Show your Bird Portraits

[candyman]

@docsmith: what a wonderful colorful bird. Great photos.!

 

[Nemorino]

R5 + RF200-800
A pair of Common linnet appeared for a short time

 

[Nemorino]

Great crested grebe trying to catch dragonflies in flight

R5 + RF 200-800

 

[docsmith]

I have seen Cardinals feed each other, but not Tufted Titmouses.

Sometimes you see something in nature and the message of what you are seeing jumps out. For me, this is Be Kind, especially to those that may be having a more difficult time than you.



R1, EF 500 II w/ 1.4 TC. 1/1250, f/5.6 ISO 16000

 

[Click]

Lovely shot!

 

[ISO64]

More photos from Curacao: Yellow Warbler (Golden/gundlachi male), Blue-tailed Emerald hummingbird, a pair of Groove-billed Annies, Brown-throated Parakeet and Southern Lapwing with Black-necked Stilts.

 

[Click]

Very series, ISO64. I especially like the 2nd and last ones.

 

[ISO64]

Very series, ISO64. I especially like the 2nd and last ones.

Thanks Click! It is my favourite as well. Always associated hummingbirds with lush flowers, but this little fellow was just trying to dry its feathers after a heavy rain. A very thorny tree was its best defense.

 

[docsmith]

Rainy day a week an a half ago at my feeder.



R1 mixture of RF 200-800 and EF 500 II w/1.4 TC, most at ISO 10,000 to 25,600

 

[Click]

Beautiful shots, docsmith.

 

[Maximilian]

Peekaboo.
Green woodpecker.

 

[Maximilian]

A rock or domestic dove (columba livia (domestica)) landed on the balcony I was sitting on.
R50+100-500+1.4x@700mm, f/11, 1/400, ISO1600, full APS-C sensor (!), no crop

 

[Maximilian]

Same balcony session, main target:
Our local peregrine falcon offspring, not yet fully fledged.
R50+100-500+1.4x@700mm, f/11, 1/2000, ISO1600, heavy crop

 

[Click]

A rock or domestic dove (columba livia (domestica)) landed on the balcony I was sitting on.
R50+100-500+1.4x@700mm, f/11, 1/400, ISO1600, full APS-C sensor (!), no crop

Very nice portraits. I prefer the first one for the bird's pose.

 

[Noreaster]

Oven bird

 

[Click]

Very nice shots. Beautiful bokeh.

 

[josephandrews222]

House Wren; handheld R5II + 200-800 @ 800 (second image 1/45 sec)

 

[dpc]

Blackbirds: yellow-headed & red-winged...

 

[Click]

Nice shots! I especially like the first one.

 

[Noreaster]

Black Throated Green Wabler