially when we are getting swept away trying to take photos!
its always interesting to see a series like that, thanks for posting!

 

[EricN]

Yesterday was a rainy day. Got a lot of work done, but I did see a Ruby Throated Hummingbird perched on a butterfly bush so I set up to take a few photos and other birds as they came by the feeder for a bit.

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All with R5 and 200-800 w and w/o 1.4xTC

It can really pay to get out on a rainy day!

 

[EricN]

Seen hardly any birds recently. Sat down this afternoon with a glass of wine in my garden and watched my feeders. Within minutes, the birds came to visit me. The prize was a Great Spotted Woodpecker. A Jackdaw nesting in my neighbour's chimney visited. Blue and Great Tits kept flitting in. A Magpie scavenged dropped seeds. A ground feeding Dunnock managed well, but Robins find it difficult to perch.

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The moral of the story is drink wine outside with cameras for great photos!

 

[AlanF]

The proof is in the pudding, AlanF...great images (and I wonder about the origin of that expression)...

But based on my own rather limited experience in England, (two trips to England, total of about fifteen days and nights...with about half of those days in late December), I wonder about your location when describing these images. England!? Your own garden!?

In my entire time in England, I don't think we saw the sun for more than 15 minutes.

Yes, my own garden. Although we live in the city, we have a stream at the back with a meadow behind and loads of trees. We are in the driest part of the UK - you have to go to Madrid to get less rain.

 

[EricN]

Yes, my own garden. Although we live in the city, we have a stream at the back with a meadow behind and loads of trees. We are in the driest part of the UK - you have to go to Madrid to get less rain.

I think you found a great place! My house has a forest with a stream, lake, and dam about three-quarters of a kilometer away. Sometimes I would like to be closer, but it also has a railroad track which even where I am, can be loud enough to hear. I wouldn't want to live close enough for it to be annoying...

 

[shire_guy]

Lovely shots, shire guy.

Thank you Click

 

[MSH411]

A couple of House Finch's hanging out behind our house.

 

[AlanF]

A couple of House Finch's hanging out behind our house.

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I really do like those House Finches. I've only seen once, on a visit to San Francisco 8 years ago.

 

[MSH411]

They are good looking birds and they are around Chicago most of the year. We should start to see the Yellow Finch's soon. Also cool looking birds.

 

[scyrene]

A grey wagtail with a snack. R6, RF 800 f/11, ISO 1600, 1/1250s.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Great egret

Canon R6II & RF 100-500mm

 

[Click]

Nice! I especially like the second picture.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Nice! I especially like the second picture.

Thank you.

 

[Maximilian]

An emergency exit nest?
Swallows at our holiday Hotel at Rhodes island

Wife


and husband a few meters away

 

[josephandrews222]

House Wren

M6MkII mated to adapted EF 100-400 II/1.4X III (906 mm effective focal length); ISO 1250; f8; 1/80 sec; handheld



restating some of the data from above for emphasis

effective focal length: 908mm
time of exposure: 1/80sec (overcast with a light drizzle)

My oh my.

 

[AlanF]

Got the first sight of our local Peregrine Falcon and her new chick (R5/100-500mm)

 

[jmeyer]

I had 3 weeks off for the spring migration. I took over 40,000 photos and basically lost all of them, when my puppy pulled my laptop off the end table with external HD attached. I was pretty much out every day from sunrise to sunset and just too busy to back up the data. Oh well, lesson learned. I did grab a few from some of the days and edit them, thankfully. Anyway, I still got out several days after that and a few more days this week. I got a few more decent birds. 7Dmk ll / EF600 F4 ll / 1.4x lll

Jeremy

Blue Grosbeak * (rare for my area)
Harris's Sparrow * (rare for my area)
Indigo Bunting
LeConte's Sparrow
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

 

[jmeyer]

A few more...

Cerulean Warbler (male) * (uncommon)
Connecticut Warbler (male) *(uncommon, very hard to see)
Golden-winged Warbler (male)
Mourning Warbler (male)
Pine Warbler (male)
Prothonotary Warbler (male)