Show your Bird Portraits

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jack.
You could be right, having seen the way they (a group of them) will harass birds of prey in flight but a lone bird over a perch?

Cheers, Graham.

I think I have a different take after watching these guys in Haida Gwaii. It's crow or raven saying "you think you're a big shot - we'll see who gets off this roof!" Of course I could be wrong given I wasn't there!!

Jack

 

[2n10]

You both are kinda right in this situation.

The crow was trying to get the eagle out and the eagle was reacting to the crow tweaking a tail feather.

 

[Isaac Grant]

Here is another of this Song Sparrow. A common bird but I like this picture as it shows very well how these birds are normally seen. It was feeding on seeds from this plant at the edge of the beach in New York City. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.

Song Sparrow by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Jack Douglas]

Isaac Grant, nice, and at least it's not our common sparrow - the English sparrow, well actually I guess House sparrow - not cute, and dirty and plentiful. LOL

Here is the one and only pair I ever bothered to photograph.

Jack

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi 2n10.
Thanks for sorting that out, ballsy crow.

Cheers, Graham.

You both are kinda right in this situation.

The crow was trying to get the eagle out and the eagle was reacting to the crow tweaking a tail feather.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Jack.

 

[Northbird]

7D II, 600 II


Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) by Tony Varela Photography, on Flickr

 

[Click]

7D II, 600 II

Beautiful shot. I really like this picture. Well done Tony.

 

[Northbird]

7D II, 600 II

Beautiful shot. I really like this picture. Well done Tony.

Thanks, one of those fortuitous shots Click. Right place, right time, right gear .....

 

[NancyP]

Cuteness is in the eye of the beholder. I rather like the lowly house sparrow as an urban bird. Plus, they give the urban peregrine falcons some variety in the urban-bird diet (mostly pigeons and mourning doves).

Birders from across the country stop by St. Louis to view this sparrow's relative, the Eurasian tree sparrow, which has a North American distribution of maybe 10 x 50 miles along the Mississippi River from St. Louis northwards. It is the not-so-successful invasive species brought over by homesick immigrants. The two species are very similar in appearance and very different in behavior, the Eurasian sparrow being very gregarious while the house sparrow is somewhat of a loner.

 

[steven kessel]

Red Tail's Brunch. We sometimes get so caught up in admiring the beauty of these birds that we forget that they need to kill something virtually every day of their lives in order to survive.

5Diii, 400 DO, aperture preferred setting, ISO 500, f6.3 @ 1/1600

 

[Jack Douglas]

Red Tail's Brunch. We sometimes get so caught up in admiring the beauty of these birds that we forget that they need to kill something virtually every day of their lives in order to survive.

5Diii, 400 DO, aperture preferred setting, ISO 500, f6.3 @ 1/1600

Now, that is cute!

Jack

 

[Isaac Grant]

Another Skimmer from sunset. Just something different than the typical skimming shot or shot of them with their baby on the beach. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.

Black Skimmer by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Jack Douglas]

Cuteness is in the eye of the beholder. I rather like the lowly house sparrow as an urban bird. Plus, they give the urban peregrine falcons some variety in the urban-bird diet (mostly pigeons and mourning doves).

Birders from across the country stop by St. Louis to view this sparrow's relative, the Eurasian tree sparrow, which has a North American distribution of maybe 10 x 50 miles along the Mississippi River from St. Louis northwards. It is the not-so-successful invasive species brought over by homesick immigrants. The two species are very similar in appearance and very different in behavior, the Eurasian sparrow being very gregarious while the house sparrow is somewhat of a loner.

Thanks for that Nancy. While I never cared for the dirty mess they created my more significant dislike was when my first budgie began imitating that awful cheap, cheap, cheap!! However, I don't really "hate" them!

Jack

 

[Click]

Another Skimmer from sunset. Just something different than the typical skimming shot or shot of them with their baby on the beach. Canon 7d2 and Sigma 150-600 C.

Lovely light. Nicely done, Isaac.

 

[dpc]

Only the strong survive!

 

[ERHP]

A common one, even by the name, but one that rarely sits still. Common Yellowthroat.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, ERHP.

 

[Cog]

The falcon was quiet, so it was easy to take a picture.

 

[Click]

Beautiful. Nicely done, Cog.