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That is quite a close-up of that African Hawk-Eagle! How did you get that close?
I´m a bit envious to all of you with large spectacular birds to shoot. I only have my small and jumpy friends to shoot these days. But they are charming small creatures and I really enjoy having them around the house.
1DX, 840mm, f5.6, ISO4000
I´m a bit envious to all of you with large spectacular birds to shoot. I only have my small and jumpy friends to shoot these days. But they are charming small creatures and I really enjoy having them around the house.
1DX, 840mm, f5.6, ISO4000
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Love the recent shots guys. I never tire of chickadees. Eldar my sympathies and to prove I mean it here's another Pileated shot, all I get except for Downy, chickadees and nuthatches with the odd grosbeak thrown in.
He never stays still either, with that head constantly darting every direction.
Jack
He never stays still either, with that head constantly darting every direction.
Jack
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Thanks Click. Was trying to think of a name like Harry the Heron got. Apparently Pileated comes from the Roman pilius - head gear.
The duck is cute but admittedly it's hard to beat a snowy owl, Lt Colonel. If you could just send one my way.
Jack
The duck is cute but admittedly it's hard to beat a snowy owl, Lt Colonel. If you could just send one my way.
Jack
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Let's see. I'll trade my Pileated for a Snowy. These guys are showing up regularly whereas a year ago I never imagined I'd even get a distant shot.
Joking, before Christmas I said to my bachelor friend he should cook a turkey and give me the carcass to hang in the trees and sure enough he did. I'm about to do that and am wondering what besides magpies/crows it might attract here in Alberta, Canada. Not a turkey vulture that's for sure!
I know some folk won't like this idea, but hey, I'm not a national park. :-[
I can just imagine the bird conversation when that goes up.
Jack
Joking, before Christmas I said to my bachelor friend he should cook a turkey and give me the carcass to hang in the trees and sure enough he did. I'm about to do that and am wondering what besides magpies/crows it might attract here in Alberta, Canada. Not a turkey vulture that's for sure!
I know some folk won't like this idea, but hey, I'm not a national park. :-[I can just imagine the bird conversation when that goes up.
Jack
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Jack,
We used to have pileated in my back yard a few years back. It can demolish 3 feet of wood in 1/2 hour.
I routinely hear them nearby squawking, just won't come to where I can shoot it (photographically, of course), but I did see one fly across the road this morning near the neighbor's house while I was walking the dogs this morning in 0F temperature.
Hope you get more of them!
-r
We used to have pileated in my back yard a few years back. It can demolish 3 feet of wood in 1/2 hour.
I routinely hear them nearby squawking, just won't come to where I can shoot it (photographically, of course), but I did see one fly across the road this morning near the neighbor's house while I was walking the dogs this morning in 0F temperature.
Hope you get more of them!
-r
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