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[Maximilian]

Cormorant "on the trees". Cheers!
R6m2, RF100-500+1.4xExt. @700mm, some cropping

 

[photophil]

Young female common kestrel
Carrion crow feedig on, well carrion (the remains of a ring-necked parakeet)
Eurasian blue tit.

R6 RF800/11

 

[Click]

The first one is really beautiful. Nicely done, photophil.

 

[P-visie]

A Common or European Kestrel, taken from a hide (with bait).The noise of the R5’s mechanical shutter made the bird look up.


I’m almost done culling and editing the 7800+ photo’s I took that day.

R5 with EF 600mm f4 II + 1.4 Extender.

 

[Click]

Excellent shot, P-visie. Clear subject in a beautiful background blur.

 

[ISv]

My only bird from today - Northern Cardinal. At least there was some action - when it found an Oriental Flower Beetle.

 

[Click]

He wanted to eat Asian.

Nice series, ISv.

 

[AlanF]

Very interesting day for me yesterday at a lake close by where we usually see very little, and I really needed the 800mm end of the 200-800mm on the R5ii. The first shot was of a small dot, about 150-200m away, which I could just make out in the viewfinder at 10x as a Barnacle Goose which is very rare here, so the shot is for the record. This was followed by the great excitement of a (female) Eurasian Kingfisher, the first we have seen for 18 months. Again not close, about 30m away. Finally some bigger birds, a Grey Heron and Little Egret. about 40m away, all birds viewed from the same spot by a public path. The Kingfisher was perched for only a few seconds, and otherwise just a couple glimpses as it flew low.

 

[Click]

Nicely done, Alan.

 

[ISv]

The last bird from this weekend: immature Night Heron.

 

[foda]

The last bird from this weekend: immature Night Heron.

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Nice portrait. I assume Black-crowned.

 

[ISv]

Nice portrait. I assume Black-crowned.

Thanks!
On Hawaii we have only the Black-crowned - not enough excuse for me to post it with partial name only!

 

[Click]

I really like this portrait. Fine details of the bird. Well done, ISv.

 

[Click]

Your portrait reminded me of this one. Same bird, but with ruffled feathers.

 

[foda]

Thanks!
On Hawaii we have only the Black-crowned - not enough excuse for me to post it with partial name only!

Didn't know you were on Hawaii. Caught this ʻApapane last month while watching the Kilauea eruption.

 

[ISv]

Didn't know you were on Hawaii. Caught this ʻApapane last month while watching the Kilauea eruption.

Didn't know you were on Hawaii. Caught this ʻApapane last month while watching the Kilauea eruption.

I'm still on Hawaii - 22+ years already. Posted some Hawaiian endemics on page 1552, including Apapane (all from Maui). On Big Island (aka Hawaii) they have more endemic species, some of them endemic strictly to that Island. The worst island to look for endemics is Oahu (only 2 strictly for Oahu) where I'm. I have seen Apapane only once for all these years on Oahu.

 

[Click]

Beautiful bird, lovely shot, foda.

 

[foda]

I'm still on Hawaii - 22+ years already. Posted some Hawaiian endemics on page 1552, including Apapane (all from Maui). On Big Island (aka Hawaii) they have more endemic species, some of them endemic strictly to that Island. The worst island to look for endemics is Oahu (only 2 strictly for Oahu) where I'm. I have seen Apapane only once for all these years on Oahu.

Great photos of the Maui endemics on that page! I caught glimpses of the Amakihi and I'iwi but no photos. Maybe next time...

 

[ISv]

Great photos of the Maui endemics on that page! I caught glimpses of the Amakihi and I'iwi but no photos. Maybe next time...

Thanks but not so great photos actually... It was just one day trip and it was rainy! I had only one and half hour for that photos and most of that time I was hiding from the rain . Maui Amakihi is endemic to Maui on subspecies level, I can't distinguish it from the nominal Big Island ("Hawaii") Amakihi. Oahu and Kauai have their very own species of Amakihi (all very similar). I'iwi nova days you can find on Kauai, Maui and Big Island only. Apapane is present on all 4 main island of Hawaii but on Oahu is pretty rare or it needs serious hiking impossible for my age.

 

[ISv]

Your portrait reminded me of this one. Same bird, but with ruffled feathers.

Nice! they do it when in argument with another bird