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[AlanF]

Hi Alan.
Beautiful! Such a varied song, am I mistaken or was it mimicking other birdsong? (as well as some not so natural sounds perhaps?)

Cheers, Graham.

Song Thrushes are mimics and it could be incorporating notes from another bird.

 

[AlanF]

The "Beast from the East" which is covering some of the UK near us with a few feet of snow left a sprinkling over us. This Green Woodpecker in our back garden seemed a little surprised this morning. R5 + 100-500 through double glazing and the the iso equivalent to 7000 after pushing through 1.5ev in post. 100% crop from centre.

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Alan.

 

[ISO64]

A pair of Mandarin ducks (aix galericulata).
The female is almost completely white (it should be very much like wood duck) due to genetical mutation - leucism. Does not look like albinism.The male is standardly astonishing in his plumage.

Quite a couple!
Canon7D2, 400/5.6 L + 1.4Xiii
f/8, 1/200 s, ISO 1250

Cheers!

 

[Click]

Beautiful bird. Nice shot, ISO64.

 

[ISO64]

Beautiful bird. Nice shot, ISO64.

Thanks Click!

 

[Jonathan Thill]

Was able to get a little closer today

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Ramage.

 

[AlanF]

A pair of Longtailed Tits were flitting around one of my trees this afternoon. They should start nest making in the next few weeks so I am hoping they build one in my garden like they did last year at the beginning of the Covid era. R5 + 100-500.

 

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A wee Redwing (Apparently there are only 13 breeding pairs in the UK so that is quite a wee rarity)


And a female blackbird

 

[AaronT]

Hi. I haven't posted for awhile, life got busy. I took this photo the other day of what I first thought to be a sparrow then I noticed that it had almost no tail feathers. Does anyone have any ideas what it might be? BTW, I live in Windsor, Ontario, near Detroit, Michigan.

 

[jprusa]

A pair of Longtailed Tits were flitting around one of my trees this afternoon. They should start nest making in the next few weeks so I am hoping they build one in my garden like they did last year at the beginning of the Covid era. R5 + 100-500.

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Great shot Alan!

 

[Click]

Very nice picture, Aaron. Keep posting.

 

[ISv]

A pair of Longtailed Tits were flitting around one of my trees this afternoon. They should start nest making in the next few weeks so I am hoping they build one in my garden like they did last year at the beginning of the Covid era. R5 + 100-500.

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Nice shot Alan! I love these birds but last year in Europe I sow only one and I was totally unprepared (camera in the backpack)!

 

[ISv]

Hi. I haven't posted for awhile, life got busy. I took this photo the other day of what I first thought to be a sparrow then I noticed that it had almost no tail feathers. Does anyone have any ideas what it might be? BTW, I live in Windsor, Ontario, near Detroit, Michigan.
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Hi Aaron! It looks pretty much like a female House Sparrow without (hardly "almost") tail to me!

 

[AaronT]

Hi Aaron! It looks pretty much like a female House Sparrow without (hardly "almost") tail to me!

That's what I am thinking. It just looked kind of odd.

 

[AlanF]

Little Egret in stream by my house. He didn't see me and I got a range of good shots with the 100-500 on the R5. I am wondering to send my camera and lens back as the R5 still hasn't frozen and the eyeAF works perfectly and gives sharp images.

 

[Click]

Beautiful picture. Nicely done, Alan.

 

[Jonathan Thill]

Light was blah but I had to try and capture some of the eagles close to home.

 

[Jonathan Thill]