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[lion rock]

Jack,
Jackpot! Great shot!
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[Click]

Belted Kingfisher - Martha's Vineyard - Have been chasing this female for a while. Sometimes persistence pays off.

Nice pictures, Jeff.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Riley, maybe soon I'll have something more worthy. Being colder they are coming more often now.

Jack

 

[Cog]

Someone mentioned fast food here, and it reminded me of this:

 

[rpt]

Someone mentioned fast food here, and it reminded me of this:

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
After all that he goes for the sauce! Heads will roll!

 

[Click]

;D ;D ;D This bird has good taste, french fries... with ketchup.

Very funny pictures. Well done, Cog.

 

[AlanF]

Now, let's go ultra-rare. A lovely fellow that had me driving for a few hours to get a chance to listen to the song and watch the behaviour. It didn't disappoint at all.
Subalpine warbler - Sylvia cantillans

This one looked like he had flown through a hedge backwards.

 

[ERHP]

Northern Flicker just hanging out with me the other morning.

1/250 : f/10 / ISO 1000 @840mm

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jeff.
A couple of lovely shots to reward your persistence.

Cheers, Graham.

Belted Kingfisher - Martha's Vineyard - Have been chasing this female for a while. Sometimes persistence pays off.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jack.
Really nice shot, I think you might be being a bit too critical of the image, at the size that it opens when you click on the forum page it doesn't look that bad.

Cheers, Graham.

IslanderMV, it usually does and for sure in this case. I tried myself and haven't had much luck with this guy.

In fact I'm determined to persist with this lady if I can ever get some sunshine because ISO 12800 just doesn't cut it. She's just landing so Alan not really a bird in fright.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

ERHP, very nice. I almost always see only the yellow-shafted - still puzzles me that they group them together considering how different they look but then again they are also very similar. The yellow seems a bit more striking in the sun.

Jack

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Cog.
Very nice, you have done a great job of capturing the crow, nicely balanced with the lighter surface. I guess the sachet was shinier than the chips, shiny must be better than beige! ;D

Cheers, Graham.

Someone mentioned fast food here, and it reminded me of this:

 

[Jack Douglas]

Hi Jack.
Really nice shot, I think you might be being a bit too critical of the image, at the size that it opens when you click on the forum page it doesn't look that bad.

Cheers, Graham.

IslanderMV, it usually does and for sure in this case. I tried myself and haven't had much luck with this guy.

In fact I'm determined to persist with this lady if I can ever get some sunshine because ISO 12800 just doesn't cut it. She's just landing so Alan not really a bird in fright.

Jack

Graham, as you know the standard here is pretty high and now I'm not (completely) happy with less than that but it's still a thrill to be able to relive the moment that has faded from the brain almost as soon as it's passed. Not to mention that to be able to get anything half decent at ISO 12800 is great.

Jack

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Alan.
Lovely shot and a lovely image conjured up by the description.

Cheers, Graham.

Now, let's go ultra-rare. A lovely fellow that had me driving for a few hours to get a chance to listen to the song and watch the behaviour. It didn't disappoint at all.
Subalpine warbler - Sylvia cantillans

This one looked like he had flown through a hedge backwards.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi ERHP, Jack.
Both lovely shots of different flickers, such lovely looking birds.

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jack.
Oh yes, I'm well aware of the standard here, it makes me very dubious about posting shots here, I don't want to be seen to be lowering the standard! ;D

Cheers, Graham.

Hi Jack.
Really nice shot, I think you might be being a bit too critical of the image, at the size that it opens when you click on the forum page it doesn't look that bad.

Cheers, Graham.

IslanderMV, it usually does and for sure in this case. I tried myself and haven't had much luck with this guy.

In fact I'm determined to persist with this lady if I can ever get some sunshine because ISO 12800 just doesn't cut it. She's just landing so Alan not really a bird in fright.

Jack

Graham, as you know the standard here is pretty high and now I'm not (completely) happy with less than that but it's still a thrill to be able to relive the moment that has faded from the brain almost as soon as it's passed. Not to mention that to be able to get anything half decent at ISO 12800 is great.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

A story from Banff, Alberta was that a crow or magpie (or maybe it was one of those "camp robbers" or whisky jacks) would fly in through the open store door and steal a licorice - a photo was in the newspaper as proof. Easy to believe considering this nutcracker was sitting beside the open window with the guy there reading a paper.

Jack

 

[Click]

Northern Flicker just hanging out with me the other morning.
1/250 : f/10 / ISO 1000 @840mm

Beautiful shot. 8) Nicely done.

 

[DominoDude]

Thanks, Click, Jack, Graham and AlanF!

Yeah, Jack, I think I would be scarred and scared for life too, if my mother did anything similar to me. By the way: Keep up the good work with your Pileated. Eager to see more of those, and as I understand it you have the proper gun for it now.

Also, I love your Belted Kingfisher, IslanderMV! It looks like that little rascal is up to nothing good.

Great to see you jump onto the theme, Cog. Crows, Rooks, Ravens and Jackdaws are opportunistic, investigative and bloody smart (despite reaching for the sauce after the fries have been eaten).

AlanF: Great shot, and you're right, it looks like it has been roughed up quite a bit. I wonder where you have such crazy environment that it looks like that? I shot mine deep inside a military shooting range, where they fire with tanks and some such - and mine was still fairly composed and curious about the surroundings.

ERHP: Keep 'em coming! Great to see the diversity (and sometimes resemblances) among the various peckers.

 

[DominoDude]

Osprey - Pandion haliaetus.
I think we had eye contact. I did my best not to look like a fish.
These are shot with the 400/5.6L, but at times I can shoot it with the 70-200/4L. Hoping to get a shot someday with a nice big splash while it dives for fish. So far my timing is a tad off for those.