Show your Bird Portraits

Jack Douglas

CR for the Humour
Apr 10, 2013
6,980
2,602
Alberta, Canada
Wood Duck on a local creek with Cottonwood seeds everywhere. Taken with a Canon 70D/400mm F5.6L while walking around town and moving when I took the shot. Very casual everyday shot.
Very nice - on my wish list to see/shoot since they say they exist in Alberta but where??:(

Jack
 
Upvote 0

Jack Douglas

CR for the Humour
Apr 10, 2013
6,980
2,602
Alberta, Canada
If you are ever silly enough to go to Ottawa, you can find them in several spots downtown.

When I was about 6, birds of Canada cards were contained in my mother's tea purchases and this one became imprinted in my brain; oh how I wanted to see it. Alas, our travels were not very far from home and I'm not sure any ever show up around Edmonton anyway.

I guess I could come to honour our PM and visit parliament and then secondarily go looking for ducks to shoot. Guess which would be the highlight of the trip.;)

Jack
 
Upvote 0

Don Haines

Beware of cats with laser eyes!
Jun 4, 2012
8,246
1,939
Canada
When I was about 6, birds of Canada cards were contained in my mother's tea purchases and this one became imprinted in my brain; oh how I wanted to see it. Alas, our travels were not very far from home and I'm not sure any ever show up around Edmonton anyway.

I guess I could come to honour our PM and visit parliament and then secondarily go looking for ducks to shoot. Guess which would be the highlight of the trip.;)

Jack
Here are a few for you from near my place. The female is not quite as colourful as the male....
183403183401183402183409
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: 2 users
Upvote 0

Don Haines

Beware of cats with laser eyes!
Jun 4, 2012
8,246
1,939
Canada
Nice pictures ISv! It looks warm out, up here we have three feet of snow on the ground and it snowed today.... again.... About the only colourful birds I have around here now are Cardinals and Blue Jays, and they look cold, but not as cold as the squirrel patiently waiting for scraps below the feeders......183417183415183416
 
  • Like
Reactions: 5 users
Upvote 0

AlanF

Desperately seeking birds
CR Pro
Aug 16, 2012
12,348
22,524
Just went out on the off chance this afternoon and took the 400mm DO II + 1.4xTC on the 5DSR not expecting anything but it turned out to be a feast of kingfishers. First, a male caught a fish and called over the female and transferred the fish to her. You can see he his holding the fish face forward in his beak, for transfer, not swallowing.

183418183419183420183421183422
 
  • Like
Reactions: 9 users
Upvote 0
Jul 29, 2012
17,656
6,350
Canada
Nice pictures, Alan.
smile.png
 
Upvote 0