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European or common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) from a photo hide, photographed through glass. Sharpening in Photo AI.
R5 Mk2 with EF 600mm f4 II.
R5 Mk2 with EF 600mm f4 II.
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Yep, that is what I figured.
The back story is that day my wife had a hostile encounter at work that led to a client being fired on the spot and even the police being called (client left before they arrived). I recalled that photo and thought putting the "be kind" message out there would be a good thing.
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R6
100-400 II @400
1/200 at f/5.6, iso 500
The Eurasian Jay is an interesting bird with striking colours. I started looking at this bird a little differently after I saw on the Wildlife Camera 'Birds in the forest' by Morton Hilmer how the jay grabbed a blue tit in its claws and flew away with it. With the assumption that the blue tit was the food of the day.
100-400 II @400
1/200 at f/5.6, iso 500
The Eurasian Jay is an interesting bird with striking colours. I started looking at this bird a little differently after I saw on the Wildlife Camera 'Birds in the forest' by Morton Hilmer how the jay grabbed a blue tit in its claws and flew away with it. With the assumption that the blue tit was the food of the day.
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Just a Zebra Dove - happy mama... I'm not exited from these but today there was no chance to go after something else... I'm not comfortable to say that they are the most stupid birds around (just my opinion!) but it's what I do think: if you see a bird killed by a car on the roads here, it's like 99% chance it's one of them (and it's common!). They compensate with a non-stop breeding! Perfect vectors for spreading deceases to the native birds on Oahu: here they get to altitudes where some native birds still occur! On Maui fore example at the habitats of the native birds (where they still exist!!!) I didn't see any of them - for good!
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All photos R50+RF800+1.4x, @1120mm, f/16, 1/400-1/1000 - whaa, that's shaky.
On Sunday, we had a special kind of firefighting operation here.
The offspring of our local peregrine falcons on the church tower begin their muscle exercises for flight.
Like here.
One of them fell down. Presumably it simply let go at the wrong moment.
The fire department then put it back on the church tower.
They were very careful. So as not to frighten the other two young birds, they didn't put it back on the platform.
An ornithologist friend of mine asked me to check on it to see if it was okay.
I quickly borrowed a friend's RF800 STM and rushed to the church.
I then found it sitting in the gutter, also flapping its wings, so obviously unharmed.
Now I will check on it regularly.
On Sunday, we had a special kind of firefighting operation here.
The offspring of our local peregrine falcons on the church tower begin their muscle exercises for flight.
Like here.
One of them fell down. Presumably it simply let go at the wrong moment.
The fire department then put it back on the church tower.
They were very careful. So as not to frighten the other two young birds, they didn't put it back on the platform.
An ornithologist friend of mine asked me to check on it to see if it was okay.
I quickly borrowed a friend's RF800 STM and rushed to the church.
I then found it sitting in the gutter, also flapping its wings, so obviously unharmed.
Now I will check on it regularly.
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Near the church spire, I then found the father watching over them:
R50+RF800+1.4x, @1120mm, f/16, 1/1000 - still, that's shaky.
R50+RF800+1.4x, @1120mm, f/16, 1/1000 - still, that's shaky.
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