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[Noreaster]

Great Blue Heron in its environment
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This is magnificent. Not just the bird but the whole seen is very nice

 

[Click]

This is magnificent. Not just the bird but the whole seen is very nice

Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate.

 

[MSH411]

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

 

[Maximilian]

The closest I could get to a kingfisher for weeks. About 12 m.
It was looking the opposite direction. That was my luck.
It took a second until it noticed me and was gone.
R6m2, RF100-500L+ext.@700mm, f/25, 1/250, ISO6400, still a lot of cropping

 

[ISv]

These are from yesterday. There was a report for a Least Sandpiper on that spot and I went there (I have no photo of that species). Something similar was there as well Semipalmated Plovers (also reported) but I did see the birds from a distance - no way for real ID. On other hand I strongly believe to the ID's from the few local birders (excellent guys!) that did see the birds before me. The third rare species there (actually the real rarity was the Least Sandpiper, the other two are coming to Oahu regularly, despite of the small numbers - 1-3 as usual per year) was a Lesser Yellow legs. I took some photos of that one, and I'm posting photos illustrating the differences to two similar species: the Greater Yellow legs and the Stilt Sandpiper.
1. Long bright yellow legs (same for the Greater Yellow legs -GYL). The Stilt Sand piper (SSP) has them somewhat duller.
2. Bird of the same size as the Rudy Turnstone - see the photo! The GYL is ~7cm longer, the SSP ~4cm shorter.
3. Straight, thin bill, slightly longer than the head- GYL has it longer and slightly up-curved. SSP has it also longer and somewhat down-curved at the tip. In the field if you have not something to compare - pay attention if the head is wet (and looking smaller!). Than proportion head/bill may look slightly different.

After that Hawaiian Coat - Red and White shielded
Hawaiian Stilt
and landing Mallard (most probably hybrid -Hawaiian Duck x Mallard).

Sorry for that so, so photos but the main reason was (I hope !) the very warm mud/water around the birds... I hope!

 

[dcm]

Pairs of Western Painted Turtles (Colorado state reptile) and Double Crested Cormorants in the late day sun.
R6m2, RF800, RF 1.4x, DxO PL7

 

[Click]

Very nice shots, dcm. I especially like the second one.

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF 100-500L + 1.4TC
@ 1/4000s, f/10

and 1.3x upscaled by Topaz

 

[ISv]

And the Bristle-thighed Curlews are back...

 

[Click]

And the Bristle-thighed Curlews are back...

I really like the first one. Beautiful shot, perfect pose and lovely background.

 

[snudel]

Kuhreiher aufgenommen aus ca. 500 m Entfernung mit der R5 Mark 2, dem RF 200-800 mit 2x Konverter am langen Ende und einem Crop von 100%. Es war sehr heiß an diesem Tag und es gab auch etwas Luftflimmern.
Ich finde, die Kombination sieht sehr gut aus.

 

[MSH411]

Schöner Vogel und ein sehr schönes Bild. Ich hoffe, die Übersetzung funktioniert.

 

[Click]

Very nice shot, snudel. Keep posting.

 

[AlanF]

Kuhreiher aufgenommen aus ca. 500 m Entfernung mit der R5 Mark 2, dem RF 200-800 mit 2x Konverter am langen Ende und einem Crop von 100%. Es war sehr heiß an diesem Tag und es gab auch etwas Luftflimmern.
Ich finde, die Kombination sieht sehr gut aus.

Sie haben im anderen Thread eine sehr gute automatische Übersetzung gemacht. Machen Sie bitte ähnliche Übersetzungen, denn das erspart es jedem Follower, der kein Deutsch liest.

 

[AlanF]

My first shot of an interesting bird with the R5ii + RF 100-500mm during my testing this afternoon. A Ringed Plover, which is pretty rare here. RAW converted with Lightroom and jpeg processed with Topaz. Very cropped, bird only some 700 px long. Image not too bad, focus spot on.

 

[AlanF]

Least Sanderlings, last week in Dungeness, WA. Tiny fast moving birds, not much larger than sparrows, taken with the R5 + RF 100-400. They scuttle around like the Ringed Plover. As usual, 100% crops.

 

[snudel]

Sie haben im anderen Thread eine sehr gute automatische Übersetzung gemacht. Machen Sie bitte ähnliche Übersetzungen, denn das erspart es jedem Follower, der kein Deutsch liest.

Das verstehe ich nicht, ich habe den Text auch ins Englische übersetzen lassen und ihn genauso kopiert und eingefügt wie im vorherigen Thread.

 

[ISv]

My first shot of an interesting bird with the R5ii + RF 100-500mm during my testing this afternoon. A Ringed Plover, which is pretty rare here. RAW converted with Lightroom and jpeg processed with Topaz. Very cropped, bird only some 700 px long. Image not too bad, focus spot on.

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Great photos of the Least Sandpiper! I'm really jealous: this was the "rare bird" (for Hawaii) that I went out to search for last Sunday. The bird on my photos is on 2-4 pixels () and no way to get closer!
Concerning the "Ringed Plover": I'm pretty sure it is the Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula - ssp. psammodroma) in transition from breeding to non-breeding plumage- yellow legs, broad breast band, white circle around the eyes, all black (as seen on the photo!), relatively short bill...
Honestly I had rather big problem for the ID of the "Ringed Plover" (there are 13 "Ringed Plovers" in the Northern Hemisphere + 10 more in the Southern) : I was trying at first to make it Semipalmated Plover (before I noticed the white circle around the eyes ) - should be more common in the area where you are shooting now, but it didn't check the boxes (at all)... I don't know the migratory paths for the Common RP (to Africa!) and may be that was the problem (another thing to learn!)!! It's rare in the area where you are shooting now because you see occasional migrants if you are not on the main migratory path.

Here are two more "Ringed Plovers": Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) from Europe, and the Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) from Oahu (both from 2023).

 

[AlanF]

Great photos of the Least Sandpiper! I'm really jealous: this was the "rare bird" (for Hawaii) that I went out to search for last Sunday. The bird on my photos is on 2-4 pixels () and no way to get closer!
Concerning the "Ringed Plover": I'm pretty sure it is the Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula - ssp. psammodroma) in transition from breeding to non-breeding plumage- yellow legs, broad breast band, white circle around the eyes, all black (as seen on the photo!), relatively short bill...
Honestly I had rather big problem for the ID of the "Ringed Plover" (there are 13 "Ringed Plovers" in the Northern Hemisphere + 10 more in the Southern) : I was trying at first to make it Semipalmated Plover (before I noticed the white circle around the eyes ) - should be more common in the area where you are shooting now, but it didn't check the boxes (at all)... I don't know the migratory paths for the Common RP (to Africa!) and may be that was the problem (another thing to learn!)!! It's rare in the area where you are shooting now because you see occasional migrants if you are not on the main migratory path.

Here are two more "Ringed Plovers": Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) from Europe, and the Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) from Oahu (both from 2023).

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Your analysis is spot on. I was able to get very close to the Least Sandpiper, but he was very difficult to photograph as he moved so quickly and in and out of places and the shade. It's actually often more exciting for us who are more keen on the rarity of the bird to get an acceptable shot of a tiny bird than a beautifully composed one of a large colourful but common species.

 

[AlanF]

I, like most outside of the Americas, are Humming-Bird deprived, me especially so. It was with utmost pleasure that an Anna's visited our friends' balcony overlooking Lake Washington to sup their fuchsias (not a feeder in site). I can't match @Dragon's skill, especially in bad light, but these female Anna's made me very happy.