birds

If not for Merlin's sound and photo identification, I would thought he was a Kingbird.... MERLIN ROCKS! Nikon D5600 w/500PF, handheld F/5.6 500.0mm 1/800s ISO-500 Critic welcome

Only one of the three would venture out of the nest and onto a nearby branch....he's was awkward and clumsy, but he got 'er dun!...I figure that they'll fledge in a week or so. Dad showed up, looking sharp!

After seeing a mated pair of orioles building a nest in the neighbor's sycamore tree, we decided we needed an Oriole feeder. It blows my mind that they found it in less than 20 minutes. The feeder was in the shade, but about 60 yards behind the feeder, there was a large row of cedar trees in...

We went to the Rockport - Fulton area of Texas, along the coastal bend, for some birding. The main objective was to see whooping cranes. We saw some near Goose Island State Park and on a boat tour. The photos were taken on the tour. I was able to get these shots because the captain was able to...

A Local Raptor Rescue Released a Snowy Owl over the weekend that they had rehabbed over the last two months. The bird had a broken wing and was emaciated when it was found. Two months of expert care brought the Owl back to being healthy enough for release back into the wild A local Tribal...

I decided to put this in a separate thread to tell the story. What I initially thought was an Anna's hummingbird was not. It is a male Costa's hummingbird that was still in my yard as of yesterday. I'll post the map of where it should be, which is nowhere near Texas. Where I live isn't even...

Handheld SOOC

Caught this guy just before he disappeared. Handheld / Heavy crop / SOOC

Spotted this fellow while out for a drive yesterday. Couldn't get any shots with his feet showing as they were in grass most of the time.

I got lucky and spotted this Osprey in his nest, and he gave me some great shots when he decided to stretch out his wings. Here's a couple i processed so far.

I just learn to use Canon 90D and Canon 100-400mm II for birds in flight. I set up C2 for this project. I try to take photos for Forster's tern at the bay where most time is sunny. Here is my setting. Camera: AI Servo, ISO: Auto, Drive: Fast shooting, 1/2500, 7.1, 9 points focus, Lens: FULL...

I just learn to use Canon 90D and Canon 100-400mm II for birds in flight. I set up C2 for this project. I try to take photos for Forster's tern at the bay where most time is sunny. Here is my setting. Camera: AI Servo, ISO: Auto, Drive: Fast shooting, 1/2500, 7.1, 9 points focus, Lens: FULL...

RS Hawk

Crow of sorts, a bit angry due to the Corvus family not having a tread of their own, so here it is. A tread to post up your pictures of the common and uncommon crows of all sorts.

Hi, I wanted to write this for a week but life kept me busy. I have wanted to do this myself for a while but never got to (so much for taking my own advice) but I happened on this event twice in 6 years: When farmers cut down the fields of grass to be used as hay for their farms it will reveal...

Caught this guy at our birdbath this morning .... Handheld / heavy crop / through a very dirty dual-pane window.

Blue Jay came for a visit

I wanted to make this post for some time but I haven't found what this bird is until very recently: Called Little Grebe or Dudchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis), it's a very small aquatic bird that I never seen until this spring. They are quite common in Europe, North Africa, Asia and Russia. But...

I was lucky enough to catch a family of swans out for a swim.

White Faced Ibis with new chick

I was asked to start a thread to show the water feature I installed in my yard. We relocated closer to the Texas coast in 2022 and there was an area under some trees to do this. Keep in mind, along the coast there are many birding destinations and many have only small water features that attract...

Couple shots of a Northern Jacana.

A photograph of a juvenile Whooping Crane I took on January 22, 2018 was chosen to be included on the Ebird site and on the Merlin app. I was shooting Canon at the time. https://ebird.org/species/whocra

Harris Hawk with falconer

My first post. On POTN I used the username Sixtgp. Posted a lot in the birds forums. Brown Pelican, SF Bay

I put some of these in another thread, but here's my full series. Getting dark now, so not likely any more today.

Kachemak Bay, Alaska Olympus EM1ii and 300 Pro

They are migrating for the winter season here in Texas

I'm sure we can ALL relate !!

Six male Hooded Mergansers and one female were having fun a couple of days ago playing the "mating game." This particular shot shows just three males escorting the gal (the other three were out of camera range) and clearly they were enjoying themselves. So was she, as evidenced by the glint in...

I have two camera bodies: OM-1 and Fuji X-T5. I want to upgrade a long lens to either the Olympus 300mm f/4 or Fujinon XF 150-600 f/5.6-8 lens. I am mostly interested in anyone who has experience with these two lenses and their evaluation of image quality. (I am not that interested in BIF so...

SOOC / handheld / heavy crop

About a week ago, Kevin challenged me to explain in detail, detail, detail why, after being at Cameraderie member for 18 months, I still had problems with navigation. (Link to Kevin’s request) After exploring Cameraderie extensively over the past week, it dawned on me that the main reason for...

There have been some absolutely amazing shots in the 'Birds in Flight' image thread.... https://cameraderie.org/threads/birds-in-flight-photos-post-here.56436/ The wide variety of birds and shots have made me start wondering if the area I live in is devoid of variety or if I really need to get...

We got 2 big old trees cut down at the workplace and it got me thinking of a few ideas. This is one of them: to use a large-ish log as a bird feeder in my garden. I picked a reasonably portable log that won't start rolling in the wind. I am thinking of drilling some holes for the bird food on...

As the title suggests.

I knew I had taken these photos on the same day, but I thought it was the same bird hours apart. I was floored to discover it was just 3 minutes. I posted this here, rather than the Show Birds thread, because I thought it might help someone else appreciate the power and moment-to-moment...

Didn’t want to swamp the show birds thread with a ton of photos in a single post, but these all belong together. I watched for awhile today as a GBH skillfully fished time and time again, coming up with a fresh fish all but once.

Here are some words that come to mind, when I think of a superzoom, in roughly this order: fun, zoomy, miraculous, versatile, compromised, frustrating, disappointing. But I still went and touched the hot wire! Feeling equally bored and inquisitive, I recently bought a used HS30EXR to play around...

I recently moved my bird feeders closer to the house for winter, just to make it easier to keep them filled. I moved it thinking I may be able to shoot through a window over winter. What didn't occur to me was that it ended up about 20' from the service door on my garage. Last weekend I stood in...

Hi I have 2 birds that need id. If there is a thread already out regarding this can it be moved there? thanks

Found this poor bird while walking my dog at a local park.

been almost two years now since our last visit... nice to be able to go back... Untitled by tilman paulin, on Flickr Untitled by tilman paulin, on Flickr great blue heron by tilman paulin, on Flickr kingfisher by tilman paulin, on Flickr northern pintail by tilman paulin, on Flickr mallard...

The baby chickens, well not so much babies now, started a nightly routine of visiting our bedroom window as soon as they were big enough to get on top of the coop.

Which composition do you like better - the original showing the full context or the widescreen/cropped which brings the focus to the bird?