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[Maximilian]

Just a few grey geese.

 

[AlanF]

While we are on to flying geese, this pair of Canada had remarkable synchronization (R5ii + RF 100-500mm).

 

[Maximilian]

Kestrel hovering. To get a front view I would have had to swim in the reservoir it was hovering close to,

 

[Maximilian]

A really big female buzzard

 

[danfaz]

Here's a sequence of a Yellow-headed Blackbird taking flight off of a cattail.

 

[Click]

Well done, danfaz.

 

[antonn]

R52 + RF600/4, Sterna hirundo

 

[Click]

Very nice sequence.

 

[antonn]

R1/R52/R52 + RF600/4

 

[Click]

Nicely done, antonn. I especially like the second one.

 

[calexe]

Whiskered tern feeding its cub.
EOS R6ii, RF 100-500 f4.5-7.1L IS USM @ 186mm, M w. AutoISO, f/11, ISO 1600, 1/6400s, EvM, -0,33, only adjustment crop.
August 2025, near Bucharest, Romania.

 

[Click]

Great shot! Well done, calexe.

 

[Canon Rumors]

Booted Racket-Tail Hummingbird // Somewhere in the Andes, Colombia
EOS R1 // RF 100-300 f/2.8L IS USM // 1.4x Extender​

 

[Click]

Great shot, Sir!

 

[Nemorino]

Sturnus vulgaris aka starling aka Star
R5m2 + RF 100-500L
@ 1/4000, f/7.1, iso 2500/3200


The R5m2 tracked the bird even through some branches which covered nearly the hole bird (between the third and fourth picture). Very good performence!

 

[AlanF]

Circus aeruginosus, مرزة البطائح الغربية, Болотный лунь, זרון סוף, 白头鹞, Busard des roseaux, Rohrweihe, ヨーロッパチュウヒ (欧羅巴沢鵟), Aguilucho lagunero occidental (Western Marsh Harrier) (I assume Italians converse in Latin, and the Dutch and Scandinavians speak perfect English).

 

[Click]

Sturnus vulgaris aka starling aka Star
R5m2 + RF 100-500L
@ 1/4000, f/7.1, iso 2500/3200

The R5m2 tracked the bird even through some branches which covered nearly the hole bird (between the third and fourth picture). Very good performence!

Nice series, Nemorino.

 

[Noreaster]

Norther Harrier

 

[AlanF]

I had the RF 100-500mm on the R5ii for dragonflies, and had to put on the 1.4x TC to get one rather high up. Oh, by the way there is a Hobby as well. Look at the top right of the first image, and then it is caught and transferred to mouth.. Joking apart, these shots made my week, if not year.

 

[P-visie]

Sanderlings (Calidris alba) landing on the beach of the Dutch island Texel.



R5 Mk II + EF 600mm f4 II + 1.4 extender, 1/3 crop to 16:9 format