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[Click]

Nice shots, dpc.

 

[dpc]

Lesser scaup (I think)

 

[dpc]

Juvenile bald eagle at Cattle Point, Victoria, Vancouver Island BC. I posted it a long time ago but have revisited it to remove some significant distractions.

 

[becceric]

Family outing...View attachment 204339View attachment 204340

Now my wife wants those ducklings too.

 

[ISv]

A Tern diving down and then flying, showing what he thinks of me.

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In the last photo he is checking wheter or not he got you?!

 

[ISv]

Yet another attempt to get some action photos of the owls, but alas. All I got was lazy birds perched in possible and impossible poses.

"All I got was lazy birds..." Yeah but photos are excellent!

 

[ISv]

Lesser scaup (I think)View attachment 204341

Greater and Lesser are difficult to separate. What makes the things even "better" is the occurrence of hybrids (like with the Tufted Duck). Never-mind: better photos than mine (I did mine from distance 70-80meters)!

 

[ISv]

Today I went to the closest beach park - with the plan to sit somewhere under shade and read something. After ~15-20 min. reading I checked the surroundings and for my big surprise there was a lot of life around: Red-crested Cardinal making all possible efforts to dislocate a peace of bark and even making some upside-down acrobatics (later I figure out they are looking for some kind of larvae!). And the very common around seed-eater - the Common Waxbill, so close I actually had to focus on distant birds because the closest were less than 3 meters from me (huh, some of them were like 1.5 meters from me).

 

[DanP]

Northern Flicker licking branch.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, DanP.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, ISv.

 

[becceric]

1. Red-winged blackbird
2. Common grackleView attachment 204333View attachment 204334

I like the level of detail seen in these black birds. So far, my few attempts have gotten me shiny reflections, or black holes with beaks. For some reason, I really like seeing the second bird’s eye.

 

[becceric]

Lesser scaup (I think)View attachment 204341

I love the bird’s feather detail, and water’s reflections.

 

[becceric]

Today I went to the closest beach park - with the plan to sit somewhere under shade and read something. After ~15-20 min. reading I checked the surroundings and for my big surprise there was a lot of life around: Red-crested Cardinal making all possible efforts to dislocate a peace of bark and even making some upside-down acrobatics (later I figure out they are looking for some kind of larvae!). And the very common around seed-eater - the Common Waxbill, so close I actually had to focus on distant birds because the closest were less than 3 meters from me (huh, some of them were like 1.5 meters from me).

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Quite neat! I hope the bird’s families are buying portraits from you.

 

[becceric]

Juvenile bald eagle at Cattle Point, Victoria, Vancouver Island BC. I posted it a long time ago but have revisited it to remove some significant distractions.View attachment 204342

Great colors and detail. If that gaze was directly upon me, I’d probably by looking for cover.

 

[ERHP]

Just some of the Lark Sparrows.

R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

And some very young California Quail.

R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

 

[ISv]

And few more birds from the very hot today (probably because I went out so late ).

 

[Click]

Great shots, ERHP.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, ISv.

 

[dpc]

Follow the leader - down at the local reservoir this morning. I believe this is a female Redhead and her brood but I stand to be corrected.