Show your Bird Portraits

This is cute and amusing from different points of view and so I’ve taken a few minutes to assemble it and share with you. The thought was prompted by the thread:

Your camera takes great photos" and other peeves

I’d been sharing some of the shots I’ve posted here (6D 300 X2) with my nephew who’s a lawyer and somewhat of a nature lover. The picture I’ve posted is his, using his then new iPhone, the one he’s determined I should have so I can take better pictures. :) All in good fun.

Jack


Here is an interesting picture
A duck has built a next in our raised garden

She has also collected 6 range golf balls and has put them in her nest
She has laid 6 of her own eggs

Priceless!!

We are looking forward to 6 baby ducks and 6 little golf balls in the next few days!!

W


That's amazing and should be sent to a nature magazine or the like! If
that's your cell phone it is truly doing a very good job. Hire the ducks to
collect balls and sell them!

Jack


Our concern is what to do about the ducks when they hatch. It is a fair
distance thru some real woody area to the ponds by Festival Place

W


Very nice to have great pictures at your fingertip .... very impressive.

I think mama duck knows just how to do that. I saw this first hand when my
goslings hatched and were taken to the large pond a long ways away. I ran
around and met them some time later when they arrived.

Jack


My iphone is an amazing machine!!
You must get one

W
:) :)
 

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J.R. said:
rpt said:
I feel for you. Come over to Pune, India and we can drive 60 miles to a lake where a number of migratory birds come. You can have your pick of birds.

I do hope you are extending this offer to the natives ;)
rpt, sign me up as well ... me native (from Goa) ... if you don't extend the offer, I shall protest in front of Pune airport, like Anna Hazare style ;D
 
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ok here are some of my attempts
 

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Purple Sandpiper in the surf zone - Martha's Vineyard. ( taken by hand while standing in the surf )

Usually very shy. A flock had found something tasty on the rocks and ignored me. Took about 100 shots, each one better than the next, great fun.

60D and 100-400mm
 

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IslanderMV said:
Purple Sandpiper in the surf zone - Martha's Vineyard. ( taken by hand while standing in the surf )

Usually very shy. A flock had found something tasty on the rocks and ignored me. Took about 100 shots, each one better than the next, great fun.

60D and 100-400mm

Very nice shot IslanderMV
 
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serendipidy said:
Some taken this afternoon in my yard of Japanese White-eyes (Mejiro). 5D3, 100-400L.

We have some of their cousins in India as well. We call them Oriental White-Eyes. I clicked this this one earlier in the morning today -
 

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I'm puzzled - help anyone - woodpecker ID Alberta Canada.
Hairy - no doubt
What's it - has a pinkish red throat ??
three-toed - pretty sure it is an Im. and I'm convinced just 3 toes??

Unfortunately pretty heavy crops of 300 X2

Jack
 

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I'll make a guess since it's about all that makes any sense to me - "What's it" is an immature male yellow bellied sapsucker based on red neck, wing fleck, shoulder white, bill, and a hint of a belly stripe?? First time I've ever seen one of these.

Jack
 

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Jack Douglas said:
Hey Serendipidy, what time is it there? - 3 AM here and I should be smart enough to go to bed but this woodpecker got bugging me as I was editing pictures. :)

Are you agreeing with my 3 toe or saying "What's it" is a 3 toe?

Jack

Hi Jack,

Midnight here. I was agreeing with your 1st photo being a three toe. I think you might be right about "What's it" is a juvenile yb sapsucker. I'm no expert and we don't have woodpeckers/sapsuckers in Hawaii. Hope someone nails it for you. Good luck. :)
 
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