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[PCM-madison]

Eastern Screech Owl about to set off on its highly hunt about 15 minutes after sunset (6D, 300mm, F2.8, 1/125, iso 12800).

 

[Click]

That's a very nice shot, PCM-madison. Well done.

 

[Jack Douglas]

That's a very nice shot, PCM-madison. Well done.

So cute!

Jack

 

[ISO64]

This is not what a portrait should be. Take it as a scene from the great circle of life...

Canon 7D2, 400/5.6L
f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 100, EV +1/3

 

[rnl]

1dxmkii and ef600Lf4ii

 

[Jack Douglas]

This is not what a portrait should be. Take it as a scene from the great circle of life...

Canon 7D2, 400/5.6L
f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 100, EV +1/3

A cruel reminder of death. Nice shot.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lovely shots, Richard.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Went to London yesterday and saw, of all things, a pair of parakeets courting on Hampstead Heath. I couldn't see that they were green until after the shot as they were backlit (2x400mm/5DIV).

 

[rnl]

Great Horned Owl.

She annually returns to this tree. There is an owlet in there too.

1dxmkii, ef600Lf4ii with 1.4xiii

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi ISO64.
Excellent shot, nothing more certain in life than death, it is just how it gets you that changes, but boy I hope I'm never on the receiving end of the look that hawk is giving.

Cheers, Graham.

This is not what a portrait should be. Take it as a scene from the great circle of life...

Canon 7D2, 400/5.6L
f/5.6, 1/400 s, ISO 100, EV +1/3

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Richard.
Very nice series of shots.

Cheers, Graham.

1dxmkii and ef600Lf4ii

 

[Click]

Hi ISO64.
Excellent shot, nothing more certain in life than death, it is just how it gets you that changes, but boy I hope I'm never on the receiving end of the look that hawk is giving.

Cheers, Graham.

+1

Very nice shot. Well done, ISO64.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Alan.
Nice shot.
We have some friends that live near Chessington World of Adventures and sat in their back garden we were overflown by quite a flock of them, talk about a surprise.
Our friends said they thought they were offspring of some generations from some that were deliberately released by animal rights activists. I wonder how they have affected the ecology of the area? I suppose google probably knows!

Cheers, Graham.

Went to London yesterday and saw, of all things, a pair of parakeets courting on Hampstead Heath. I couldn't see that they were green until after the shot as they were backlit (2x400mm/5DIV).

 

[DominoDude]

Hi Alan.
Nice shot.
We have some friends that live near Chessington World of Adventures and sat in their back garden we were overflown by quite a flock of them, talk about a surprise.
Our friends said they thought they were offspring of some generations from some that were deliberately released by animal rights activists. I wonder how they have affected the ecology of the area? I suppose google probably knows!

Cheers, Graham.

Went to London yesterday and saw, of all things, a pair of parakeets courting on Hampstead Heath. I couldn't see that they were green until after the shot as they were backlit (2x400mm/5DIV).

I can chime in on Graham's comment here: There are quite a few stories/legends about how they came to be in those surroundings.
I have heard the one above - and it should have happened decades ago.
BBC have a write up -> http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161020-these-tiny-birds-are-common-in-london-but-nobody-knows-why

 

[AlanF]

Thanks everyone, and thanks for the link Dd. These are aren't "tiny" birds, and they fly really fast. A guy with binoculars I met there had been watching firecrests display. Now they are tiny birds. He said that their crests opened up in the ritual. It was the first time I had seen (rose-ringed) parakeets in the UK.

 

[Eldar]

A small corner of my favourite lake is now ice free and my favourite bird, the great crested grebe, was out, testing the water in the late afternoon sun.

1DX-II, 600 f4L IS II + 1.4xIII

 

[Click]

Great looking bird. Lovely shot, Eldar.

 

[Mikehit]

Thanks Quick Click, DPC isn't that just how it goes. We do the best with what's at hand.

For years I never saw them and then magically due to me feeding all the birds these guys appeared. When it's really cold the suet is a lifesaver for them. Like other woodpeckers they tend to become pretty tame. I actually walked to within 6 or 7 feet of one that was feeding two years ago.

For me, it doesn't matter how many times I see them I'm always impressed and this from 2015 was so exciting - daddy and both children caught me completely off guard up in my observatory but luckily I managed to get a small number of decent shots.

Jack

You've got some nice pictures coming, Jack.

Apparently one trick with many birds is to use chunky peanut butter - with nuts and seeds the smaller birds can pick one up an fly off but with peanut butter they tend to linger a little longer to get a decent quantity.

 

[Mikehit]

A small corner of my favourite lake is now ice free and my favourite bird, the great crested grebe, was out, testing the water in the late afternoon sun.

1DX-II, 600 f4L IS II + 1.4xIII

Awesome shot!

 

[IslanderMV]

A small corner of my favourite lake is now ice free and my favourite bird, the great crested grebe, was out, testing the water in the late afternoon sun.

1DX-II, 600 f4L IS II + 1.4xIII

Wonderfull bird - Enjoyed the detailed shot.