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[andrei1989]

not an interesting bird but i liked the light cast on it from the setting sun
cropped a bit because i only had the 55-250mm with me..

 

[Click]

not an interesting bird but i liked the light cast on it from the setting sun
cropped a bit because i only had the 55-250mm with me..

Nice. Lovely lighting.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Andrei.
Very nice shot, you are right about the light. Also don’t forget that what is a common “uninteresting” bird for you may never be seen in other parts of the world making it most interesting to others!
By the way, what is it?

Cheers, Graham.

not an interesting bird but i liked the light cast on it from the setting sun
cropped a bit because i only had the 55-250mm with me..

 

[andrei1989]

By the way, what is it?

it's just a common sparrow

 

[Jack Douglas]

By the way, what is it?

it's just a common sparrow

Boy, I could be fooled on that one! Must be a particular sparrow??

Jack

 

[andrei1989]

By the way, what is it?

it's just a common sparrow

Boy, I could be fooled on that one! Must be a particular sparrow??

Jack

the particular kind would be House Sparrow, female, native to most of Europe
apparently there are about 25 species of sparrows and i referred to it as 'common' because it's everywhere in this city and i'm pretty sure one of them shat on me some 4 days ago..

 

[lion rock]

These birds are so prevalent in Australia that they fly all over the places (try as I did to capture them in flight, but none came out well :'( ). Saw them in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne and other rural places.
And we pay big coins for one.
-r

 

[Jack Douglas]

By the way, what is it?

it's just a common sparrow

Boy, I could be fooled on that one! Must be a particular sparrow??

Jack

the particular kind would be House Sparrow, female, native to most of Europe
apparently there are about 25 species of sparrows and i referred to it as 'common' because it's everywhere in this city and i'm pretty sure one of them shat on me some 4 days ago..

Thanks , our House sparrow doesn't look like that at all - at least not the yellow tones and streaking on the breast. Is the yellow effect just the sun?

Jack

 

[andrei1989]

@Jack Douglas: i believe the yellow colors come from the sun...although...the Yellowhammer looks very much similar to the house sparrow except for the fact that it's yellow...i'm confused honestly :-\

 

[Jack Douglas]

@Jack Douglas: i believe the yellow colors come from the sun...although...the Yellowhammer looks very much similar to the house sparrow except for the fact that it's yellow...i'm confused honestly :-\

No problem - maybe you shot a more rare bird??

Jack

 

[HB]

Hi Guy's, I believe the bird is an Eurasian Siskin, one of the small finches that has become a garden regular, loves niger seed.

 

[IslanderMV]

IslanderMV, lovely!

Alan, I'm not sure it's really "cold" where you are. -26C when this was shot yesterday after rising from -31C!

Jack

Happy New Year Jack! Your remark about the cold reminds me of the Cremation of Sam McGee https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee

Thanks for the kind words about the shot. As for cold temps it was -15C. That is VERY cold for us.
But no worries, our president thinks a little global warming is just what we need.

 

[Jack Douglas]

IslanderMV, No politics allowed! Was -31C Friday and right now +1C (like 34F) so for us a little warming is always welcomed.

Jack

 

[Talys]

Not a rare bird by any stretch. Just one of my little buddies (chickadee) in the rain. I used a flash, partly because it was a pretty dark day, but also to catch the raindrops and to create a little more depth.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Phil.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Talys.
Nice shot, nice job on capturing the rain too.

Cheers, Graham.

Not a rare bird by any stretch. Just one of my little buddies (chickadee) in the rain. I used a flash, partly because it was a pretty dark day, but also to catch the raindrops and to create a little more depth.

 

[Don Haines]

A cardinal defending the sunflower seeds from a blue jay.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Don.
Great shots, plucky little fellow!

Cheers, Graham.

A cardinal defending the sunflower seeds from a blue jay.

 

[AlanF]

Great shots Don!

 

[Don Haines]

Feather detail on the Cardinal.

Taken with a 6D2 and Tamron 150-600G2 at around 400mm, ISO 640, and about 1/500 second