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[hbr]

Beautiful shot Kodakrome.

 

[Click]

I love it when an owl agrees to sit for a portrait.
6D at 400mm

Very nice shot, kodakrome.

 

[kodakrome]

Thanks to all for the kind comments. I'm not sure what type of owl that is.

 

[luka567]

Sparrow portrait by Luka Rifelj, on Flickr

 

[serendipidy]

Hi Eric.
Another series of nice shots, do you bribe the ducks too!

Cheers, Graham.

Thank you Brian and Graham..great to be back. Since I haven't posted any photos recently, I'll add a few now.

Hawaiian Coot stares down BCN Heron by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

Hawaiian Mallard Ducks by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

Baby Hawaiian Mallard ducks by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

Thanks, Graham. Yes, I bribe the ducks too...they love bread ;D

 

[serendipidy]

Thanks to all for the kind comments. I'm not sure what type of owl that is.

Hi kodakrome. After some research online, I think your owl is a juvenile spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata.

 

[IslanderMV]

American Oystercatcher today -

 

[Click]

Nice. 8) Well done, Jeff.

 

[serendipidy]

American Oystercatcher today -

Gorgeous photo!

 

[kodakrome]

Thanks to all for the kind comments. I'm not sure what type of owl that is.

Hi kodakrome. After some research online, I think your owl is a juvenile spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata.

Thank you so much, I appreciate the info!

 

[serendipidy]

Finally, I get to post something that's not a heron (but looks somewhat similar) ;D

Cattle Egret by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

 

[kodakrome]

kingfisher

 

[Click]

kingfisher

Hi kodakrome,

This bird is a Green Heron. Very nice picture.

 

[dpc]

Red-breasted nuthatch digging a nesting hole in an old tree trunk. You can see bits of excavated wood in his beak in the second picture. I took it this afternoon.

 

[serendipidy]

kingfisher

Very pretty bird and nice capture, kodakrome.

 

[serendipidy]

Red-breasted nuthatch digging a nesting hole in an old tree trunk. You can see bits of excavated wood in his beak in the second picture. I took it this afternoon.

Caught in the act ;D Tells the story. Well done.

 

[serendipidy]

A well groomed egret ;D

Cattle Egret by Eric Johnson, on Flickr

 

[JPAZ]

Local Flamingo:

Cheers BRian

Nice lighting.

JPAZ

 

[Jack Douglas]

kingfisher

Hi kodakrome,

This bird is a Green Heron. Very nice picture.

Very nice and well, I was saying to myself kingfisher really :-\ so I'm glad Click sorted it out.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Red-breasted nuthatch digging a nesting hole in an old tree trunk. You can see bits of excavated wood in his beak in the second picture. I took it this afternoon.

Caught in the act ;D Tells the story. Well done.

Busy as a beaver nuthatch. Very nice.

Jack