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After that much color - almost black and white (just to make some difference). Baby Blue-billed White Tern from yesterday.
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I like the play of light and shadow. Well done,ISv.
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A few shots from before the holidays.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
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Beautiful series of photos! What equipment are you using?A few shots from before the holidays.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
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Wow, every photo is great.A few shots from before the holidays.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
I especially like the colourful photo of the Mandarin Duck and the Northern Shoveler with the waterdrops flying around. Awesome.
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A very colourful bird. I like the pose and composition. But is the photo a little overexposed?
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Super shots!A few shots from before the holidays.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
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Thanks! These were all R5 MK II w/the RF600 f/4L IS + 1.4x. Tried doing everything handheld this last year, mostly successful, except for long periods of watching a GHO nest.
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Thank you! We did get lucky having a Mandarin pair come in this year and stay at a local campground/fishing park. Hoping for ducklings this year even if they are 'invasive'.
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A few shots from before the holidays.
A Northern Shoveler drake shaking off the excess water.
Cedar Waxwings with Toyon berries.
A Red-shouldered Hawk who enjoys au naturale crawfish.
A Hooded Merganser between crawfish.
A Sora waiting patiently for some under the submerged reeds but after two attempts it gave up.
A Mandarin Duck drake with the hen in the background.
A young Northern Harrier hen just after sunrise.
Male Northern Flicker against some of the remaining fall color.
And a male and female Western Bluebird stopped by for an evening drink.
Awesome. Great shots, ERHP.
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Thanks for commenting. It's not overexposed, the colors really pop when the light hits the feathers just right. However, the jpeg compression has really messed with the quality of the image. I'm traveling at the moment but will upload a higher resolution file once I return.
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ERHP and Foda: some excellent to great shots as usually!
Shire_guy: two birds that I still have to see in real and I really like the Godwit photo!
Today it was again bad day for birds for me. When I was thinking "no bird photo today" this Wandering Tatler landed ~20-30 meters away. It was walking very strangely it's way on the sand and I took my time to go (behind the vegetation, they are pretty shy) further in it's path, waiting ambush stile with hope it will come - and it did... I have no idea what can amputate it's almost entire tarsus! If it happen here, on Oahu, my rather crazy hypothesis is an encounter with a large Samoan crab: they are able to do it! Otherwise - no idea!
Shire_guy: two birds that I still have to see in real and I really like the Godwit photo!
Today it was again bad day for birds for me. When I was thinking "no bird photo today" this Wandering Tatler landed ~20-30 meters away. It was walking very strangely it's way on the sand and I took my time to go (behind the vegetation, they are pretty shy) further in it's path, waiting ambush stile with hope it will come - and it did... I have no idea what can amputate it's almost entire tarsus! If it happen here, on Oahu, my rather crazy hypothesis is an encounter with a large Samoan crab: they are able to do it! Otherwise - no idea!
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