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[AlanF]

I have never seen a kingfisher's tongue before. She had swallowed a piece of reed and was trying to get rid of it.

 

[tron]

Great shots Bobg and AlanF...

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice shots everyone but Alan's ;D won out. Reminds me of my first view of a waxwing tongue.

Jack

 

[Click]

Fairly recent capture with my new 5D4. iso200, F5.6, 1/1600, 600F4+1.4x III

Lovely shot. Well done, Bob.

 

[Click]

I have never seen a kingfisher's tongue before. She had swallowed a piece of reed and was trying to get rid of it.

Nice shot, Alan.

 

[clbayley]

Paddling around Morro Bay today. It seems to always be foggy here, which provides really nice light!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Paddling around Morro Bay today. It seems to always be foggy here, which provides really nice light!

V nice.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

V nice shots everyone but Alan's ;D won out. Reminds me of my first view of a waxwing tongue.

Jack

Is that a tongue-in-cheek emoji?

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice shots everyone but Alan's ;D won out. Reminds me of my first view of a waxwing tongue.

Jack

Is that a tongue-in-cheek emoji?

:-\ :'(

 

[Cog]

Shrike:

 

[Click]

Shrike:

Very nice pictures, Cog. I especially like the first one, beautiful background.

 

[jprusa]

I have never seen a kingfisher's tongue before. She had swallowed a piece of reed and was trying to get rid of it.

Nice shot Alan!

 

[Jack Douglas]

Shrike:

Very nice pictures, Cog. I especially like the first one, beautiful background.

V nice. Father used to call them the butcher bird; haven't seen one in decades.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Nice shots Cog. I have never got that close to a shrike.

 

[Cog]

Click. Jack Douglas, AlanF
Thank you, guys. I posted the second picture as my personal record to have gotten close to a shrike. I should say they are common in Europe and Middle East, but very hard to get close enough to take a decent picture. I suspect I made that shot near the nest. The bird was very nervous and tried to walk me away from the place.

 

[IslanderMV]

Green Heron closeup. This one froze in place, trying to be invisible.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Green Heron closeup. This one froze in place, trying to be invisible.

Lovely.

Jack

 

[Click]

Nice shot, Jeff.

 

[LSeries]

Wagtail Feeding by Jussi Lind, on Flickr

 

[hbr]

Great shot, L Series. That picture just made a liar out of me as it used the same lens as mine but you used ISO 1600. HA Ha. I guess since I use my 7D2 for BIF I usually keep the shutter speed over 1/2500. But, at least for my copy, ISO 1600 would take a lot of time to clean up the noise.

Brian