Show your Bird Portraits

[dpc]

Bald eagle surveying its domains atop a huge conifer...

 

[dpc]

Willet (I think, not an expert at shorebird identification)...

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[Click]

Another very nice shot, dpc.

 

[Click]

First time posting - Just found the forum. Portrait of a Great Blue Heron trout fishing.

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Nice shot. Welcome to CR. Keep posting.

 

[AlanF]

Local Great Crested Grebe had hatched her chicks while I was a way. (RF200-800/R5ii).

 

[Click]

So cute. Nicely done, Alan.

 

[docsmith]

I love shooting loons. Each year, I hope this is the year I get an image of the chicks on the back of a parent. Well done. Very happy for you.

 

[ISv]

Did you get the acute warbler neck syndrome (torticollis setophaga acuta)? It is a very serious condition, the best cure is a tripod with remote control
Wonderful photos, this spring is totally out od sync here in St. Lawrence River Valley...

He is safe: there are no Setophaga warblers in Europe (including Italy...)... Some false symptoms of torticollis (incl. Acquired) are still possible !

 

[ISv]

First time posting - Just found the forum. Portrait of a Great Blue Heron trout fishing.

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Nice! Welcome to the forum and post more! Do you mean "spearfishing"?

 

[ISv]

Willet (I think, not an expert at shorebird identification)...

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Yeah, Willet, western (Tringa semipalmata inornata) I think. Where did you got this photo?

 

[ISv]

Local Great Crested Grebe had hatched her chicks while I was a way. (RF200-800/R5ii).View attachment 224291View attachment 224292

Still you did it!!!

 

[dpc]

Yeah, Willet, western (Tringa semipalmata inornata) I think. Where did you got this photo?

At a reservoir in south-western Saskatchewan. Thanks for looking.

 

[dpc]

Killdeer...

 

[Click]

Nice shots. I like the behavioral stance in the first one.

 

[dpc]

Mallards on ice...

 

[dpc]

Willet again...

 

[Maximilian]

First time posting - Just found the forum. Portrait of a Great Blue Heron trout fishing.

Welcome to CR and the forum, rqshearer.
Really nice start. Keep posting!
I hope the heron could get rid of that beak piercing and swallow it

 

[Maximilian]

Local Great Crested Grebe had hatched her chicks while I was a way. (RF200-800/R5ii).

Lovely shots.
Especially in the second we see how curious the chicks are.
They wanted to see that strange biped with that even more strange white tube

 

[Maximilian]

Mallards on ice...

Somehow strange to see them and having a weather forecast of muggy 28°C and some risk of thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday.

 

[Maximilian]

Our local house martins move into their new artificial nests, which were put up for them by the environmental protection organization BUND.
The increasing drought and soil sealing are making it more and more difficult for them to find clay to build their nests.

Technically, I was absolutely positively surprised that I could get 4 decent sharp shots out of about 70, because I was working with 1120 mm and 1/80 to 1/125 s.
R50+RF800+1.4x, @1120mm, f/16, 1/80 to 1/125