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[ISv]

Isn't it the best hair-cut for the Night Heron? (a lot of wind...)

 

[Click]

Very funny pictures. Well done, ISv.

 

[ISv]

Very funny pictures. Well done, ISv.

The wind is doing a lot of fun with the hair-styling - not just for the humans (huh ~50% of the human population is very (very!) sensitive to this)!

 

[Del Paso]

R5 and RF 100-400 5.6-8
@ 1/250, ISO4000, f/8
DxO deepPrime
croped to 3467x1950 pixel
View attachment 202284


I really like the RF 100-400

And I love your picture of my favorite little bird!
PS: EF 100-400 too.

 

[EricN]

 

[AlanF]

And I love your picture of my favorite little bird!
PS: EF 100-400 too.

He used an RF 100-400.

 

[Del Paso]

He used an RF 100-400.

Gosh! But I'm still in love with the erithacus rubecula picture.
(I just learnt the Latin name of the rouge - gorge)...

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Eric!

 

[Del Paso]

The wind is doing a lot of fun with the hair-styling - not just for the humans (huh ~50% of the human population is very (very!) sensitive to this)!

Is this perhaps an cunning allusion to Donald and Boris???
(Even though I hope they don't represent 50% of the population...)

 

[Nemorino]

He used an RF 100-400.

Yes, this is correct!

Gosh! But I'm still in love with the erithacus rubecula picture.
(I just learnt the Latin name of the rouge - gorge)...

Thanks!
They are sometimes very trusting in the local parks and You can get really close to them.
In Germany they are called Rotkehlchen.

 

[Del Paso]

Yes, this is correct!

Thanks!
They are sometimes very trusting in the local parks and You can get really close to them.
In Germany they are called Rotkehlchen.

Rot = rouge
Kehle = gorge
They are not only trusting, they can be insolent too. Ask my son, one Rotkehlchen stole a little piece of bread right out of his open hand. And came back for more! Lovely little creatures!
Und weiterhin viel Spaß mit dem RF Zoom!

 

[Nemorino]

Two GIFs shot with a R5 and the RF 100-400 f/5.6-8

@1/3200s, ISO3200, f/8

 

[AlanF]

Rot = rouge
Kehle = gorge
They are not only trusting, they can be insolent too. Ask my son, one Rotkehlchen stole a little piece of bread right out of his open hand. And came back for more! Lovely little creatures!

The full name in the UK should be Robin Redbreast. Its name should be just Redbreast, like the German, but Robin, a man's name, was added, and the Redbreast fallen out of usage.

 

[Click]

Nice gifs. Well done, Nemorino.

 

[Del Paso]

The full name in the UK should be Robin Redbreast. Its name should be just Redbreast, like the German, but Robin, a man's name, was added, and the Redbreast fallen out of usage.

Any reason why "Robin" was added? Redbreast sounds nicer (my opinion) and more logical.

 

[Del Paso]

Two GIFs shot with a R5 and the RF 100-400 f/5.6-8
View attachment 202325View attachment 202326View attachment 202327
@1/3200s, ISO3200, f/8

You seem to know which birds are my favorites.
Is the one in the middle picture a troglodytes troglodytes - wren-troglodyte mignon -Zaunkönig?

 

[AlanF]

Any reason why "Robin" was added? Redbreast sounds nicer (my opinion) and more logical.

In the 15th century, it became popular to give human names to familiar birds. In most cases, the human name was later dropped. The Wren is sometimes called "Jenny Wren", with a feminine name.

 

[EricN]

Nice shot, Eric!

Thanks Click!

 

[Nemorino]

You seem to know which birds are my favorites.
Is the one in the middle picture a troglodytes troglodytes - wren-troglodyte mignon -Zaunkönig?

I promise the next one won't be one of Your favorites.

Sadly my knowledge of birds and their names is very limited.

 

[josephandrews222]

As I'm posting this, the cold rain has turned to freezing rain...and in the next few hours a coating of ice is supposed to be topped off by a few inches of snow in our portion of the midwest USA.

But only yesterday, the temperature was in the mid-to-upper fifties (Fahrenheit) here, and spring was in the air.

My bird book says a sure sign of spring is the sight of a tufted titmouse.

At least for one day, bird book smart! (yesterday, Feb 1, front-yard tree):