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It's been a great spring for Mourning Warblers in my area. In the last week, I've had anywhere form 4-6 of them daily, which normally you might find one. One of my favorite warblers!

Jeremy

Lovely shots. Nicely done, Jeremy.

 

[usern4cr]

Looking at the numerous photos of the Mourning Dove (and from rather close distance!) posted by you I'm also feeling jealous! We have some small number of them here but they usually are very skittish and I still have to get a good photo... Forget the White Throated Sparrow! You can't find it here!

Thanks, ISv. I can't get too close to the mourning doves, but I think that they tolerate me at a reasonable (super telephoto) distance because they're coming in just for my feeder seed, and that I stay still while observing/photographing them. The cardinals are fairly skittish too.

 

[AlanF]

First shot with my EF 600mm f/4 III. Very overcast and rainy. But what a lens. This is the first shot I ever took with the lens. (tryin it out a bit) So nothing fancy

Canon EOS R5 - Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM III (distance approx 10-15 meters)

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It's a Mandarin Duck. You only just got him the frame! Nice shot.

 

[AlanF]

Got a tip last night that there were Flycatchers in a local churchyard. There was a break in the weather this morning and I got shots of two Spotted Flycatchers which I assume is the nesting pair. (R5 + 100-500mm + 1.4xTC). First time I have ever seen this species.

 

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Nice shots, Alan.

 

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Common tern

 

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Dance of the pie-billed grebes... Golden hour light, taken at sunset.
7D2, 100-400 L II + 1.4XIII

 

[jprusa]

It's been a great spring for Mourning Warblers in my area. In the last week, I've had anywhere form 4-6 of them daily, which normally you might find one. One of my favorite warblers!

Jeremy

first 5 are the male (last 2 without tail!)
last 3 are the female.

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Beautiful birds Jeremy! Keep them coming!

 

[jprusa]

Common tern
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Very Nice Click!

 

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Thank you, jprusa.

 

[jmeyer]

Got a tip last night that there were Flycatchers in a local churchyard. There was a break in the weather this morning and I got shots of two Spotted Flycatchers which I assume is the nesting pair. (R5 + 100-500mm + 1.4xTC). First time I have ever seen this species.

Congrats on a new life bird! Even better when you get good looks and wonderful photos!

Jeremy

 

[AlanF]

Congrats on a new life bird! Even better when you get good looks and wonderful photos!

Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy!

 

[becceric]

First shot with my EF 600mm f/4 III. Very overcast and rainy. But what a lens. This is the first shot I ever took with the lens. (tryin it out a bit) So nothing fancy

Canon EOS R5 - Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM III (distance approx 10-15 meters)

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Great to see, Dockland! I might have to buy that lens.

 

[jmeyer]

A change of pace from the warblers... I was at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge watching shorebirds Tuesday morning and 2 White-faced Ibis flew in. Wow, what a treat that was! Horicon is a magnet for birds like that, but they are still considered rare for our area. Lighting was terrible, but I think I did ok.

Jeremy

 

[ISv]

First shot with my EF 600mm f/4 III. Very overcast and rainy. But what a lens. This is the first shot I ever took with the lens. (tryin it out a bit) So nothing fancy

Canon EOS R5 - Canon EF 600mm f/4 L IS USM III (distance approx 10-15 meters)

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Beautiful!

 

[ISv]

Got a tip last night that there were Flycatchers in a local churchyard. There was a break in the weather this morning and I got shots of two Spotted Flycatchers which I assume is the nesting pair. (R5 + 100-500mm + 1.4xTC). First time I have ever seen this species.

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I love that bird. Don't know why: there are many much more colorful and exotic-looking birds even in South-East Europe where I did my first (and so far last - 2019) photos. May be that humility... Edited: I have to try better (more up to date software) for this series!

 

[ISv]

A change of pace from the warblers... I was at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge watching shorebirds Tuesday morning and 2 White-faced Ibis flew in. Wow, what a treat that was! Horicon is a magnet for birds like that, but they are still considered rare for our area. Lighting was terrible, but I think I did ok.

Jeremy

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You did better than me: we have some of these every year (like 4-7, or less) but they keep in restricted areas where I can't go to close the distance (and the air is rather turbulent even in early morning for longer distances)

 

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Beautiful shots, ISv. I really like the first one.

 

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Nice series, Jeremy.

 

[AlanF]

First time this year I've seen the local urban Peregrine Falcon. She tipped the wink she remembers me.