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[Cog]

338A9517-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


338A9683-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Cog]

I also shot on a Sony camera this month because 200-600mm plus extender would give me a better reach. So, an April non-Canon photo dump:

Indian silverbill

DSC03920 by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little stint

DSC05582 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC09671_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little ringed plover

DSC09718 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC03062 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC02830-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

Red-wattled lapwing

DSC08685 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06694 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06638 by Cog2012, on Flickr

Black-winged stilt

DSC04532_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC05525_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC04314_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little owl

DSC07035-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06739-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[ISv]

But it's there and you saw it.
Was it the bird you've been watching for some time or a different one?
(I cannot tell by the branch )

Same parents. They lost their egg during one of the strong storms when the wind was going 50mph. Now they have this baby (hatched few days ago) on the same tree but different branch.

 

[ISv]

I also shot on a Sony camera this month because 200-600mm plus extender would give me a better reach. So, an April non-Canon photo dump:

Indian silverbill

DSC03920 by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little stint

DSC05582 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC09671_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little ringed plover

DSC09718 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC03062 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC02830-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

Red-wattled lapwing

DSC08685 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06694 by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06638 by Cog2012, on Flickr

Black-winged stilt

DSC04532_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC05525_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC04314_openWith by Cog2012, on Flickr

Little owl

DSC07035-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


DSC06739-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

Great shots Cog!

 

[Cog]

Great shots Cog!

Many thanks, ISv!

 

[Cog]

My best model this week: a house crow. It can be shy or bold, but the eyes reveal curiocity and intellect:

338A1782-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


338A1796-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


338A1457-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr


338A1610-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Cog. I like them all.

 

[Click]

The baby never turned its face to me...

He is shy. Very nice series, ISv.

 

[jabird56]

Took a few pictures earlier this week at the Homosassa Springs State Park in Central Florida. It is also an animal rescue facility. These are a few shots that I took.

 

[Cog]

Beautiful pictures, Cog. I like them all.

Many thanks, Click!

 

[Click]

Took a few pictures earlier this week at the Homosassa Springs State Park in Central Florida. It is also an animal rescue facility. These are a few shots that I took.

Very nice series. Keep posting if you have some more.

 

[josephandrews222]

...first female Northern Cardinal sighting of the spring and an image with a peek at the tongue of an American Robin (both heavily cropped at 560mm [100-400II + 1.4III extender mated to 5D3]


link on bird tongues:

More about Bird Tongues than a Normal Person Would Want to Know

From the time I was a very little girl, I wondered about bird tongues. Well, actually, I wondered about all tongues. Dog tongues lolled ou...

blog.lauraerickson.com

 

[Nemorino]

Foggy morning in the local park
R5 + RF 100-500L

 

[Click]

Nice shots, Nemorino.

 

[AlanF]

Fledgling Robin this afternoon.

 

[Click]

Excellent shots, Alan. I find the second picture really funny....A bird giving attitude.

 

[macrunning]

White-eared bulbul

338A0647-Enhanced-NR by Cog2012, on Flickr

 

[macrunning]

Now that the weather has changed for the better here in the pnw my wife and I got to get out and do some birding and enjoy some weather. Here's 3 I enjoyed from today. 2 first as well. Shot with the R5 and RF 100-500.

Yellow Warbler


Barn Swallow


Song Sparrow

 

[ISv]

Watching the White Terns: Started relatively early with the same result (baby is shy!). Later on I decided to go to the Zoo to chase the Dragons. When I came back to home - no parent, baby was kind of exposed!!!
If you think this little jerk was collaborating - nope! Shortly after the first series of shots (and it looked at +/-me!) it turned it's already famous back to me... The difference was that this time I had a room to go on the opposite site - just to see that attitude "I'm not going to look at you -never!).

 

[ISv]

And from the Zoo - just a Peacock. The first photo is classic. The second one is more interesting -if I had the opportunity to get closer I would shoot at that bunch of soft feathers under the tail: a lot of detail and I suspect nobody will know what is it. These are from only (for such a big "model"!!!) ~40 meters. I had to crop to reduce the image (plus reducing of course the quality) in order to smuggle it in CR.