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[Valvebounce]

Hi ERHP.
Hmmm, well there aren’t any now!
Very nice shot, excellent caption!

Cheers, Graham.

When I asked this Great Horned Owl if she had seen any squirrels, her reply back was "Squirrels? No squirrels here."

 

[IslanderMV]

Oystercatcher family in protected nesting area. Took picts from kayak. I have been supplying pictures (gratis) of the bird population to the environmental group who manages the area. I get access to the birds and a heads up when something is happening on the preserve.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Jeff.

 

[AlanF]

European bittern - a most secretive bird.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, Alan.

 

[AlanF]

I used the 5DSR and 100-400mm II for the shots of the Bittern in flight. That combo is really pretty good for BIF and fantastic for sharp static shots. However, for photographing Puffins in flight in the new thread on Puffins https://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?threads/puffins-guillemots-and-razorbills.37217/ I used the 5DIV and 400mm DO II. I really wanted to get sharp shots of these small very fast flying birds with tiny sand eels in their beaks and even have their little fish eyes in sharp focus - it's been a long time ambition and I didn't want to waste the opportunity. The trick
was to track them flying straight at me and fire off a burst as they got close and veered past. The 5DIV and DO behaved perfectly and I got keeper after keeper. The 5DIV has a really responsive and fast AF, and it couples well with the DO though I think the zoom might have been good enough as well. Here are a couple more shots.

 

[jmeyer]

Hey all, great shots! I've been so busy lately, I haven't had time to edit any photos, plus I took over 30,000 in May alone! Well, this last weekend, I took a road trip to try for the ultra rare Kirtland's Warbler. I found at least two, but I think I had 4 of them! If you don't know about the Kirtland's Warbler, search them, great story! 7D mkii / EF500 f4 / 1.4xiii

Jeremy

 

[Jack Douglas]

And sure enough, the "good old" Brown-headed cowbird is involved.

 

[Nat_WA]

Hey all, great shots! I've been so busy lately, I haven't had time to edit any photos, plus I took over 30,000 in May alone! Well, this last weekend, I took a road trip to try for the ultra rare Kirtland's Warbler. I found at least two, but I think I had 4 of them! If you don't know about the Kirtland's Warbler, search them, great story! 7D mkii / EF500 f4 / 1.4xiii

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy, good to see a nearly extinct bird recovering again - and you being able to capture these excellent images!
W.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Jeremy.

 

[dpc]

Franklin's gull

 

[Click]

Nice shot, dpc,

 

[AlanF]

Franklin's gullView attachment 185028

Nice shot dpc! It's your style not to crop much and get in plenty of water as background. It makes for a pleasant scene, but it would also look good cropped more to emphasize the bird. We all do things differently to our own tastes.

 

[dpc]

Male yellow-headed blackbirds. The second one has a bald spot on top of his head. Maybe he had an altercation with another blackbird.

 

[dpc]

Female yellow-headed blackbird hanging out in the cattails.

 

[dpc]

Mother yellow-headed blackbird with a beakful of tasty treats for the youngsters back home.

 

[dpc]

I can see you! Northern shoveler drake in repose. The heads are usually green. I guess the way the way the sun's rays were reflecting off the feathers produced a purplish hue.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, dpc.

 

[dpc]

Drake on a branch. Sorry AlanF, another bird surrounded by water shot.

 

[justawriter]

Just some shots of our old friend Turdus migratorius having lunch. Mostly seeing how cropping the photo would turn out.
. Canon 7DII, 70-300 DO.