Great shots, ERHP.
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Messy???? Where and what????Great horned owlView attachment 205027 in our neighbours yard. You'll have to excuse the messy backdrop and surroundings.
Just the general tangle of branches. I shouldn't expect much more considering the subject.Messy???? Where and what????
I'd rather say the branches belong to this great picture. No reason to apologize!Just the general tangle of branches. I shouldn't expect much more considering the subject.
The green haze at the bottom left quarter is a bit messy and this is why dpc is apologising. It's usually annoying to have a greenery haze getting in the way of the subject. I would have been tempted to have cropped out the bottom half and just have had it as a true portrait, with the green leaves framing the bottom of the chest.I'd rather say the branches belong to this great picture. No reason to apologize!
As usually...Great shots, ERHP.
That's just what I also liked about the picture!The green haze at the bottom left quarter is a bit messy and this is why dpc is apologising. It's usually annoying to have a greenery haze getting in the way of the subject. I would have been tempted to have cropped out the bottom half and just have had it as a true portrait, with the green leaves framing the bottom of the chest.
Some peoples De gustibus is others Disgust.That's just what I also liked about the picture!
De gustibus...
This was hard!Some peoples De gustibus is others Disgust.
No, it was easy!This was hard!
Nice set of photos ISv!I know Herons are eating small (baby) birds but in this case it killed a juvenile House Sparrow in front of me. It happened suddenly and I lost time to pull out my camera from the backpack. Swallow it with all the feathers (no cleaning, no grill).
I'm not concerned about the population of the House Sparrow (and the endemic birds here don't have an overlapping areal with the Herons) but some much more rare introduced birds like the African Silver Bill and the Red Avadavat e.t.c. could be vulnerable.
After that a Yellow-faced Canary - I didn't know they could do this with their lower mandible: it's the same bird. Look at the disposition of the lower mandible on the first photo.
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Those things have lizard feet!Just recently I have observed some very aggressive behaviour by the Coots. This was late evening Coot-Gull) and so ISO 6400 and at quite a distance but you can still see what is going on. They are also pretty violent with one another and have quite the claws. The youngsters were none too happy.
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Nice shot. I really feel like I'm standing in front of him.Great horned owlView attachment 205027 in our neighbours yard. You'll have to excuse the messy backdrop and surroundings.
Pretty creepy and they seem to know how to use them! I've known these plentiful "mud hens" since childhood but had no idea they were aggressive!Those things have lizard feet!