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[Click]

Great Blue Heron in the morning light

 

[candyman]

@Click Wonderful light!

 

[Click]

Thank you, candyman.

 

[MSH411]

Absolutely stellar image Click, great capture.

 

[AlanF]

Grey Heron trying to eat more than he could swallow - a pike. (R5ii + RF 200-800mm). He even dunked it in the mud before eventually letting it go.

 

[MSH411]

Pike or a Pickerel, sizable meal. Very nice!

 

[Click]

Nice catch... Both of you.

 

[ISv]

Grey Heron trying to eat more than he could swallow - a pike. (R5ii + RF 200-800mm). He even dunked it in the mud before eventually letting it go.

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Catch and release!

 

[7DmkI]

Female cardinal and cormorant posting.

 

[Click]

Nice shots, 7DmkI.

 

[AlanF]

Great Crested Grebe feeding its chick. This needed a fast frame rate as the fish was transferred in about 1/10s. Apologies for not using an L lens and being one of the masses. (R5ii + RF 200-800mm, cropped but not downsized as usual ).

 

[Click]

Lovely scene. A well-captured moment.

 

[P-visie]

Juvenile white wagtail (Motacilla alba) bathing.





R5 Mk II with EF 600mm f4 II + 1.4x extender.

 

[P-visie]

Little egret (Egretta garzetta) auditioning for Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks


I am not sure it has read the instructions from Wikipedia.

R5 Mk II + RF 200-800mm.

 

[Click]

I really like the water droplets on the first one, it gives it a sense of dynamism, and I also like the pose of the egret on the last one. (Perfect for the Silly Walk)

 

[AlanF]

A Jay shot through my double glazing at breakfast time (the R5/200-800 is usually on hand for opportunistic shots). It looks so pensive.

 

[Jethro]

You have much cleaner windows than mine!

 

[ISv]

Only these from today. I know you guys have full mouth with the baby Shamas but I can't resist when they are posing like that...

 

[ERHP]

A Western Bluebird pair contemplating a potential nesting site.

A Violet-green Swallow with something to say.

It wasn't calling but this Spotted Towhee was sticking its tongue out at me.

A thirsty Northern Flicker.

One of the first of the California Scrub Jay's offspring was begging to be fed.

An Ash-throated Flycatcher in the early morning light.

 

[AlanF]

A Western Bluebird pair contemplating a potential nesting site.

A Violet-green Swallow with something to say.

It wasn't calling but this Spotted Towhee was sticking its tongue out at me.

A thirsty Northern Flicker.

One of the first of the California Scrub Jay's offspring was begging to be fed.

An Ash-throated Flycatcher in the early morning light.

Tremendous series of beautiful birds well shot!