Show your Bird Portraits

[AlanF]

Beautiful close-ups, Alan. I really like the first picture. I love the red eye and the water droplets.

Thanks Click! It was my only keeper from a visit to a great Wetland Trust reserve today. The Woodpecker was an amusing bonus on returning home late this afternoon.

 

[ISv]

Thanks Click! It was my only keeper from a visit to a great Wetland Trust reserve today. The Woodpecker was an amusing bonus on returning home late this afternoon.

"only keeper" or not it's a great shot! The Woodpecker is not far behind (just not in par with the colors of the duck but you can't paint the bird just because you need more colorful photo .
And yes - there are not water drops there (I agree with Click that the water drops in the Duck's photo are adding to the overall impression)!

 

[AlanF]

A rare visitor to my garden this afternoon, a female Blackcap. I had the RF 800/11 on the R7, a nice combo for a small bird 10m away.

 

[Jethro]

Nice pose, and lovely background Alan!

 

[ISO64]

Winter is still here in Canada, just a small number of sturdy birds endure cold. This red-tailed hawk is soaking all the warmth the low sun can deliver.

 

[Click]

I really like this shot. Well done, ISO64.

 

[ISO64]

I really like this shot. Well done, ISO64.

Thanks Click!

 

[ISv]

A rare visitor to my garden this afternoon, a female Blackcap. I had the RF 800/11 on the R7, a nice combo for a small bird 10m away.

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And the light coming from the right direction! Great shot with well controlled highlights! Not for full size photo-print but 10m away for that bird is a lot!

 

[ISv]

Winter is still here in Canada, just a small number of sturdy birds endure cold. This red-tailed hawk is soaking all the warmth the low sun can deliver.

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"This red-tailed hawk is soaking all the warmth the low sun can deliver." And obviously all the attention from the paparazzi going around !
Nice shot ISO64!

 

[Maximilian]

A rare visitor to my garden this afternoon, a female Blackcap …

I like how she looks into the camera.

 

[Maximilian]

Winter is still here in Canada, just a small number of sturdy birds endure cold. This red-tailed hawk is soaking all the warmth the low sun can deliver.

Just beautiful.

 

[Maximilian]

Inspired by @ISv here are a couple of portraits from today. I had the whole of the Pochard in frame (R5/500mm) but his eye is so prominent I have cropped to emphasize it. …

Well done. Esp. with the waterdrops.

 

[ISO64]

Just beautiful.

Thanks Maximilian

 

[ISO64]

"This red-tailed hawk is soaking all the warmth the low sun can deliver." And obviously all the attention from the paparazzi going around !
Nice shot ISO64!

Thanks ISv, just followed that red tail

 

[ISv]

Another gloomy/sad day here: I was planing to go somewhere else but broke the plans already in the beginning of the trip - drizzling and overcast and when I check the weather radar on my cellphone it wasn't looking better later. Just stopped at the Honolulu Zoo - time to time one can get some interesting wild-life photos there and you always can hide from the rain somewhere. Only the Laysan Duck is an inventory of the Zoo from these photos.
Back in the time it has been present on the bigger Islands of the Hawaii but has disappeared when the Polynesians arrived. Endemic and endangered.

 

[Click]

Thanks for posting pictures of this Laysan Duck. First time I've seen this duck. We have to take care of our bird species.

I really like the Egret, beautiful shot.

 

[macrunning]

Just a Rudy Duck and Chinese Mina looking from above...

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I believe this is just the Common Myna bird. Not specific to China. In fact a quick google search shows a 'China' myna bird has no yellow beak or yellow around the eye. It also appears to have some tufted crest above the bridge of it's beak/face.

 

[macrunning]

A rock dove
RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

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he's lookin more one legged than rock to me! lol

 

[macrunning]

Eisvogel bei erfolgreicher Jagd.

Amazing! Great shot sir.

 

[macrunning]

Finally I am getting sunshine on my morning commute again. And what beautiful scenes it does paint!
Also loving the smaller package and longer reach of the R10 compared to the R6, portable and capable.
R10, RF100-400 @f/8 1/350s ISO 1600

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I really like the color tone in this.