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Double-crested Cormorant

 

[jprusa]

Double-crested Cormoran
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Nice photo Click!

 

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Thank you very much, jprusa.

 

[usern4cr]

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Here's a Kea I shot at Paradise Valley Springs wildlife park in Rotorua , New Zealand which is another great place to visit. https://www.paradisev.co.nz/
Keas are the only alpine parrot in the world living in the high country of our South Island

What a beautiful bird! Thanks, Chig.

 

[macrunning]

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Here's a Kea I shot at Paradise Valley Springs wildlife park in Rotorua , New Zealand which is another great place to visit. https://www.paradisev.co.nz/
Keas are the only alpine parrot in the world living in the high country of our South Island

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Here's a Kea I shot at Paradise Valley Springs wildlife park in Rotorua , New Zealand which is another great place to visit. https://www.paradisev.co.nz/
Keas are the only alpine parrot in the world living in the high country of our South Island

Wow! What a beautiful bird.

 

[macrunning]

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Nice shot Click. I really enjoy action/movement photos of birds.

 

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Thank you very much for the nice comment. I really appreciate it.

 

[macrunning]

A female Black Headed Grosbeak going after some bugs on the out of frame flowers. My composition was off but I really liked the pose she was showing me Shot Canon R5 w/ RF 100-500 + 2xTC @ 1000mm, 1/2500th, f/14, ISO 4000 using DxO PureRaw w/ DNG & DeepPrime settings.

 

[ISv]

Hi ISv, you're completely right - but I was too chicken to cross a barbed wire and walk on quick sand to get close enough ... W.

Well,
I think I would be chicken too in that case... Whatever, we are trying... no?

 

[Nat_WA]

Double-crested Cormoran

Nice pose of the bird Click! Ticks all the boxes W.

 

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Thank you so much, Nat WA.

 

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A female Black Headed Grosbeak going after some bugs on the out of frame flowers. My composition was off but I really liked the pose she was showing me Shot Canon R5 w/ RF 100-500 + 2xTC @ 1000mm, 1/2500th, f/14, ISO 4000 using DxO PureRaw w/ DNG & DeepPrime settings.

That's a very nice shot. Well done, macrunning.

 

[Chig]

This is a Toreapango (Variable Oyster Catcher) with a mudcrab on the mudflats at Orewa Estuary (Auckland New Zealand) in a recent storm.
I've been told that this particular bird is at least 28 years old which is pretty good for a wild bird.

 

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Excellent shot. The rain gives a very nice touch.

 

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Double-crested Cormorant....and a dragonfly

 

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[usern4cr]

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This is a Toreapango (Variable Oyster Catcher) with a mudcrab on the mudflats at Orewa Estuary (Auckland New Zealand) in a recent storm.
I've been told that this particular bird is at least 28 years old which is pretty good for a wild bird.

Nice super low angle shot with great OOF blur, Chig! Was that a light snow coming down?

 

[Billybob]

Here is a series of a juvenile male ruby-throated hummingbird. Most of the shots are perched, with a couple of shots with wings expanded. Shot with the 100-500L. The developing iridescent gorget on his throat is visible in the first shot. Their metallic green backs are extremely striking. However, the delicate, subtle color and patterns on the front are truly sublime.

I have many HB-in-flight shots, but it's rare for me to capture them perched. Here he's enjoying being able to sip nectar without flapping his wings. Notice that the red gorget is almost invisible here.


Wings spread wide

Also extremely beautiful are the very delicate black wing feathers. It's hard to appreciate their full beauty when the bird is in flight as it is here with the HB perched.

"I own this place!" I love these birds even though they find me to be extremely annoying.

 

[macrunning]

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That Cormorant is probably saying to himself, 'come on, a little closer' Nice shots Click

 

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Thank you, macrunning.