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[Jack Douglas]

Goldfinch... been trying to get this shot for a while ;D

Nice one! Sure different than our goldfinch!

Yesterday, in passing my observatory I noticed a dark robin looking bird on the feed tray in front of the one way mirror so I slipped in quietly and went up the stairs and stood a few inches behind the mirror. Turned out it was a Brown-headed cowbird and he was romantically eying the prospective mate. Fanned his tail, ruffled up and gave a kiss while singing the sweetest little song not unlike the Red-winged blackbird. Made my day.

Jack

 

[martinslade]

Goldfinch... been trying to get this shot for a while ;D

Nice one! Sure different than our goldfinch!

Yesterday, in passing my observatory I noticed a dark robin looking bird on the feed tray in front of the one way mirror so I slipped in quietly and went up the stairs and stood a few inches behind the mirror. Turned out it was a Brown-headed cowbird and he was romantically eying the prospective mate. Fanned his tail, ruffled up and gave a kiss while singing the sweetest little song not unlike the Red-winged blackbird. Made my day.

Jack

Cool... sometimes it the smallest instances that have the biggest impact..!

Just checked out American Goldfinch on Google (assuming you're from the states) nice bright... very different from European species.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Goldfinch... been trying to get this shot for a while ;D

Nice one! Sure different than our goldfinch!

Yesterday, in passing my observatory I noticed a dark robin looking bird on the feed tray in front of the one way mirror so I slipped in quietly and went up the stairs and stood a few inches behind the mirror. Turned out it was a Brown-headed cowbird and he was romantically eying the prospective mate. Fanned his tail, ruffled up and gave a kiss while singing the sweetest little song not unlike the Red-winged blackbird. Made my day.

Jack

Cool... sometimes it the smallest instances that have the biggest impact..!

Just checked out American Goldfinch on Google (assuming you're from the states) nice bright... very different from European species.

FWIW - western Canada, but it's the same bird. Both are striking but yous has the edge.

Jack

 

[martinslade]

In coming..!

Caption competition... make your suggestions here...

 

[snowleo]

I'm back from a trip to Belgium, France and Germany. Here some of my shots at a lake/nature reserve in France - a night heron in flight. I have never seen one of them before.

 

[snowleo]

here other samples from that place. A male swan defending his territory and in full flight

 

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Thanks for sharing your pictures, snowleo.

 

[dasmiller]

A couple of recent shots, from very different places:


Red-tail takeoff!


Frigatebird Background by das_miller, on Flickr

 

[martinslade]

Goldfinch fledgling

 

[Jack Douglas]

martinslade, no one can accuse you of not being persistent! Keep it up.

Jack

 

[martinslade]

martinslade, no one can accuse you of not being persistent! Keep it up.

Jack

LOL... yeah - now I just got to find out how to freeze the motion of the wings

 

[bjd]

Woodpecker vs. Sparrow
Woodpecker vs. Sparrow by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf Flickr

Cheers Brian

 

[bjd]

Here's another shot of our mother Woodpecker:

Incoming Great Spotted Woodpecker by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf Flickr

Cheers Brian

 

[Jack Douglas]

Oh what a moment to capture! Very nice.

We human mothers/fathers can take a lesson from the woodpecker.

Jack

 

[bjd]

Oh what a moment to capture! Very nice.

We human mothers/fathers can take a lesson from the woodpecker.

Jack

What? you mean we should be out banging our heads against trees more ?


Thanks Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Oh what a moment to capture! Very nice.

We human mothers/fathers can take a lesson from the woodpecker.

Jack

What? you mean we should be out banging our heads against trees more ?


Thanks Jack

I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I should try it - I've heard the expression "to knock some sense into your head" ;D

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Actually, my comment was probably provoked by my dislike for the "English" sparrow her in Canada.

Jack

 

[bjd]

Actually, my comment was probably provoked by my dislike for the "English" sparrow her in Canada.

Jack

They're on the endangered list here. Are they a pest in Canada?
Many Birds will die out here due to the decline of insects, then cats, no habitat etc. will
give them the final push.
Cheers Brian

 

[Jack Douglas]

Actually, my comment was probably provoked by my dislike for the "English" sparrow her in Canada.

Jack

They're on the endangered list here. Are they a pest in Canada?
Many Birds will die out here due to the decline of insects, then cats, no habitat etc. will
give them the final push.
Cheers Brian

Brian, they are the dirty city bird here and very plentiful. Not going extinct that's for sure. Cheap, cheap, cheap - I remember how quickly my budgie learned that!

Jack

 

[scyrene]

I popped down to the coast yesterday to see a pretty rare bird here, a gull-billed tern. Unexpectedly, it was flying about and feeding right in front of where the bird watchers were, so I got the opportunity to take some good shots. Sadly I've never got my head round the AF settings so a lot were deleted, but enough were okay that I felt pleased.

All 5Ds, 500L+1.4x.