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[Cog]

Beautiful pictures, Cog. Nicely done.

Thank you, Click.

Hi Cog.
Really nice series, what are they please, is the last one a road runner?
Cheers, Graham.

Thank you, Graham. The first two are white-eared bulbuls. The last one is a long-billed pipit.

 

[sedwards]

some awesome pics in this thread. pretty hard to keep up
Tree Sparrow
1Ds III
400mm
iso 400
1/800
f 5.6

1DS35194 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[TheJock]

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Thank you, Graham. The first two are white-eared bulbuls. The last one is a long-billed pipit.
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You must be close to me Cog, these are daily sightings for me here in Dubai, if your in town give me a shout and I can show you some of the current (excuse the pun) "hot" locations

 

[Cog]

You must be close to me Cog, these are daily sightings for me here in Dubai, if your in town give me a shout and I can show you some of the current (excuse the pun) "hot" locations

Hi Stewart,
I'm in Doha, Qatar. I'm not sure if I can travel to Dubai easily. It's nice meeting you, anyway.
Vladimir

 

[Click]

some awesome pics in this thread. pretty hard to keep up
Tree Sparrow
1Ds III
400mm
iso 400
1/800
f 5.6

Lovely shot, Stuart

 

[Isaac Grant]

I agree the Tree Sparrow shot in fantastic.

 

[Don Haines]

some awesome pics in this thread. pretty hard to keep up
Tree Sparrow
1Ds III
400mm
iso 400
1/800
f 5.6

1DS35194 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Nice!

 

[ERHP]

We had a major influx of Franklin's Gulls and Cave Swallows into New York City. One evening while looking to photograph Cave Swallows I happened upon a flock of Black Skimmers. Here is my favorite shot that I have ever gotten of a skimmer. This young bird was playing with this leaf. I took this a few moments before the sun set and had to desaturate the pic a bit. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C. Have some nice shots of adults as well that will post soon.

Really cool!

some awesome pics in this thread. pretty hard to keep up
Tree Sparrow
1Ds III
400mm
iso 400
1/800
f 5.6

Making a Tree Sparrow look good and the background fits the image well!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Novelty shot of questionable quality but you take what you're given. The berries are disappearing with a flock of at least 100 swooping around for two days!!

Jack

 

[ERHP]

Pretty cool and their positioning is almost symmetrical.

I was laying down on the job, trying to get some waterline shots at a local park. The sun was about to drop behind the mountains but lit up the last White Pelican fairly nicely.

 

[Click]

Lovely light. Beautiful shot. Well done, ERHP.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lovely light. Beautiful shot. Well done, ERHP.

Yes, the low angle is great.

Jack

 

[steven kessel]

Orange Crowned Warbler

 

[Jack Douglas]

steven kessel, lovely mood with this photo.

Jack

 

[FEBS]

Pretty cool and their positioning is almost symmetrical.

I was laying down on the job, trying to get some waterline shots at a local park. The sun was about to drop behind the mountains but lit up the last White Pelican fairly nicely.

Very nice light and positioning ERHP

 

[Isaac Grant]

Jack I love the Bohemian shot. Just great. The 2 birds eating and the symmetry is very nice.

ERHP the pelican is great. Nice low angle, really nice light.

Here is another shot of a very common bird in my area, a Song Sparrow. It is not your everyday shot of a sparrow as it is walking and kicking up sand so an uncommon spin on a common bird.

Song Sparrow by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Steven, Isaac, beautiful shots, guys.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Hey Isaac, that's very similar to what my White throated sparrows do when there is seed down under the leaves. It's amazing how on one foot the other foot can be so rapid and powerful. Very nice.

After going through yesterdays waxwings I ended up with so few that were any good - that's the downside of the 1D4 10 fps - a lot of weeding.

Anyway here is another.

Jack

 

[Click]

That's a very nice shot, Jack. Well done.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Click, and since you asked here's another! That was indeed one of those days where you're thankful to be alive and healthy, at least healthy enough to do what you love!

Jack