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[Maximilian]

Female Kestrel.

Wonderful light @AlanF.
Really nice BG and sharpness.
I'd like to see some blue sky here, too. I need some natural vitamin D

What was she looking at?

 

[Maximilian]

Brown Creeper

...it was a good day in our front yard tree. (for birds not often seen by yours truly).

The second one is in very good light
I discovered creepers this year the first time. (and here)
I really like those birds - though hard to find and shoot. Their camo is too good

 

[Click]

Female Kestrel. R5/500mm.

Beautiful shot!

 

[shire_guy]

Sparrowhawk - ISO 6400, Canon R5 , 100-500mm. There was a time not long ago that ISO 6400 would have meant the photograph was destined for the bin. The improvement in ISO performance have been amazing
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Nice shot !

 

[Lloyd]

Galapagos Penguins and their friends





More of my Galapagos photos can be found at https://www.photowilderness.com/p636321408

 

[Click]

Galapagos Penguins and their friends


More of my Galapagos photos can be found at https://www.photowilderness.com/p636321408

Thanks for the link. Beautiful shots.

 

[Maximilian]

Galapagos Penguins and their friends

Really nice gathering with the marine iguanas.

 

[AlanF]

Galapagos Penguins and their friends





More of my Galapagos photos can be found at https://www.photowilderness.com/p636321408

Your website photowilderness.com immediately downloads cookies on clicking the link and doesn't give you the choice of rejecting or selecting the cookies.

 

[Lloyd]

Your website photowilderness.com immediately downloads cookies on clicking the link and doesn't give you the choice of rejecting or selecting the cookies.

Thank you Alan. It is a Zenfolio based site. I will have to figure out how to make this an option. (EDIT- I just went into Zenfolio and it gives me the option of giving members of EU the option, but it doesn't say it will give non EU members the option. I just now amended the site by selecting this option,(the only one available). Not being in the EU I don't know if it is working and I don't know how to apply to everyone)

 

[ERHP]

A female American Kestrel demonstrating Rule #18 - Limber Up.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

 

[Click]

A female American Kestrel demonstrating Rule #18 - Limber Up.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/2500 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

Great shot! Nicely done, ERHP.

 

[danfaz]

I captured this Yellow-rumped Warbler* in my yard this past spring. Was the first time I ever recall seeing it.

*I'm not a "true" bird watcher, so do feel free to correct me on the naming.

 

[Click]

I captured this Yellow-rumped Warbler* in my yard this past spring. Was the first time I ever recall seeing it.

*I'm not a "true" bird watcher, so do feel free to correct me on the naming.

Beautiful bird. You have to see this picture in full size to really appreciate it

 

[danfaz]

Beautiful bird. You have to see this picture in full size to really appreciate it

Thank you, @Click

 

[ISv]

Water(?) pipit

The Meadow is much more boldly/distinctly streaked on the back. And why not a Tree Pipit - the lower mandible looks more pinkish than yellow (but that one is also more distinctly streaked on the back and the color may vary on the photos because of the light/white balance).
Funny - I have seen the Water Pipit only at high elevations (South-East Europe, ~2300 meters above the see level but it can go lower or higher than this) and it's non-migrating species there - except in the altitudes in the winter!)

 

[ISv]

Some art and its artist:

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Juvenile Downy Woodpecker--5DMk3 + Canon 100-400II @ 400; ISO 1600

I love the idea! Unfortunately not my stile...

 

[ISv]

Surprise walking around my street in the gloom this afternoon - a Red-legged Partridge (R5/100-500 iso 6400). It wasn't scared at all and so I guess it might have escaped from a shoot.

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It depends Alan - in some areas people use to feed them and they (almost any species from the genus Alectoris) become not different from chicken! Anyway - beautiful bird but I wish it was from lower angle (what I wish doesn't matter).

 

[ISv]

Not much birds from me now: the Yellow-Faced Canary (juvenile) is ~two weeks old photos, the Night Heron is from today

 

[Maximilian]

Could this bathing duck be a female Eurasian teal (anas crecca)?

 

[Maximilian]

The blue tits were looking for a "home, sweet home" already...