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[IslanderMV]

Cormorant sunning on a very cold day.
Notice the blink in second shot. Never would have seen it live. I guess that is one reason why wildlife photography is so addictive.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Jeff.

Happy New Year!

 

[Jack Douglas]

IslanderMV, lovely!

Alan, I'm not sure it's really "cold" where you are. -26C when this was shot yesterday after rising from -31C!

Jack

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, Jack.

Happy New Year my friend.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very nice shot, Jack.

Happy New Year my friend.

Thanks Click and Happy New Year to all CR birdfanatics all over the globe.

Jack

 

[7DmkI]

Blue jay head shot.

 

[Click]

Nice nice close-up, 7DmkI.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Nice nice close-up, 7DmkI.

Quite the bird - love the detail.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

IslanderMV, lovely!

Alan, I'm not sure it's really "cold" where you are. -26C when this was shot yesterday after rising from -31C!

Jack

Happy New Year Jack! Your remark about the cold reminds me of the Cremation of Sam McGee https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee

 

[7DmkI]

Nice nice close-up, 7DmkI.

Quite the bird - love the detail.

Jack

Thanks Guys.

 

[Jack Douglas]

IslanderMV, lovely!

Alan, I'm not sure it's really "cold" where you are. -26C when this was shot yesterday after rising from -31C!

Jack

Happy New Year Jack! Your remark about the cold reminds me of the Cremation of Sam McGee https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee

HNY to you too. That was a great re-read after many long years. Friday night my son played in a concert featuring scholarship beneficiaries and after it was over I headed to the car at -31C (wind chill to around -40C). It started fine but for quite some time I felt like Sam McGee!

Jack

 

[lion rock]

This was a "zoo" environment, but most of its "guests" were free to roam around. Indeed, many local of the birds were entirely free to fly around. In Australia, many of what we consider as "exotic birds" are indigenous and no one pays attention to them.
-r

 

[ISv]

Hi Lion rock, the Red Jungle fowl on your picture is looking exactly like the wild forms from India/South-East Asia, including the gray legs. The domesticated birds are usually with yellow legs. Nice shot!

 

[lion rock]

Thanks ISv!
It was in Adelaide that I shot this "rooster!"
It could be what you described, including being a "wild" one, since it was in a animal reserve of type. It ran free in the area. No idea if it could fly out of the compound.
Thanks.
-r

Hi Lion rock, the Red Jungle fowl on your picture is looking exactly like the wild forms from India/South-East Asia, including the gray legs. The domesticated birds are usually with yellow legs. Nice shot!

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice, Riley. The best of shooting in the NY.

Jack

 

[matthias]

A Snow Owl in the Doppelmayr Zoo in Wolfurt, again shot at f2.8

 

[lion rock]

Jack,
Thanks.
And to you, too, great shooting with your excellent gear. Look forward to seeing lots from you.
-r

V nice, Riley. The best of shooting in the NY.

Jack

 

[Click]

A Snow Owl in the Doppelmayr Zoo in Wolfurt, again shot at f2.8

Excellent shot. Well done, matthias.

 

[AlanF]

A Snow Owl in the Doppelmayr Zoo in Wolfurt, again shot at f2.8

Is it in a cage or a very large aviary where it can fly over distances?

 

[matthias]

Is it in a cage or a very large aviary where it can fly over distances?

Hi Alan,
it‘s in a cage, and it was about 1 m from the front fence.