- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
Winner for that second one, Randy. What a ripper shot!
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Les Klein
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- Location
- Montreal area
Each winter the ‘lake’ in Centennial Park progressively freezes except for one area on the west side. Of the aquatic birds, ducks remain almost all winter; people feed them with seeds and grain tossed on the snow.
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- Location
- Kansas, USA and BKK, Thailand
- Name
- Narin
More baldies 
from Loess Bluff NWL refuge on December 2020.
This is taken using HHHR and cropped from 40MB to 18MB file size.
EM130457_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
It then took off and I couldn't get any take off shot as camera was processing that HHHR shot. But it looped around and was able to grab some of its fight shots. There are flock of gees flying the background.
EM130471_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
Frozen snow goose for breakfast. I saw this bald eagle perched about 150meters away when I spotted the dead goose. I got out of my car sat, waited took series of in-coming flight images. But I like these few the most.
EM130625_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
EM130648_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
EM130967_DxO 1 by Narin, on Flickr
I noticed another juvenile close by and thought it would have come in and tried to steal. But it just flown pass by.
EM130916_DxO 1 by Narin, on Flickr
from Loess Bluff NWL refuge on December 2020.This is taken using HHHR and cropped from 40MB to 18MB file size.
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It then took off and I couldn't get any take off shot as camera was processing that HHHR shot. But it looped around and was able to grab some of its fight shots. There are flock of gees flying the background.
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Frozen snow goose for breakfast. I saw this bald eagle perched about 150meters away when I spotted the dead goose. I got out of my car sat, waited took series of in-coming flight images. But I like these few the most.
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I noticed another juvenile close by and thought it would have come in and tried to steal. But it just flown pass by.
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Fiona
Regular
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Name
- Keith
Birds, too! It was bad enough when I thought you were a one-trick pony with the fantastic butterfly shots, but now I learn you can make delightful pics of other things as well?!? It's not fair that you're so good AND so young, and I'm so mediocre and so old.
Jokes aside, that's a really nice capture, Fiona. And welcome (belatedly) to the forum.
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- Location
- Tanagra
Avondale87
Veteran
- Location
- Tasmania
- Name
- Richard
A selection of Aussie parrots
Galah
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Galah
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Sulphur-crested cockatoo
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Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
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Fiona
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Thanks, I do like birds, but not as much as butterflies. I also like flowers, spiders, snakes, and other bugs and reptiles. This roadrunner was eating butterflies and left the wings all over. The lady that worked there told us about their neighbor who had a family of roadrunners that made a nest in their lawnmower grass bag. The guy went to use his mower in the spring and found a family of roadrunners. He didn't use his lawnmower all summer.Birds, too! It was bad enough when I thought you were a one-trick pony with the fantastic butterfly shots, but now I learn you can make delightful pics of other things as well?!? It's not fair that you're so good AND so young, and I'm so mediocre and so old.
Jokes aside, that's a really nice capture, Fiona. And welcome (belatedly) to the forum.
- K
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
I love the black & white treatment of this duck family, Lucien.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
There's an old well-known and well-worn quote, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". This morning, walking in a wildlife preserve with scores upon scores of sparrows, none of them chose to alight on my hands; but this one, in a nearby bush, seemed quite content with himself.
Moral of the story: for the photographer, a bird in the bush is better than none.
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Moral of the story: for the photographer, a bird in the bush is better than none.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
On a hike through the Denman Wildlife area in southern Oregon, I ran into a literal horde of very active golden-crowned sparrows. They flitted back and forth between bushes, trees and the ground, where they hopped about searching for a meal.
On occasion, as they were hopping, they fluttered--
And their hops seemed almost always about to turn into flight--
Then they would abruptly spin-about, doing a 180 degree 'about-face'---
A moment later, the head would bob searching something tasty at their feet, while their tail would bob up at the same time--
And a fraction of a second later, it would be hopping on its way, from one foot to the other---
It takes a lot of energy to do all of that, over and over and over again. I imagine that's why they sit and rest on convenient branches, in between the almost nonstop forays. It ain't easy bein' a bird.
On occasion, as they were hopping, they fluttered--
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And their hops seemed almost always about to turn into flight--
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Then they would abruptly spin-about, doing a 180 degree 'about-face'---
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A moment later, the head would bob searching something tasty at their feet, while their tail would bob up at the same time--
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And a fraction of a second later, it would be hopping on its way, from one foot to the other---
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It takes a lot of energy to do all of that, over and over and over again. I imagine that's why they sit and rest on convenient branches, in between the almost nonstop forays. It ain't easy bein' a bird.
Avondale87
Veteran
- Location
- Tasmania
- Name
- Richard
more of our parrots
Green Rosella ~ Platycercus caledonicus
the only species of parrot to be confined to Tasmania
They are beautiful birds with a lovely call, and being parrots quite entertaining at times
juveniles
adult
Eastern Rosella ~ Platycercus eximius
Dropped in earlier, a bit out of place here apparently
Have seen them on the coast, but not inland
you don't see any of these interacting between types, no fights or harassment and never known them here to interbreed
You may see a cockatoo in the same tree as a Rosella, but they don't seem to fly around together
Green Rosella ~ Platycercus caledonicus
the only species of parrot to be confined to Tasmania
They are beautiful birds with a lovely call, and being parrots quite entertaining at times
juveniles
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adult
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Eastern Rosella ~ Platycercus eximius
Dropped in earlier, a bit out of place here apparently
Have seen them on the coast, but not inland
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you don't see any of these interacting between types, no fights or harassment and never known them here to interbreed
You may see a cockatoo in the same tree as a Rosella, but they don't seem to fly around together
- Location
- Kansas, USA and BKK, Thailand
- Name
- Narin
Laughing Falcon taken at Dzibanche, Mexico December last year.
We were out sightseeing some remote Mayan ruins and while driving between Dzibanche ruin to Kinichna ruin, I spotted this guy. With family with me, I spent about 5 minutes or so with the bird. At time, it checked out something down below, likely some sneak. But it never took off. I also wished it made the call as when I used my bird app, it really sounds like laughing. Anyhow, I felt very happy running into this bird specie for the first time totally unexpected.
EM531388_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
EM531421_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
EM531429_DxO by Narin, on Flickr
We were out sightseeing some remote Mayan ruins and while driving between Dzibanche ruin to Kinichna ruin, I spotted this guy. With family with me, I spent about 5 minutes or so with the bird. At time, it checked out something down below, likely some sneak. But it never took off. I also wished it made the call as when I used my bird app, it really sounds like laughing. Anyhow, I felt very happy running into this bird specie for the first time totally unexpected.
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- Location
- Southeast Idaho
- Name
- Dan
Congratulations!
- Location
- Southeast Idaho
- Name
- Dan
I am so envious of all the beautiful birds you have in Australia. I love seeing the pictures from down under, keep them coming.
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- Location
- Southeast Idaho
- Name
- Dan
This is really fun that you were able to record a sequence of its dance.
