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[Click]

I really like the first one. Well done, docsmith.

 

[foda]

Purple Honeycreeper seen while birding at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on Trinidad in the West Indies.

R5MkII, RF 200-800

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot, foda.

 

[ERHP]

A Reddish Egret intently searching for a snack.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Black Skimmer in a brief moment of separation from the rest of the conspiracy.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Greater Yellowlegs confidently strolling down the catwa...channel.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000

This Green Heron was very agitated, keeping an eye on a Red-shouldered Hawk who was grabbing branches in a nearby tree.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

 

[shire_guy]

Thank you @AlanF and @ISv

 

[Click]

Great shots, ERHP!

 

[ISv]

A Reddish Egret intently searching for a snack.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Black Skimmer in a brief moment of separation from the rest of the conspiracy.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Greater Yellowlegs confidently strolling down the catwa...channel.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000

This Green Heron was very agitated, keeping an eye on a Red-shouldered Hawk who was grabbing branches in a nearby tree.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

Really great shots! My favorite is the Reddish Egret - you got it "canopy feeding", probably the most interesting element of it's behavior. They don't use it as frequent as the Black Herons from Africa what makes this photo even more valuable!
"A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens." - now wait for him to pull out his pistol !

 

[foda]

Common Black Hawk seen while birding in the Nariva Swamp on Trinidad in the West Indies.

R5MkII RF200-800

 

[Mirnavi]

A Reddish Egret intently searching for a snack.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Black Skimmer in a brief moment of separation from the rest of the conspiracy.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Greater Yellowlegs confidently strolling down the catwa...channel.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000

This Green Heron was very agitated, keeping an eye on a Red-shouldered Hawk who was grabbing branches in a nearby tree.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

Great shots, so many hairstyles...Ring-necked Duck 50s, Green Heron from 80s

 

[AlanF]

A Reddish Egret intently searching for a snack.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Black Skimmer in a brief moment of separation from the rest of the conspiracy.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

A Greater Yellowlegs confidently strolling down the catwa...channel.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/3200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/200 : f/8 : ISO 1000

This Green Heron was very agitated, keeping an eye on a Red-shouldered Hawk who was grabbing branches in a nearby tree.

R5 MK II RF600 f/4 w/1.4x 1/4000 : f/6.3 : ISO 1000

Really great shots!

 

[AlanF]

Common Black Hawk seen while birding in the Nariva Swamp on Trinidad in the West Indies.

R5MkII RF200-800

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Very nice - you do get around!

 

[ERHP]

Really great shots! My favorite is the Reddish Egret - you got it "canopy feeding", probably the most interesting element of it's behavior. They don't use it as frequent as the Black Herons from Africa what makes this photo even more valuable!
"A drake Ring-necked Duck keeping both eyes on me, or more likely his reflection in the lens." - now wait for him to pull out his pistol !

Thanks ISv! The Reddish hunted for nearly an hour at that spot during the tide shift, finally chased off by a loose dog.

 

[docsmith]

I am about to head out on a work trip. I thought I'd post a few more favorites from January and February from my feeder



Taken with R1 and RF 200-800

 

[AlanF]

I am about to head out on a work trip. I thought I'd post a few more favorites from January and February from my feeder

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Taken with R1 and RF 200-800

I thought you had enough work to do feeding all these birds. Or is it to earn the money for birdseed?

 

[ISv]

I am about to head out on a work trip. I thought I'd post a few more favorites from January and February from my feeder

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Taken with R1 and RF 200-800

Nice shots! Don't stay too long on that work trip!

 

[ISv]

The Pacific Golden Plowers are already shifting to the breeding plumage! And what I will do without the White-ramped Shama?

 

[foda]

The Pacific Golden Plowers are already shifting to the breeding plumage! And what I will do without the White-ramped Shama?

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I've never seen the White-ramped Shama in all the years I've been visiting the islands. Is it fairly common?

 

[ISv]

I've never seen the White-ramped Shama in all the years I've been visiting the islands. Is it fairly common?

Pretty much! One of them starts singing near my window at around 5am ! Just go to any wooded place! Gardens/parks with a tick vegetation, trees e.t.c. are good place. To learn their voice would be helpful: they are able to stay in plain view in front of you but still the first thing you may detect is the voice...

 

[docsmith]

I thought you had enough work to do feeding all these birds. Or is it to earn the money for birdseed?

So many mouths to feed

 

[AlanF]

After a days birding an hour away, I returned home and was lucky enough fro the female Great Spotted Woodpecker to settle on my apple tree for a few seconds until she saw me and scuttled off. I was set up for 30 fps at 600mm with the 200-800mm on the R5ii (which settings I had earlier been using for small birds in flight), took a burst or two and then zoomed out to 800mm. She was very nicely posed, and the 4 shots below compare a 600mm pair at the top with two 800mm below. I can make a miniscule more detail at 800mm (both straight from DxO PL DeepPrime with no added sharpening).