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[IslanderMV]

Spent a day at the Western Treatment Plant (near Melbourne, Australia). It's essentially a place where sewage from Melbourne is treated before being discharged into the bay. But the good quality of water, after treatment, and winding it's way through a series of ponds and lakes means the bird life is abundant. Plus, it's Spring down here, so, everything from raptors to waders to small birds.

Great birds, well shot !

 

[ERHP]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

 

[Click]

Beautiful. Great shot ERHP.

 

[Mr Bean]

Spent a day at the Western Treatment Plant (near Melbourne, Australia). It's essentially a place where sewage from Melbourne is treated before being discharged into the bay. But the good quality of water, after treatment, and winding it's way through a series of ponds and lakes means the bird life is abundant. Plus, it's Spring down here, so, everything from raptors to waders to small birds.

Great birds, well shot !

Thanks IslanderMV.

 

[sedwards]

banded canada goose
IMG_9967 by sedwards679, on Flickr

 

[rpt]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

 

[ERHP]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

Thanks rpt! This was the 1DX, a 600 II and a 1.4X III. 1/2500 : f/9 : ISO 800

 

[dolina]

Luzon hornbill (Penelopides manillae) by alabang, on Flickr

The Luzon hornbill (Penelopides manillae), sometimes called Luzon tarictic hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Luzon and nearby islands in the northern Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P. panini.

There are two subspecies of the Luzon hornbill: the relatively widespread nominate subspecies, and subniger from the islands of Polillo and Patnanongan. It was hunted for meat, but is now considered to be safe, as a new hunting ban has been enforced.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon_hornbill

Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_Los_Ba%C3%B1os_College_of_Forestry_and_Natural_Resources

 

[Click]

Nice shot Paolo. Strange looking bird. Thanks for sharing the information on this one.

 

[IslanderMV]

Black Skimmer Closeup. I am always amazed by the unusual bill and how they use it to catch fish.

60D 100-400mm, at 400mm, f/7.1, ISO 100, 1/1250

The last of the Skimmers are hanging around as there were a few late hatchings. I think they have gotten used to my kayak floating by.

 

[sedwards]

white throated sparrow

white throated sparrow by sedwards679, on Flickr

 

[Steve]

The Luzon hornbill

That's a sick pose. Really good. I'd probably try to clone out that branch going through its head.

 

[rpt]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

Thanks rpt! This was the 1DX, a 600 II and a 1.4X III. 1/2500 : f/9 : ISO 800

Wow! 600 II! So many of you have that. May be I should get it. The only problem is the trailing 3 zeros! Well, may be when I hit the jackpot. Or rob a bank (may be I should not have said that on the internet)... So scratch that. Plan B. And I am not saying what that is

 

[candyman]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

Thanks rpt! This was the 1DX, a 600 II and a 1.4X III. 1/2500 : f/9 : ISO 800

Wow! 600 II! So many of you have that. May be I should get it. The only problem is the trailing 3 zeros! Well, may be when I hit the jackpot. Or rob a bank (may be I should not have said that on the internet)... So scratch that. Plan B. And I am not saying what that is

Come on now....tell us :

 

[rpt]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

Thanks rpt! This was the 1DX, a 600 II and a 1.4X III. 1/2500 : f/9 : ISO 800

Wow! 600 II! So many of you have that. May be I should get it. The only problem is the trailing 3 zeros! Well, may be when I hit the jackpot. Or rob a bank (may be I should not have said that on the internet)... So scratch that. Plan B. And I am not saying what that is

Come on now....tell us :

OK. you convinced me. Since we are on an open searchable forum, I need to encode it. So here goes. The answer is:
મહેનત

 

[candyman]

Thought I was going to catch this Western Bluebird in flight but this was just one of the false starts.

Wow! That is sharp! What did you shoot it with?

Thanks rpt! This was the 1DX, a 600 II and a 1.4X III. 1/2500 : f/9 : ISO 800

Wow! 600 II! So many of you have that. May be I should get it. The only problem is the trailing 3 zeros! Well, may be when I hit the jackpot. Or rob a bank (may be I should not have said that on the internet)... So scratch that. Plan B. And I am not saying what that is

Come on now....tell us :

OK. you convinced me. Since we are on an open searchable forum, I need to encode it. So here goes. The answer is:
મહેનત

Great.... ;D

 

[DominoDude]

Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
A short legged bird with beautiful wings.

 

[Don Haines]

Common Mergansers and a loon... shot while out on a solo canoe trip this weekend... If you are quiet you can go upwind and drift downwind to get close enough for pictures..

 

[Click]

Very nice shots Don.

 

[Don Haines]

a somewhat different pose... Common Merganser yawning.