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Beautiful shots, Jeremy.

 

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Lovely shot, Jack.

 

[Jack Douglas]

This past weekend, I visited a few warbler sites and was able to see 7 of the endangered Kirtland's Warblers and 2 of the WI rare Prairie Warblers. 7D mkll / EF 600 f4 ll / EF 1.4xlll

Jeremy

Kirtland's Warbler
Prairie Warbler

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Boy would I love to be tied to your coattails. Such impressive pics!

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

As you know, different angles, lighting and other factors when viewing a bird, from a certain angle, can really throw off how It appears. If you look closely at your photo, you will see that his face is turned slightly away and up from you. You can still see the white throat, with slim line through, separating the secondary white patch between throat and cheek. Also you can see the yellow lores with white stripe over the eye. The head pattern looks correct as well. If you look at the back, you can see the colors match up too. Backlit birds are some of the toughest to ID, especially when in transitioning phase. There are several sub-species for this bird and it's possible it could be interbred. This is a first spring bird and still not developed into a breeding adult.

Jeremy

Thanks very much for that bit of education. After your first reply I had looked and caught the slight white throat and with further thought had gegun to align with your assessment and then given the other shot I posted I'm 100% on it being a WT.

Jack

 

[josephandrews222]

Brown thrashers courting...

 

[Jack Douglas]

Brown thrashers courting...

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Wow, my wife never courted me with food like that. Oops, maybe it was me that was supposed to supply the food! Very nice.

Jack

 

[digigal]

Brown thrashers courting...

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Looks more like an adult feeding a fledgling to me. You know those kids; always wanting to hang around home for a good meal!!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Looks more like an adult feeding a fledgling to me. You know those kids; always wanting to hang around home for a good meal!!

I was thinking the same and now for sure based on seeing the short tale. Yes kids always have their mouths open.

Jack

 

[ERHP]

While observing a Western Bluebird nest, one thing I noted was how both the male and female would search this relatively clear area next to me for bugs/worms for the nestlings. So I decided to lay down and see if I could get some ground level captures of food gathering. This was, IMO, the most interesting shot as the male pivoted to watch and then chase a small flying bug.

1DX MK III w/600 f/4 II 1/2500 : f/8 : ISO 1000

 

[Jack Douglas]

While observing a Western Bluebird nest, one thing I noted was how both the male and female would search this relatively clear area next to me for bugs/worms for the nestlings. So I decided to lay down and see if I could get some ground level captures of food gathering. This was, IMO, the most interesting shot as the male pivoted to watch and then chase a small flying bug.

1DX MK III w/600 f/4 II 1/2500 : f/8 : ISO 1000

I love it!

Jack

 

[HenryL]

While observing a Western Bluebird nest, one thing I noted was how both the male and female would search this relatively clear area next to me for bugs/worms for the nestlings. So I decided to lay down and see if I could get some ground level captures of food gathering. This was, IMO, the most interesting shot as the male pivoted to watch and then chase a small flying bug.

1DX MK III w/600 f/4 II 1/2500 : f/8 : ISO 1000

He's waving at ya! Great photo!

 

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Great shot, ERHP. I really like your picture.

 

[ISv]

This past weekend, I visited a few warbler sites and was able to see 7 of the endangered Kirtland's Warblers and 2 of the WI rare Prairie Warblers. 7D mkll / EF 600 f4 ll / EF 1.4xlll

Jeremy

Kirtland's Warbler
Prairie Warbler

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Great shots Jeremy (no surprise)!

 

[ISv]

I'm still following my daughter in her quest for taking shots of insects. As a result - not much shots of birds...
First two are juvenile Northern Cardinal, after that Red-vented Bulbul busy with his pray and finally a juvenile (male judging by the already protruding red color) of House Finch (jealous for the crown of the Bulbul or may be just to show his "pray" ).

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, ISv.

 

[StoicalEtcher]

While observing a Western Bluebird nest, one thing I noted was how both the male and female would search this relatively clear area next to me for bugs/worms for the nestlings. So I decided to lay down and see if I could get some ground level captures of food gathering. This was, IMO, the most interesting shot as the male pivoted to watch and then chase a small flying bug.

1DX MK III w/600 f/4 II 1/2500 : f/8 : ISO 1000

Great shot ERHP, I love the complementary foreground and background colours. Well worth getting down and dirty then!

 

[josephandrews222]

A family of Northern Cardinals

 

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Nice series, josephandrews,

 

[bhf3737]

A warbler is sending a tweet!
And wood ducks are swimming in a pond covered with cotton tree seeds, that looks like a snow covered pond!

 

[dcm]

Another obliging robin hanging out around the pond.

M6m2, 100-400L II, 2x III so 800mm at f/11 on a 32 megapixel sensor in mediocre light. Some subtle moiré?