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[ISv]

A little quiz. Which one is the leucistic pigeon?

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Your choice - I prefer the very right one: the one in the middle is too dark to me ! BTW - here in Honolulu we have tons of pure white doves! Actually around Waikiki they could make most of the population (and I mean doves, not people!)

 

[ISv]

Huh!!! It's very interesting: they never found one with the dominant gene to mate? Or they are self-selecting (these are feral birds!!!). For many, many years no humans involved in the process (at least here, on Oahu)!?

I'll answer the question with same question for Surf Scouters...


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Interesting photo - the bird on the top is different species. The two with white beaks - I don't recall knowing any species like that (should check again!). The white in the middle is the point but if you have photos taken from different angles - I would like to compare with the rest of the flock!

 

[cooldood]

 

[Click]

Nice series, cooldood.

 

[cooldood]

Nice series, cooldood.

Thanks Click
This time of year they are easier to find since there isn't much open water. Just need to get closer.

 

[danfaz]

Anybody having trouble uploading images today?

 

[Dragon]

Anybody having trouble uploading images today?

The site has been broken for uploads for a couple of days. Richard said he was having trouble as well and Craig is off in an Arctic yurt somewhere, so it may stay broken for a bit.

 

[cooldood]

Todays

Anybody having trouble uploading images today?

I was unable to upload anything.

 

[danfaz]

Okay, thanks, guys.

 

[ERHP]

Spent the last few weeks in northern FL visiting family but did manage to find some subjects to photograph.

A curious Tufted Titmouse.

R5 RF600 w/1.4x 1/160 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

A Black and White Warbler on a mostly horizontal service.

R5 RF600 w/1.4x 1/400 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

One of the Hermit Thrushes pausing in front of a nice background.

R5 RF600 w/1.4x 1/125 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

And a completely unexpected visitor was this juvenile Ovenbird I nicknamed 'The Skulker'. Found it near one of the brushpiles while cleaning up hurricane damage and initially mistook it for a Hermit Thrush through vegetation.

R5 RF600 w/1.4x 1/200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

 

[Click]

Great shots, ERHP.

 

[Click]

Todays

I was unable to upload anything.

Same here.

 

[Dragon]

Still not working here.

 

[ERHP]

Still not working here.

Mine are only working because I am linking from my website vice uploading.

 

[ISv]

I will try...

 

[ISv]

These were from today. I don't like how they are looking but they really are not good: I was not in "my shoes" with my new hiking shoes !
Edit: actually not that bad when I removed my glasses (for reading only) - I mean the photos, not the shoes!!

 

[Dragon]

Another 200-800 test shot. This is at f/11 to get more DOF. R7, ISO 6400, 1/800 s.

 

[Maximilian]

My last bird (in the wild) of the year 2023 looks like one of those that were the first of 2023:
a treecreeper (fresh from today)

2024 started like the old year ended:
Bad light, overcast, some rain. Dark!
Really not the weather, one would chase a dog out the door.
But when I went out, I again found a treecreeper as the first bird of the year. Almost at the same place as the last one.
A little bit further away than that one.
Interesting pose in the last pic
R6m2@500mm, ISO6400 +1 EV in Post, 1/800, f/7.1, almost 1:1 crop - still love the R6m2 sensor

 

[ISv]

2024 started like the old year ended:
Bad light, overcast, some rain. Dark!
Really not the weather, one would chase a dog out the door.
But when I went out, I again found a treecreeper as the first bird of the year. Almost at the same place as the last one.
A little bit further away than that one.
Interesting pose in the last pic
R6m2@500mm, ISO6400 +1 EV in Post, 1/800, f/7.1, almost 1:1 crop - still love the R6m2 sensor

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Very consistent - two years in row (end to beginning)!
I hardly can remember taking photos of the same bird about the same time in Europe! On Oahu it's very easy - you have no choice: another day, another bunch of the same birds
And BTW I hope you went out voluntarily - no body chased you out of the door!

 

[ISv]

Great shots, ERHP.

And especially the last one - judging by what he is saying (something rare/uncommon) as I understand!