Birds

[raydm6]

Turkeys 🦃 At Work

 

[lynnb]

It's just tough wrapping this head of mine around 15mm as a birding lens....but with beaks like those... Very nice pic and good rapport with your subjects Lynn 🙂

David

Many thanks David - and my apologies for the belated reply!
Edit: oops I realise I replied years ago to this. My bad.

seagull trying to make progress against strong winds, Sydney coast, July 2020.
OM4Ti Zuiko MC Auto-W 21mm f/3.5
HP5+ in Ilfotec HC 1+47
split tone and vignette in LR6

 

[Tuna]

M11, 28 Elmarit ASPH

 

[DwF]

Hah, no worries Lynn. I have been off the site here for quite a long time. Nice seeing this pic again, there's a lot happening, the foreground, texture and shadow detail draw me in, and then the determination captured in the soft feathered gull adding a cinematic quality.... I'll spare you ranting onward 🙂

Cheers,
David

PS not a 15 but 21, a bit longer lens for birding!

 

[DwF]

Birds with Kids

 

[underlord]

Here's looking at you by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

 

[underlord]

Sparrow Alert! by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

This tiny bird was sounding the alarm to all and sundry. The reason being our cat decided to lounge outside in the sun. The miniscule fool (about the size of a toddlers fist) obviously failed to realise our cat is quite elderly and immobile and couldn't catch a cold.

 

[Tuna]

 

[ironhorse]

 

[daveoo]

Pileated Woodpecker:

 

[lynnb]

Seagulls at Queenscliff beach, Sydney, February 2025. #001
Nikon FM10, Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AI expired Fujicolor 400

 

[daveoo]

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

 

[daveoo]

Goldfinch Molting

 

[raydm6]

Northern Cardinal

 

[Mackinaw]

Canon FP with FD 500 mirror lens. Efke 25 in Rodinal.



Jim B.

 

[daveoo]

Green Heron feeding

 

[Shac]

 

[Solanum]

 

[lynnb]

There’s a family of magpies close to our house. Not sure where their nest is, but they’re frequently in our yard. Sometimes I can hand feed them. This is a juvenile who hasn’t got used to me yet, pickintg at grubs in our lawn. I grabbed the 6D and EF70-100 with a 1.4x converter and managed to grab quite a few shots before it flew off.

 

[Vince Lupo]

A pair of wood ducks paid us a visit early this morning. We're hoping they'll take up residence in this tree, which is about 300 feet from our house.


Our Wood Duck1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr