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[ISv]

Great shots everyone! Been a minute since I got on here due to knee surgery but managed to capture this little Annas Hummingbird hanging out and overwintering here in the Pacific Northwest.

On another note does anyone know of any good spots to go birding in Kauai?

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You can go to eBird Kauai and check what is going on... There are endemic birds there, more than on Maui and especially Oahu but you have to hike for them. And it's not an easy hike...

 

[Maximilian]

Great shots everyone! Been a minute since I got on here due to knee surgery but managed to capture this little Annas Hummingbird hanging out and overwintering here in the Pacific Northwest.

Good catch
I hope that hummingbird isn't freezing too much.

 

[Maximilian]

Never before I could get so close to a wren (troglodytes troglodytes). Still all the pics are 1:1 crops down to 1500x1000
I couldn't decide which one I liked the most, so I posted all four different poses.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1250

 

[AlanF]

Never before I could get so close to a wren (troglodytes troglodytes). Still all the pics are 1:1 crops down to 1500x1000
I couldn't decide which one I liked the most, so I posted all four different poses.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1250

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How close did you get?

 

[Click]

Never before I could get so close to a wren (troglodytes troglodytes). Still all the pics are 1:1 crops down to 1500x1000
I couldn't decide which one I liked the most, so I posted all four different poses.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1250

Very nice series, Maximilian. I prefer the 3rd one.

 

[Maximilian]

How close did you get?

I guess about 3 - 4 m, maybe even a little bit less.
This it how it looked like on the FF pic:

 

[AlanF]

Never before I could get so close to a wren (troglodytes troglodytes). Still all the pics are 1:1 crops down to 1500x1000
I couldn't decide which one I liked the most, so I posted all four different poses.
5D4, 100-400L II + TC, @560 mm, f/8, 1/200, ISO1250

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I'd rank them as my favourite at the top and then 2, 3, and 4 going down, though I like them all. The reason is I like seeing their tail cocked up, and the top has the most.

 

[glongstaff]

White Tailed Eagle

 

[glongstaff]

Kestrel in the field

 

[glongstaff]

Sea Eagle at a photographers shoot

 

[macrunning]

Good catch
I hope that hummingbird isn't freezing too much.

They are amazing little birds. I always thought they migrated back south but apparently the Annas will winter over in the Pacific Northwest and can survive as long as feeders are left out for them.

 

[Maximilian]

The herons like that rest / raised hide, I like the poses and the water reflections.
So I am still trying to get a better picture... also in 2023

 

[Click]

The herons like that rest / raised hide, I like the poses and the water reflections.
So I am still trying to get a better picture... also in 2023

Very nice with the reflection. I like the composition.

 

[Nemorino]

Tree creeper
R5 + RF 100-500 + 1.4TC @ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso12 800

@ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso 8000


@ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso 6400


@ 700mm, f/10, 1/500s, Iso 500

 

[Maximilian]

Tree creeper

Lovely catch

 

[Click]

Tree creeper

Nice series, Nemorino. The bird is floating in the air on the 3rd one.

 

[Nemorino]

Yes, Click ! I had a lot of good luck!
Thanks @ Click and @Maximilian !!!

 

[Cog]

Laughing dove on a rainy day

 

[AlanF]

Tree creeper
R5 + RF 100-500 + 1.4TC @ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso12 800
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@ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso 8000
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@ 700mm, f/10, 1/4000s, Iso 6400
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@ 700mm, f/10, 1/500s, Iso 500
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Another one of my favourite birds! I don't see them often.

 

[Maximilian]

Some Eurasian siskins (spinus spinus) looking for food in the tree that gives them their German name, the alder(= Erle; siskin = Erlenzeisig)