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[Click]

Very nice series, Noreaster.

 

[ERHP]

A male Northern Flicker posing up higher on a fallen trunk before starting an ant/termite hunt.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/1250 : f/8 : ISO 800

A Spotted Towhee calling out for a mate.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/200 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000

An Ash-throated Flycatcher on a Palmer's lilac bush.

R5 RF600 f/4L IS w/1.4x 1/1600 : f/7.1 : ISO 800

 

[Click]

Great shots. Well done, ERHP.

 

[AlanF]

Avocet chick and parents taken by my wife with R7/RF100-400mm - never seen a chick before.

 

[Click]

Kudos to your wife.

 

[becceric]

My wife has placed a Wren house in our backyard which has attracted some tenants. Our mornings now start with their cheerful calls.
Here is a shot from yesterday morning of the House Wren on a branch of our Eastern Pine Bark shrub.

 

[ISv]

Avocet chick and parents taken by my wife with R7/RF100-400mm - never seen a chick before.

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I'm envious no mater who took the photos! Last year in Europe I saw them (adults only off course) from rather big distance. I have to plan my next trip accordingly! Honestly I have never ever seen a chick of this bird - looks great!

 

[Noreaster]

Went looking for Virginia rails and found nothing but turds. LOL

 

[AlanF]

Peregrine Falcon chick just fledged (R5/800mm).

 

[Dragon]

Somebody was jealous of the hummingbirds getting all the attention. R5 w/ RF 24-240

 

[ISv]

Somebody was jealous of the hummingbirds getting all the attention. R5 w/ RF 24-240


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At November 28 it will be opposite... This one obviously can't wait

 

[ISv]

Nothing interesting today! I was expecting that that Shama will at least show me it's nest. After giving me opportunity to shoot several minutes and from different angles it flew towards a dense clusters of Bougainvillea where only Mongoose or Mice can pass. I wouldn't even try (not only the density - that thorns are even worst!).
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul and two photos of the Shama.

 

[AlanF]

Nothing interesting today! I was expecting that that Shama will at least show me it's nest. After giving me opportunity to shoot several minutes and from different angles it flew towards a dense clusters of Bougainvillea where only Mongoose or Mice can pass. I wouldn't even try (not only the density - that thorns are even worst!).
Red-whiskered Bulbul, Red-vented Bulbul and two photos of the Shama.

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What's not special for you is often special for me!

 

[Click]

Beautiful series, ISv.

 

[Maximilian]

Nothing interesting today! ...

I have to go to the zoo and pay for it to see your "nothing interesting"

 

[Maximilian]

White crowned robin chat (cossypha albicapilla) at "Gondwanaland", Leipzig Zoological Garden.
R6m2, RF100-400 @400mm +cropping, f/11, 1/50-1/250, ISO6400

 

[Noreaster]

Trying to redeem myself. The warbling vireo is not too great but a photo lifer for me. I cannot stop taking loon pics.

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Noreaster. I especially like the first picture.

 

[snudel]

Basstölpel

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot. Well done, snudel.