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First time posting a pic. Just came back from wife's family farm. Oddest thing. We saw 5 osprey nests within site of each other, with each one having a pair mating simultaneously.

I have pictures of three of the pairs. The pic below is of a different fellow, a male who was working sentry on a different nest atop a silo....

 

[Click]

First time posting a pic.

First time? It's a great shot. Keep posting Sir.

 

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Thanks, Click! Learning lots from here.

 

[Menace]

First time posting a pic. Just came back from wife's family farm. Oddest thing. We saw 5 osprey nests within site of each other, with each one having a pair mating simultaneously.

I have pictures of three of the pairs. The pic below is of a different fellow, a male who was working sentry on a different nest atop a silo....

Well done

 

[Don Haines]

Nest building.... day 2..

After a wonderful display of acrobatic courtship flying, there are now 2 ospreys working on a nest outside my office...

 

[Jack Douglas]

Don, I think we'll have to banish you and your ospreys like Harry the BCN heron!

Hey, where is Harry anyway?!

Jack

 

[J.R.]

Took this recently

 

[candyman]

Took this recently

Very nice!

 

[Click]

Took this recently

Very nice shot J.R.

 

[dpc]

Took this recently

Good shot. I really like the complementary colours and the depth of field.

 

[rpt]

Took this recently

Lovely picture!

You said "Light is language". True. So true!

 

[rpt]

So my Hawks are back for water in the dishes in my garden. Sorry guys if you find the pictures repetitive, these birds call for me to snap pictures

Not my fault...

Notice the beak has motion blur. It was calling it's parent.

Also notice the translucent eyelid has covered a quarter of the eye. So even when the eye is completely covered, it can "see"...

 

[Northstar]

So my Hawks are back for water in the dishes in my garden. Sorry guys if you find the pictures repetitive, these birds call for me to snap pictures

Not my fault...

Notice the beak has motion blur. It was calling it's parent.

Also notice the translucent eyelid has covered a quarter of the eye. So even when the eye is completely covered, it can "see"...

cool shot rpt!

 

[Northstar]

First time posting a pic. Just came back from wife's family farm. Oddest thing. We saw 5 osprey nests within site of each other, with each one having a pair mating simultaneously.

I have pictures of three of the pairs. The pic below is of a different fellow, a male who was working sentry on a different nest atop a silo....

nice shot tiggy!

family farm...midwest I'm assuming?

the osprey must be making a very strong comeback in the US because i've been seeing loads of them this year. (in MN) pretty cool.

i took this shot of an osprey yesterday near my kid's school....they built a nest on top of tall athletic field lights.

 

[Northstar]

red tailed hawk looking for dinner near sunset....open field near a small lake. the house in the background is some uber rich person's country estate. one of those 10 to 15,000 sq. foot monsters on 25 plus acres.

i was driving around in a more rural area near lakes and open fields/farms

about 1 minute after this shot, as I drove away, the hawk flew straight at me and landed on prey about 50 meters away with talons stretched out. i quickly stopped the car and fumbled to try to get a shot but all i got was blurry shots as he flew off with something small....damn.

hey jack..did i tell enough of the story on this shot? ( i agree with you that more story/detail makes these posts more fun)

iso 2500
1/1250th
f4.5
1dx w/ 300 2.8 and 1.4x at 420mm
hawk about 100 meters away

 

[jrista]

Another Mourning Dove

 

[rpt]

So my Hawks are back for water in the dishes in my garden. Sorry guys if you find the pictures repetitive, these birds call for me to snap pictures

Not my fault...

Notice the beak has motion blur. It was calling it's parent.

Also notice the translucent eyelid has covered a quarter of the eye. So even when the eye is completely covered, it can "see"...

cool shot rpt!

Thanks.

 

[jrista]

Finch Candids (I guess they eat crab apple blossoms?? ):

These are just a couple from-the-hip shots of house finches as they flitted about my yard. No setups were used or anything, which makes it practically impossible to get them out in the open for a clear shot (or get clean, creamy backgrounds):

 

[Jack Douglas]

Northstar, If you mean me - YEP - I like to hear all the details. Better than "I shot this yesterday".

Still, it takes all kinds to make an interesting world, have to admit.

Jrista, it's hard to let go of the setup and head out into the woods now that I've become lazy! I still mutter silent thankyous to you and Don and others. There is more to a shot than the shot, like observing behaviour.

Jack

 

[jrista]

Northstar, If you mean me - YEP - I like to hear all the details. Better than "I shot this yesterday".

Still, it takes all kinds to make an interesting world, have to admit.

Jrista, it's hard to let go of the setup and head out into the woods now that I've become lazy! I still mutter silent thankyous to you and Don and others. There is more to a shot than the shot, like observing behaviour.

Jack

Yeah, setups are fun. I have to get mine going again, although this year I am going to try and build a multi-level apparatus that will let me set up multiple trays with different types of perches all in a single general area, so I can get different kinds of shots from within my hide without having to move around. I also want to try taking my setup out to Cherry Creek state park which is nearby, and see if I can attract a greater variety of birds in a new environment. My yard gets a limited range of species...house finch, house sparrow, black-capped chickadee, american robin, grackle, red wing blackbird, mourning dove, and eurasian collared dove. Every so often, a hoard of bushtits will blow through, and sometimes I'll get mountain chickadees and the rare american goldfinch. I know there are a lot more species of birds than that out in Cherry Creek, including a couple varieties of tits, more varieties of finches, warblers, sparrows, waxwings, nuthatches, creepers, larkspurs, humming birds and probably some others I haven't seen yet (as I can hear songs I don't recognize.) There are also pheasants and probably some other groundfowl that I'd like to lure up to a perch using some of Alan Murphy's setup techniques.

Sometimes you just gotta get up and take the setup with you! Then you can have fun in the forest, and still gain the benefit of your setups. And observe behavior (especially if you have a blind...blinds are amazing for getting birds to settle down and get comfortable...it's amazing the behavior you'll see.)