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First time that I saw and could photograph a dipper (cinclus cinclus) at my local stream.
I know they live at another stream some kilometers away. But haven't been seen here.
The shots were really tricky as I had to crawl into a bush and still had a lot of leaves in front of me.
It was like shooting through a tunnel.
R6m2@500mm, ISO6400, f/7.1, 1/60 (I love image stabilization IS+IBIS) some cropping.
The last one is the second without cropping, so you can see, how tricky it was.
I know they live at another stream some kilometers away. But haven't been seen here.
The shots were really tricky as I had to crawl into a bush and still had a lot of leaves in front of me.
It was like shooting through a tunnel.
R6m2@500mm, ISO6400, f/7.1, 1/60 (I love image stabilization IS+IBIS) some cropping.
The last one is the second without cropping, so you can see, how tricky it was.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
Blue Heron at a local State Park; M6MkII + adapted 70-300 II
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josephandrews222
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Backyard birds at the same State Park (same gear as previous post):
molting male Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
molting male Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
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I really like this bird's pose and your angleWhatever this poor looking moulting (?) fellow is...
From the yellow, it probably could be a young grey wagtail...
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"I know what people think about my looks and lifestyle..."
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First time (!) this year, that I could get a kingfisher.
In the first quarter, they were just gone - presumably to a lake or stream that was richer in fish.
And until September I saw them a lot. But they were so nervous that I never could get close to any.
Now it seems that breeding is over and they are more relaxed again.
Here's one in the shadows.
R6m2@500mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO6400, I needed cropping and pushing.
In the first quarter, they were just gone - presumably to a lake or stream that was richer in fish.
And until September I saw them a lot. But they were so nervous that I never could get close to any.
Now it seems that breeding is over and they are more relaxed again.
Here's one in the shadows.
R6m2@500mm, f/8, 1/800, ISO6400, I needed cropping and pushing.
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
(Unfortunate) News...
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Almost 1,000 migrating birds die Thursday in Chicago after crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a 40-year record
At least 960 migrating birds, the highest number on record, died Thursday in “massive carnage” at McCormick Place Lakeside Center, according to David Willard, a retired bird division co…
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Is there any explanation for this sad phenomenon?(Unfortunate) News...
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Almost 1,000 migrating birds die Thursday in Chicago after crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a 40-year record
At least 960 migrating birds, the highest number on record, died Thursday in “massive carnage” at McCormick Place Lakeside Center, according to David Willard, a retired bird division co…
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From orf.at:
USA: Around 1,000 birds hit windows and died
Around 1,000 birds crashed into the windows of a convention center in Chicago in one night and died. This is an exceptionally high number, several US media reported yesterday (local time).
Highest documented number in the past 40 years
True, such tragedies occur every year, especially during the autumn and spring migration of migratory birds. In the past 40 years, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History has never documented such a high number, the institution wrote yesterday on Instagram. “It was just frustrating,” bird expert David Willard told the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
“You see a rose-breasted grosgrain that would have made it to the Peruvian Andes if it hadn't flown into a window in Chicago.” He cited, among other things, the illuminated windows of the convention center and unfavorable weather conditions as possible reasons for the incident.
Rain and warm temperatures delayed the migration of the birds, then they all started at the same time, CBS reported. This is also why there were a particularly large number of migratory birds in the area, explained Douglas Stotz from the Field Museum to CBS.
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