Show your Bird Portraits
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In the other thread Jack Douglas suggests merging it with this thread. BIF is still a reasonable size where this is getting tediously long. Is it time for bird portraits 2?
Hawk drinking at a puddle at the entrance to a parking lot. The hawk was small and I was only carrying a 55-200mm lens with me and couldn't get very close, so I seriously over-cropped the picture but thought I'd post it anyway just because getting a shot of a hawk is a rarity for me. I'll keep the picture for a while then trash it. 
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Fledgling Kestrel with Prey by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf FlickrYoung Kestrel with Prey.
Cheers Brian
"Cute" all I get is a "Cute"lion rock said:
If Cute is what you want, I love this one:
Just Cute by Diane and Brian Dorling, auf FlickrTwo of four young Kestrels. Easy to see the diference in ages between these two.
I saw one of the four taken by a Goshawk that was waiting in a tree a few days after they fledged.
Even found the place it was plucked the next day with most of the feathers. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Cheers Brian
Love the Owls but these two take the cakebjd said:"Cute" all I get is a "Cute"lion rock said:
If Cute is what you want, I love this one:
Two of four young Kestrels. Easy to see the diference in ages between these two.
I saw one of the four taken by a Goshawk that was waiting in a tree a few days after they fledged.
Even found the place it was plucked the next day with most of the feathers. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Cheers Brian
Thank you very much. Who couldn't love them?jprusa said:Love the Owls but these two take the cakebjd said:"Cute" all I get is a "Cute"lion rock said:
If Cute is what you want, I love this one:
Two of four young Kestrels. Easy to see the diference in ages between these two.
I saw one of the four taken by a Goshawk that was waiting in a tree a few days after they fledged.
Even found the place it was plucked the next day with most of the feathers. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
Cheers Brian
Cheers Brian
dpc, many years ago I mounted what looks to me to be that exact hawk. My assessment back then was it's a pigeon hawk (merlin), I guess female since it's pretty bland. I like to see shots even if they are not great for various reasons like ID.dpc said:Hawk drinking at a puddle at the entrance to a parking lot. The hawk was small and I was only carrying a 55-200mm lens with me and couldn't get very close, so I seriously over-cropped the picture but thought I'd post it anyway just because getting a shot of a hawk is a rarity for me. I'll keep the picture for a while then trash it.
Jack
bjd very impressive, but any time you show babies to anyone I think the first reaction is, "cute". Maybe, "cute" is the highest level of compliment.
I sure wish I had some hawks and owls to shoot but when others tell me about the hawks in particular, in their yards, they often also say all the other birds have disappeared.
Jack
I sure wish I had some hawks and owls to shoot but when others tell me about the hawks in particular, in their yards, they often also say all the other birds have disappeared.
Jack
About the length of this thread. It's possible for someone just visiting the thread to be overwhelmed by it's length - I think of myself years ago, when I was completely new here and didn't know how to function efficiently.
Now with "notify" clicked at the bottom of the thread my email tells me new postings are there and I have a quick peak; meaning I'm quite unaware of the thread length and it doesn't present as an issue. I have both of the threads clicked for notify so it's not a big deal but I'd personally prefer just being directed to one.
However, if I only cared about flight shots I guess I'd get tired of also being exposed to portraits. Somehow I can't picture too many bird lovers not wanting to see any/all bird photos; thus my suggestion of merging. Technically, I'm not sure if all of my shots even qualify as "portraits". If it's a bird I just post it ... and I even dropped in a muskrat when the conversation went slightly off topic. It's whatever everyone is in favour of that's fine with me.
BTW here is another view of a bird previously posted. I thought it was "cute". He was like a little kid in the bathtub making bubbles with his face in the water.
Jack
Now with "notify" clicked at the bottom of the thread my email tells me new postings are there and I have a quick peak; meaning I'm quite unaware of the thread length and it doesn't present as an issue. I have both of the threads clicked for notify so it's not a big deal but I'd personally prefer just being directed to one.
However, if I only cared about flight shots I guess I'd get tired of also being exposed to portraits. Somehow I can't picture too many bird lovers not wanting to see any/all bird photos; thus my suggestion of merging. Technically, I'm not sure if all of my shots even qualify as "portraits". If it's a bird I just post it ... and I even dropped in a muskrat when the conversation went slightly off topic. It's whatever everyone is in favour of that's fine with me.
BTW here is another view of a bird previously posted. I thought it was "cute". He was like a little kid in the bathtub making bubbles with his face in the water.
Jack
