Show your Bird Portraits

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF 200-800
Spoonbill

and little Lapwings
R5 + RF 200-800 + 1.4 TC
@990mm

and @ 1120mm

 

[Click]

Nice series. I especially like the first picture.

 

[ERHP]

Great shots! I've got to move to your neighborhood!
Then my shots will still be blurry, but I can live with that.

Thanks! San Diego has some good diversity throughout the year but anything released on social media is usually swarmed.

 

[shire_guy]

Been too busy to get out with the camera but hard to resist these guys.

Scarlet Robin and the Mrs.

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[Click]

Mrs looks great in this environment. Very nice shots.

 

[becceric]

Common Mergansers from the local creek. Even with the morning's grey skies, I barely get detail in their light and dark plumage.




I think he's looking for a date...

 

[AlanF]

Outside my office and all I had was my iPhone. He's wearing his academic gown, which is fortunate as only faculty are allowed on the grass.

 

[foda]

Finally got some photos of the ‘I’iwi in Hosmer Grove campground at Haleakala National Park on Maui.

R5MkII RF200-800mm

 

[Del Paso]

Outside my office and all I had was my iPhone. He's wearing his academic gown, which is fortunate as only faculty are allowed on the grass.

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One more proof that it's not the camera, but the photographer...

 

[shire_guy]

Mrs looks great in this environment. Very nice shots.

Thank you Click

 

[Click]

I really like this bird. Are those water droplets in the first photo?

 

[foda]

I really like this bird. Are those water droplets in the first photo?

Yes, it was misting or raining a good bit of the time we were there.

 

[Maximilian]

Great Crested Grebe I saw a week or so ago now has 3 chicks, and one on the safety of her back.

So lovely with the chick on the back

 

[Maximilian]

Northern lapwing
R5 +RF 200-800 + 1.4TC
@ 1/4000s, f/11, iso 3200, 892mm

Just a beautiful portrait.

 

[Maximilian]

R10, RF800/11

Female red-backed shrike
Male red-backed shrike
Ring-necked pheasant

Nice photos.
The pheasant is my fav.

 

[Maximilian]

Reed Warblers (R5ii + 200-800mm).

Just beautiful, Alan, esp. the first for its pose.

 

[Maximilian]

On Easter Sunday, ...

Beautiful, ERHP. I cannot decide which is better. As I love ospreys, I'll give that my vote

 

[Maximilian]

Female black cap.
I have never seen them raise their head feathers like in photo 2 and 3.
R50+100-400+1.4x@560mm - not bad for just a 24 MP crop sensor

 

[Click]

Nice series, Maximilian. I particularly like the second one for the bird pose.

 

[Noreaster]