Let's see your bird pictures!

[John Rose]

Today I got to channel St. Francis of Assisi. (sp?) This worked a couple of times this week.
I made a point of wearing the same hat and same yellow jacket each day, so that I'm familiar to them as the guy that refills the silo feeder.
A bit blurry, because they're taken with an older iPod touch, and it was late in the day.
I think it's two different chickadees. There were up to five at once hanging around a few feet away.

 

[OtherMoe]

That's pretty neat.

 

[John Rose]

That's pretty neat.

It is. I was surprised at how easy it was. They've seen me refilling the solo feeder, so I wasn't starting from scratch.

One gimmick that works to get them interested and come close is to play a loop of recorded chickadee calls (from freesound.org) on my iPod, just using the small built-in speaker. I didn't use any recording that had more than 3 "dees" in the "chicka-dee-dee" call. More "dees" means "danger".

For those photos, I didn't have to use the recording because they were already in the area and they know me.

 

[Drunk Bender]

Not as stunning as most here. But it does remind me of the rear sleeve of Black Sabbath's debut album. Very cool.

 

[Drunk Bender]

That is a mother raven, keeping an eye on her nest in the gum tree in my backyard.

 

[OtherMoe]

First time I've seen a hawk in the front yard. Shot at 300mm and cropped.

 

[Black Adder]

^^^

Looks like an immature Cooper's hawk, Moe.

By the way, I love the short films you made for Columbia, and I like good beer, too!

Don

 

[troy]

First time I've seen a hawk in the front yard. Shot at 300mm and cropped.

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Very nice!

 

[OtherMoe]

^^^

Looks like an immature Cooper's hawk, Moe.

By the way, I love the short films you made for Columbia, and I like good beer, too!

Don

Thank you, saves me some time looking up in the bird book. The immature part might explain why it didn’t act like most hawks around here. My days in front of the camera are over ;-) I like the “good” qualification for beer; as a 28 year home brewer I agree

Very nice!

Thank you, I am enjoying playing with my new D3500.

 

[oc_in_fw]

First time I've seen a hawk in the front yard. Shot at 300mm and cropped.

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I love raptors- modern day dinosaurs.

 

[WarrenB]

I managed to get out with the camera today for the first time in ages!

Went for a stroll along a local river and spotted a Kingfisher that I have seen before, so I got my first ever Kingfisher shots!
All still and no action shots though.

 

[TrimBeard]

Great shots! "Lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue..."

 

[Ron R]

I managed to get out with the camera today for the first time in ages!

Went for a stroll along a local river and spotted a Kingfisher that I have seen before, so I got my first ever Kingfisher shots!
All still and no action shots though.

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Nice, very steady hand on your camera to get some great detail.

 

[WarrenB]

Thanks guys!
Next task is to get some action shots!

 

[WarrenB]

I managed to get out with the camera today for the first time in ages!

Went for a stroll along a local river and spotted a Kingfisher that I have seen before, so I got my first ever Kingfisher shots!
All still and no action shots though.

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Spotted it again today, no camera with me, but at least it seems a regular pattern it sticks to!

 

[stamasd]

Not a picture but a short video I took about 10 years ago in a fjord in Norway of a white-tailed eagle catching and eating a fish.

Apologies for the shakiness of the video, it was taken from the deck of a small fishing boat traveling at speed in freezing temperatures.

 

[Billski]

That shaky video was very good, @stamasd

Are you from Norway?

 

[stamasd]

Nope, was on vacation there. For the record I didn't catch any cod on that day.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Great shots! "Lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue..."

 

[Guru17]

Surprised not to have noticed this thread till now. Well, better late than never.