Nice series, Alan. The 3rd one is a picture of FIF?
Fish In Flight.
Fish In Flight.
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Yes, we need new threads! This is the opening post, and it's not being obeyed on a large number of accasions!Nice series, Alan. The 3rd one is a picture of FIF?
Fish In Flight.
Post your Bird Portraits here
Parrots, Birds of Prey, Herons and all the others ... Just post your portraits here
The main idea of this topic is that the bird is clearly the main part component of the picture and that it is not a bird in flight or small bird on large tree or group shot ...
I will start with some of mine to start the whole
Have fun everyone and I hope to see many amazing shots soon:
American Bald Eagle von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr
A colorful friend von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr
American Bald Eagle 2 von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr
Portrait of a Grey Heron in Regent's Park London von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr
Vulture Portait von 1982Chris911 auf Flickr
Jack has mooted combining the Bird Portraits and BIF threads. I wouldn't be against it.Nice series, Alan. The 3rd one is a picture of FIF?
Fish In Flight.
Still pretty. I don't see them over here so it's nice to have these images!Wood Ducks are slowly changing to their breeding plumage.
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Very beautiful colors and focus on subject with blurred background, Click!Wood Ducks are slowly changing to their breeding plumage.
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I hope the main idea is not excluding some jokes time to time?Yes, we need new threads! This is the opening post, and it's not being obeyed on a large number of accasions!
It's very nice photo Click!A picture from this morning, a Common Tern (Nonbreeding adult)
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I hope the main idea is not excluding some jokes time to time?
One good tern deserves another.It's very nice photo Click!
Didn't you posted it initially like a Caspian Tern? I could be in huge mistake but it's what I somehow remember...
That massive bill, speckled forehead (only the juveniles of the common tern have something similar - without the massive bill!), adults of the Common are with ~white forehead + dark, relatively thin bill in the winter. In the summer they have black forehead and a red, off course also somewhat thinner bill with a dark tip.
The Caspian has that massive, always red bill, white streaked forehead in the winter (black in the summer).
And most importantly (except the size of the bird that we can't judge by the photo): the Common has a red legs and the Caspian has a black legs.
Here you are right: "sometimes you have to close your eyes to see properly".I really love kingfishers.
FWIW and to give you a laugh
I (less) proudly present my first picture ever of a Eurasian kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
I promise I'll to try to do better in the future.
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Thanks for your kind words... I also have some photos of birds that I keep just to open new folder and hope to get something far better!
And one nice photo deserves a right ID!One good tern deserves another.
Even at that distance, it's clearly a kingfisher.I really love kingfishers.
FWIW and to give you a laugh
I (less) proudly present my first picture ever of a Eurasian kingfisher (alcedo atthis)
I promise I'll to try to do better in the future.
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this is the 1:1 crop from this picture below. Happy searching
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It's very nice photo Click!
Didn't you posted it initially like a Caspian Tern? I could be in huge mistake but it's what I somehow remember...
That massive bill, speckled forehead (only the juveniles of the common tern have something similar - without the massive bill!), adults of the Common are with ~white forehead + dark, relatively thin bill in the winter. In the summer they have black forehead and a red, off course also somewhat thinner bill with a dark tip.
The Caspian has that massive, always red bill, white streaked forehead in the winter (black in the summer).
And most importantly (except the size of the bird that we can't judge by the photo): the Common has a red legs and the Caspian has a black legs.
Even worse, there is a really ugly photo supposedly of me in a local paper - and it is of someone else.And one nice photo deserves a right ID!
Just imagine: I took a photo of you (good or not so...) and call it "XY" for example, (or your choice -any politician that you don't like!
I'm sure I gave you tons of choice )!
Well, I'm sure the birds don't care - for good!
The water looks fantasticLesser Yellowlegs looking for breakfast
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