OK, now I'm really jealous: great shot of beautiful bird! They come around very rarely and in non breeding plumage
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Nice shot Alan!
But makes me a headache: it is not a Brown Noddy (or any other noddy/tern, at least in my opinion...). See the transition from the forehead to the bill: there are small feathers there that are missing in the Noddy. I would like to see this bird from different angels for more info but what I see here are relatively broad wings. The grayish-white forehead/head are not there too (not easy to evaluate because of the backlit). And all the posture/configuration of the bird was screaming "no, not a Noddy" at a first glance. I would bet for some See Gull or even(?) a dark form of Jaeger (sometimes the Jaegers are missing the central, long feathers of the tail). The relative size of the bird and where you took the photo would be helpful too (sorry - I tend to go after things that I don't understand, if you have no other photos of the bird - forget it!).
: Thanks Alan! - I just learned what means "As an act of contrition"!No, you have no sins within your post (it's on me digging for the ID of the bird - as one very famous politician did say " ... ... it should be my personality"). Better is "As an act of contribution": it's known for the Brown Noddy to do it but they are not a "kleptoparasites" - they just expect some leftovers...
Anyway - nice (and educational!) photos!
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Eurasian Blue Tit
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
iso 250, 1/250 at f5.6 - 400mm
My 9 year old 5D Mark III still works great.
Great Tit
Canon EOS M6 Mark II
Canon EF70-200mm f/4L IS II USM
iso 400, 1/160 at f4 - 171mm
Good birding combination
Great Tit
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
iso 1250, 1/125 at f5.6 - 371
Also a fine combination
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
No doubt the American Robin is the most plentiful backyard bird in our area of the United States (midwest).
They don't seem to mind the presence of people all that much, and they seem rather patient birds, as well. At least to my eyes, what is kind of underrated about adult robins is that they're quite large as far as backyard birds are concerned.
With our own eyes, probably the most striking robin-related thing my wife and I saw was a large black bird (a crow?) literally plucking a full-sized robin from a branch on our front-yard tree. Sadly...no photos.
Our robins are quite predictable...yesterday things seemed a bit different and robins took turns one-at-a-time in our birdbath and used a tiny puddle in the yard as a birdbath as well. All told about a dozen of them were in the back yard...not particularly active but something was unusual in their behavior.
There were at least two juveniles--don't see many of those posing for photos. Here's two (thanks for reading):
...second one is probably better (?), but the tilt of the head is unique in the first one.
They don't seem to mind the presence of people all that much, and they seem rather patient birds, as well. At least to my eyes, what is kind of underrated about adult robins is that they're quite large as far as backyard birds are concerned.
With our own eyes, probably the most striking robin-related thing my wife and I saw was a large black bird (a crow?) literally plucking a full-sized robin from a branch on our front-yard tree. Sadly...no photos.
Our robins are quite predictable...yesterday things seemed a bit different and robins took turns one-at-a-time in our birdbath and used a tiny puddle in the yard as a birdbath as well. All told about a dozen of them were in the back yard...not particularly active but something was unusual in their behavior.
There were at least two juveniles--don't see many of those posing for photos. Here's two (thanks for reading):
...second one is probably better (?), but the tilt of the head is unique in the first one.
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Went to Cley next the Sea in North Norfolk yesterday. There were quite a few waders in the marshes but they were very far away. I managed to get some shots with the 100-500mm with the 2xTC at 1000mm. Unfortunately, it was overcast all day. But I got some small images of birds I rarely see: a Blacktailed Godwit and a Whimbrel, and a Avocet.
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