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[mikekeck]

White-crowned Sparrow in Taylor Park, Colorado.

5D iv, 100-400L ii, 1.4x iii, at 560 mm, ISO 640, F 9, 1/800

 

[mikekeck]

Common Merganser (female), Taylor River, Colorado.
5D iv, 100-400L ii, 1.4x iii, at 560 mm, ISO 640, F 9, 1/1600, exposure compensation: -1.3 stops

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Mike.

 

[Aussie shooter]

Nice shot. Well done, Aussie shooter.

Thanks click. To give you an idea of the conditions this was shot a 200mm, ISO 800 and a shutter speed of 1/60sec. Handheld. Then cropped significantly to get the composition.

 

[mikekeck]

American Dipper in Taylor River, Colorado. It took a lot of uncomfortable belly crawling on top of my binoculars to get this photo (I'm sure you all have similar memories!).

5D iv, 100-400L ii, at 490 mm, ISO 3200, F 8, 1/160, EV +0.7

 

[dpc]

Western kingbird with wings aflutter.

 

[7DmkI]

A couple of sandpipers taken today. Both with 6Dii 100-400L Mki. FIrst one was 1/1000 f6.3 ISO 250 @400mm; second one was 1/800 f8 ISO320 @400mm.

 

[Click]

Nice shots, 7DmkI.

 

[bhf3737]

Three from yesterday's walk with EOS-R and Sigma 60-600mm (yes, I finally decided to get the Sigma. It is heavy but has the reach and has acceptable quality, at least for me).
It seems that this American white pelican wants to give a big hug to the double-crested cormorants! but it seems that they are not interested.


And this one is practicing his touch down.


And this youngster was quite afraid of taking off but after a couple of trials he could make it.

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, bhf3737. I especially like the last one. Well done.

 

[Don Haines]

A very pissed off looking Osprey, trying to dry off

Shot with a Tamron 150-600 and a 1.4X teleconverter, and cropped.

 

[Click]

LOL

Indeed, very pissed off. Nice shot, Don.

 

[AaronT]

5 mins ·
Yesterday we had a young Baltimore Oriole show up at the feeder. I grabbed my camera and started taking some photos out the kitchen window. Then a Bumble Bee showed up. It harassed the Oriole for about a minute. The Oriole was not happy!

 

[Click]

Nice series, I especially like the second picture.

 

[privatebydesign]

+1 If I could be a bird that's one I'd consider! Just my mood these days.

Jack

Im always particularly taken when I see the frigate birds, another one of natures oddities, a seabird that can't land on water. So majestic watching them soar so effortlessly for mile upon mile yet able to mix it up with the most nimble and aggressive gulls when there is a tasty morsel at stake.

 

[Jack Douglas]

5 mins ·
Yesterday we had a young Baltimore Oriole show up at the feeder. I grabbed my camera and started taking some photos out the kitchen window. Then a Bumble Bee showed up. It harassed the Oriole for about a minute. The Oriole was not happy!
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You can see the disdain in his eye!

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Im always particularly taken when I see the frigate birds, another one of natures oddities, a seabird that can't land on water. So majestic watching them soar so effortlessly for mile upon mile yet able to mix it up with the most nimble and aggressive gulls when there is a tasty morsel at stake.

I've only ever seen them on our trip to Costa Rica when on the Tarcoles river and I agree with you. These were far away so heavily cropped.

Jack

 

[Click]

These were far away so heavily cropped.

Nice shots, Jack.

 

[AaronT]

You can see the disdain in his eye!

Jack

Yes you can. Here is even more disdain. In the first one the Bumble Bee is hard to spot. I didn't notice it at first. Look at his wing, in about the middle of the frame. It blends in with the wing. In the second one he's sharing the feeder with a wasp but isn't happy.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Some of us are not too keen on sharing our goodies. Yes, hard to spot at a glance.

Jack