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[Mikehit]

cracking pictures there, Jack. Good to see you are finally getting out with the camera!

 

[lion rock]

Well done Jack!
Very nice.
-r

Very nice pictures, Jack. I especially like the first one.

 

[hbr]

Beautiful pictures, Jack.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jack.
Excellent series of shots, each has its merits, but my favourite is the Swallow, the movement is the story in this shot.
Perhaps you should suggest to your local fire dept that they take a water bowser or two there and practice their hose work.

Cheers, Graham.

Just south of me at Miquelon lake, Alberta, this last weekend. A very large pot hole that attracts lots of birds but with no river feed it's slowly drying up - they say in a few decades it'll be gone, sadly.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks guys! Anyone guess what these might be? Another case of no parents, fumbling there way through the bush to avoid me, just 4; so funny.

Jack

 

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Baby geese?

 

[dpc]

Eastern kingbird: I shot in the neighbourhood of 25-30 pictures of this fellow this morning with my 7DMII + 150-600mm Sigma C. I was able to get fairly close and he was certainly cooperative. It was blowing a minor gale, however, which made it difficult to hold the camera and lens steady, so I didn't get as many decent shots as I should have.

 

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Nice shots, dpc.

 

[Don Haines]

Your daily dose of cuteness....

I drifted past these...... I stayed real still in the canoe so I wouldn't scare them.... they stayed real still so I wouldn't see them.....

 

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Your daily dose of cuteness....

I drifted past these...... I stayed real still in the canoe so I wouldn't scare them.... they stayed real still so I wouldn't see them.....

Very nice. I especially like the first one.

 

[dpc]

Your daily dose of cuteness....

I drifted past these...... I stayed real still in the canoe so I wouldn't scare them.... they stayed real still so I wouldn't see them.....

Nice pictures! I really like the second one.

 

[hbr]

Baby geese?

Yeah, that is what I think they are too.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Baby geese?

Yeah, that is what I think they are too.

Now that it's been stated I wonder why it didn't occur to me, except that there have been no geese around as far as I've detected in my extended yard. Generally, there are geese around here so I'll go with that. Thanks.

Now, I seldom am around gulls so am wondering if this is a Herring gull. I am now trying to get more BIF opportunities to practice tracking. Not too pleased with this. More so with the Ring-billed (think that's correct??).

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice DPC, and Don, don't you just love the concern in mama's eyes. Ducklings are sweet.

Jack

 

[rpt]

Your daily dose of cuteness....

I drifted past these...... I stayed real still in the canoe so I wouldn't scare them.... they stayed real still so I wouldn't see them.....

Looks like you are not the only one who commandeered a vessel

 

[hbr]

Baby geese?

Yeah, that is what I think they are too.

Now that it's been stated I wonder why it didn't occur to me, except that there have been no geese around as far as I've detected in my extended yard. Generally, there are geese around here so I'll go with that. Thanks.

Now, I seldom am around gulls so am wondering if this is a Herring gull. I am now trying to get more BIF opportunities to practice tracking. Not too pleased with this. More so with the Ring-billed (think that's correct??).

Jack

Yes, Jack they are Ring Billed gulls. We get a lot of them here that over-winter but they are all gone now. BTW I love the pictures, not only the composition but also the colors. Very nice!

Brian

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks Brian. From childhood I've loved nature and especially birds. Used to collect cards for the book from some tea company about 60 years ago. What I love about photography is that it allows me to carefully examine everything that I thought I saw when the shutter was pressed.

Jack

 

[Mikehit]

Thanks guys! Anyone guess what these might be? Another case of no parents, fumbling there way through the bush to avoid me, just 4; so funny.

Jack

Look like geese to me, and likely Canada geese but I don't know how similar chicks of different geese are.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jack.
Goslings, cute little fellows that grow in to ferocious gaurd birds, at least the domesticated breeds do.

Cheers, Graham.

Thanks guys! Anyone guess what these might be? Another case of no parents, fumbling there way through the bush to avoid me, just 4; so funny.

Jack

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi dpc.
Nice shots, especially considering the gale, it definitely adds to the difficulties associated with long lenses.

Cheers, Graham.

Eastern kingbird: I shot in the neighbourhood of 25-30 pictures of this fellow this morning with my 7DMII + 150-600mm Sigma C. I was able to get fairly close and he was certainly cooperative. It was blowing a minor gale, however, which made it difficult to hold the camera and lens steady, so I didn't get as many decent shots as I should have.