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[apmadoc]

Correction : these are my bird portraits taken at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Shot with the R5 and RF 100-500

 

[Click]

Correction : these are my bird portraits taken at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Shot with the R5 and RF 100-500

Great shots!

Keep posting.

 

[Cog]

If you have any photos where the rump is visible - show them: the African SB has a black rump, the Indian SB - white. I'm just curious what exactly you have there . Nice photos as usually btw (no surprise...).

This is the best I have

 

[Click]

I really like the Tone on tone. Nicely done, Cog.

 

[Del Paso]

A Lapwing in the setting sun (R5 + 100-500mm). I like the autumnal colours, but included a blow-up of the bird.

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Sad, sad, sad...
They were so numerous in France, 3 decades ago. Now they are almost extinct, at least in Alsace, due to extensive agriculture. Really sad.

 

[AlanF]

Sad, sad, sad...
They were so numerous in France, 3 decades ago. Now they are almost extinct, at least in Alsace, due to extensive agriculture. Really sad.

We still get large flocks of them over wetlands. This one was a loner on a local lake. They are very attractive when the sun catches them and brings out the iridescent green.

 

[Maximilian]

...these are my bird portraits ...

Really nice portrait session.

 

[ISv]

This is the best I have

In this case one is enough: You have the Indian Silverbill - Euodice (Lonchura) malabarica. The African has black rump instead of the white on your photo.

 

[AlanF]

A rare visitor to my garden, a Redwing. Our grass is, like the rest of the locality, is covered in snow and ice. But, we have a beech hedge where I allow the fallen leaves to accumulate for animal shelter, and it's South facing so that area has thawed and insects are there. R5+800 f/11.

 

[AlanF]

Elsewhere, I couldn't fail to be enthralled by this. The snow on a post had been slowly thawing and re-freezing and gave leaf-like ice.

 

[Click]

A rare visitor to my garden, a Redwing. Our grass is, like the rest of the locality, is covered in snow and ice. But, we have a beech hedge where I allow the fallen leaves to accumulate for animal shelter, and it's South facing so that area has thawed and insects are there. R5+800 f/11.

Beautiful in fall colours.

 

[Click]

Elsewhere, I couldn't fail to be enthralled by this. The snow on a post had been slowly thawing and re-freezing and gave leaf-like ice.

Cool shots. I really like the second one.

 

[AlanF]

Cool shots. I really like the second one.

It's a crop from the centre of the first.

 

[Click]

It's a crop from the centre of the first.

Good job on capturing the details.

 

[Maximilian]

Elsewhere, I couldn't fail to be enthralled by this. The snow on a post had been slowly thawing and re-freezing and gave leaf-like ice.

What a wonderful pattern and good eye seeing it, @AlanF

Could have been worth a post in the Winter 2022-2023 thread as well.

 

[Maximilian]

Some crested tits at a feeding place in the forest:

 

[Maximilian]

A robin and at nuthatch from yesterday.
I like the perspective of both, even though the nuthatch turned its back on me

 

[Maximilian]

The egrets have returned last week.
They stay at our ponds only till spring.

 

[Click]

The egrets have returned last week.
They stay at our ponds only till spring.

The bird looks great in this snowy tree.

 

[AlanF]

The bird looks great in this snowy tree.

It's a Great Egret!