I find my 400mm lens to be just fine with capturing birds. You just have to get closer to them that is all which isn't too tough unless you can't be quiet. Nice Photograph! đź‘Ťđź‘Ť
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The Northern Rough-winged Swallow may be considered the most understated of the swallow family, but what it lacks in flashy appearance it makes up for in agility and speed. Though I would have preferred to get a closer shot, I'm pleased with how the bird's reflection appears on the water's surface at Nankin Lake in Hines Park, Wayne County.
A family of Pileated Woodpeckers.
Dad feeding young female
Female not too far away
Dad feeding young female
Female not too far away
At last, I managed to capture this elusive Green Heron in flight at Nankin Lake in Hines Park, Wayne County.
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These are a couple of Superb Fairy Wrens. The first one is a mature female. The second one is either an immature male or one that has just lost his breeding plumage. I suspect the latter.
I thought a content sheet would be better as it would represent the individual images of the Green Heron taken at Nankin Lake in Hines Park, Wayne County.
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I thought this looked cool the full version of my profile picture:
The Common Grackle I was shooting the other day when we were rudely interrupted by another Grackle photobombing the scene. (That image is in the POTD thread) This guy deserves to have his time in the spotlight all to himself!
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An image from today on Hood canal. I need to cull another couple thousand to decide which ones to edit.
Very nice. I hear you on the culling. The trouble with modern cameras. They shoot so many keepers!
Almost missed the Barred Owl back in the trees this morning.
Red Winged Blackbird
Male
Female
Male
Female
A cardinal was gracing us as we were eating lunch at a picnic table in the Everglades National Park. I saw a woodpecker in the brush and decided to walk around to try to get a better angle. Suddenly this bird flew up an dropped 10 feet away with wings spread, and repeated the behavior again. Had never seen one before and had to walk back to the picnic table to get my phone, for photo into the Merlin app for ID. It is a Chuck Will's Widow. While the Everglades was within it's extended range, it was outside its breeding grounds where the behavior suggested a tactic to distract from a nest.
This is a New Holland Honey Eater taken in my backyard a few years ago. Unfortunately we rarely see them now...
Some backstory, perhaps, from my "harrassed" photo of the other day.
I'm not much of a birder but I've learned enough to recognize when certain screetches are harrassment. I caught sight of a young (I think) raptor (hawk, I think) being chased, and luckily had a long telephoto along. I was able to climb a short hill to get a better view of his perch.
And then he grew tired of the harrassment and took off. Bingo! he had prey in claw, I'll guess the same species as his harrassers:
And then he was gone.
Perhaps 45 minutes later I was far off from where I sighted this raptor first, headed for the train, when I once again heard those screetches. The raptor — I think the same one? not sure — had perched on a tall, Gothic spire, while the harassment continued. Yesterday's picture is a zoomed-in close flyby; this was its context:
The raptor, either a different one from before or the same without his prey, was finally driven off again.
I'm not much of a birder but I've learned enough to recognize when certain screetches are harrassment. I caught sight of a young (I think) raptor (hawk, I think) being chased, and luckily had a long telephoto along. I was able to climb a short hill to get a better view of his perch.
And then he grew tired of the harrassment and took off. Bingo! he had prey in claw, I'll guess the same species as his harrassers:
And then he was gone.
Perhaps 45 minutes later I was far off from where I sighted this raptor first, headed for the train, when I once again heard those screetches. The raptor — I think the same one? not sure — had perched on a tall, Gothic spire, while the harassment continued. Yesterday's picture is a zoomed-in close flyby; this was its context:
The raptor, either a different one from before or the same without his prey, was finally driven off again.