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[dpc]

Camp robber's, lol.

Spending a bit of time watching a small group of Short Eared Owls that are wintering down here. This one perched nearby on a tumbleweed just before sunset.

1DX MK II 600f/4 II w/ 1.4X III 1/60 : f/8 : ISO 1000

Beautiful, beautiful shot!!!!!

 

[dpc]

Hi dpc.
Nice capture of an opportunist thief, I’d sooner loose my lunch to a bird like that than the gulls which are the usual thieves here!

Cheers, Graham.

Not the greatest shot, but... A Clark's nutcracker scarfing down a tourist's lunch at Lake Louise, Banff NP. The tourist was sitting beside my wife and me on a bench when the bird swooped down, knocked the sandwich out of the woman's hand and proceeded to eat it.

Thanks! The gulls around here haven't taken to robbing people's lunches. I was quite surprised to see the nutcracker swoop in for the take. The tourist was shocked, of course, but very good natured about the incident. She started snapping cell 'phone pictures of the bird gulping down her sandwich.

 

[jprusa]

Camp robber's, lol.

Spending a bit of time watching a small group of Short Eared Owls that are wintering down here. This one perched nearby on a tumbleweed just before sunset.
1DX MK II 600f/4 II w/ 1.4X III 1/60 : f/8 : ISO 1000

Great shot!

 

[Cog]

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, Cog.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Hi,

The arctic finches have been flooding into Wisconsin this year, and for the first time since 2011, I have Common Redpolls at my house! I even was lucky enough to get a Hoary Redpoll. These were shot with 7D mkii / ef500 f4 / 1.4xiii.

Jeremy

Very nice series, Jeremy.

V nice! Could fool me on the Hoary - what led to the ID, I know they are tricky?

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice shots everyone. I especially like that owl.

Jack

 

[jmeyer]

I went out to my local Long-eared Owl roost and was rewarded with a Barred Owl as well. These were taken with 7D mkii / ef500 f4 / 1.4xiii

 

[Click]

Nice series, jmeyer. I especially like the 3rd picture.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Cog.
Nice shots, comical little chap hanging upside down!

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Jeremy.
Very nice, I like the first shot of the Long Eared Owl.

Cheers, Graham.

I went out to my local Long-eared Owl roost and was rewarded with a Barred Owl as well. These were taken with 7D mkii / ef500 f4 / 1.4xiii

 

[AaronT]

I really like your owl shots Jmeyer. I like owls, just don't have many of them in my area.

 

[Jack Douglas]

I really like your owl shots Jmeyer. I like owls, just don't have many of them in my area.

Don't we all wish for the opportunity and the excellent results!

Jack

 

[Cog]

Click, Valvebounce
Thank you, guys! Sometimes you find birds in places where you don’t expect them to be found. I shot these parakeets in London’s Hyde Park.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Click, Valvebounce
Thank you, guys! Sometimes you find birds in places where you don’t expect them to be found. I shot these parakeets in London’s Hyde Park.

 

[ISv]

A lot of great shots after my last visit! Congratulations to all the authors!
dpc - thanks for the story, it made my (otherwise almost lost) day!
My personal favorite is the owl from ERHP - beautiful bird and nice shot!
Few from my collection. The Curlew is probably the rarest species of bird (considering the number existing in the world) so far in my photos.
Soon after their arrival, they are still tired and it was damn hot day (note the strange "halo" around the bird, I suspect it is just fumes, it's present in the RAW file too).

 

[Click]

Nice shots. I especially like the last one. Well done.

 

[ISv]

Two more!
For all Hawaiian guys who look at this side: It is FALSE alarm!!!! - I took these pics in the Zoo. I was not that lucky to see them in the nature (few of them were reported for Hawaii this season! Otherwise - veeeery rare visitor!

 

[Talys]

jmeyer, I love those owls! Great photos, and thanks for sharing.

 

[Nat_WA]

A lot of great shots after my last visit! Congratulations to all the authors!
dpc - thanks for the story, it made my (otherwise almost lost) day!
My personal favorite is the owl from ERHP - beautiful bird and nice shot!

Few from my collection. The Curlew is probably the rarest species of bird (considering the number existing in the world) so far in my photos.
Soon after their arrival, they are still tired and it was damn hot day (note the strange "halo" around the bird, I suspect it is just fumes, it's present in the RAW file too).

Very nice series ISv; interesting to see how much resemblance the worldwide variety of curlews has... Although your "... tahitiensis" has its own details it is remarkably similar to the "... arquata" that pass our country by the thousands each autumn.

Wiebe.