Birds Birds not in Flight Thread - Post Your Shots Here

[Clix Pix]

• DSC-RX10M4
• Sony RX10III & compatibles
• 78.4 mm
• ƒ/4
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• DSC-RX10M4
• Sony RX10III & compatibles
• 73.2 mm
• ƒ/4
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[Phil Vetra]

Sunset, out going tide and -1....No I'm not laying down! ? Killdeer on the beach.

• ILCE-1
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[DavidN]

A few shots from a recent visit to WWT Slimbridge:
- Common Cranes
- Pintail
- Water Rail (Normally very shy birds but this one wondered about just a few metres from the hide and seemed quite used to people)

+ a Merlin from RSPB Greylake where we popped in in the way home. Luckily, it landed on this stick about 1 minute after we arrived in the hide.

• ILCE-1
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• ILCE-1
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• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
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• ILCE-1
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• 600.0 mm
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• ILCE-1
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[RogerSmith]

Northern shoveler sitting on reflection

• ILCE-1
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• 600.0 mm
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• 1/800 sec
• ISO 3200

 

[iamdlewis]

Northern shoveler sitting on reflection

Nice usually they got their head stuffed into the water

 

[Clide]

Beauty and the Beast.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/2500 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Phil Vetra]

I've bee trying to get this guy for a couple of weeks in my back yard.

• ILCE-1
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• 591.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 25600

 

[Clix Pix]

Our resident male Belted Kingfisher paid a visit today and hung out on the nearby pier chains for a brief time, during which I was able to get a few shots:

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[iamdlewis]

Our resident male Belted Kingfisher paid a visit today and hung out on the nearby pier chains for a brief time, during which I was able to get a few shots:

Like the action shot

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Took a trip to my local nature preserve and got a few birds-not-in-flight...

A male (left) and female (right) Blue-Winged Teal, visiting Florida for the winter:

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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American Coot, another migratory species:

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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A Florida local, the Little Blue Heron:

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• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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The colorful Purple Gallinule:

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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The Blue Jay:

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• ISO 500

Red Bellied Woodpecker:

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• ISO 1250

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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• ISO 640

Wait, that's not a bird Only in Florida folks...

• E 50-300mm F4.5-6.3 A069
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[Clide]

Nicely done, good focus amongst all that foliage!

 

[stemlett]

Female Goosander

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 12800

• ILCE-1M2
• FE 300mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[THXGEEK]

My birdfeeder was suddenly deserted.... Then I noticed this fellow (gal?) sitting nearby...

 

[iamdlewis]

Some ducks from this morning.

This is the worst named duck. This is the Ring-necked Duck but really should be the Ring-billed duck since you can see the bill from like a mile away but the ring on the neck is almost invisible out in nature.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 800

Mallard

• ILCE-1
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• 600.0 mm
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Wood Ducks

• ILCE-1
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• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
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• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[RogerSmith]

paddling along...

• ILCE-1
• FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 400.0 mm
• ƒ/4
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• ISO 500

 

[evacguy]

Parrots in Oxleas Wood.

A Parrot home in the Woods.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/8000 sec
• ISO 250

Knock, knock, anyone home?

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
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• ISO 320

Pete are you in?

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• 200.0 mm
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I'm off.

• ILCE-7M4
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• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/8000 sec
• ISO 320

Was that someone at the door?

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
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• ISO 2000

I was sure there was someone at the door?

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
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• 1/8000 sec
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[evacguy]

Does anyone know what this little guy is - not the worm, the bird! Photographed in Greenwich Park.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
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[THXGEEK]

Does anyone know what this little guy is - not the worm, the bird

You've given me an excuse to open my copy of Roger Tory Peterson's "Birds of Britain & Europe"! The closest match to a brown, orange-breasted, orange-faced and white-bellied avian is either a Robin or a Red-throated Thrush. Its size is tough to gauge by the angle of the photo, but I'll go with a Robin as this one looks to be smaller (14cm) vs the Thrush's 23cm.

 

[iamdlewis]

Does anyone know what this little guy is - not the worm, the bird! Photographed in Greenwich Park.

It is the European Robin.

You've given me an excuse to open my copy of Roger Tory Peterson's "Birds of Britain & Europe"! The closest match to a brown, orange-breasted, orange-faced and white-bellied avian is either a Robin or a Red-throated Thrush. Its size is tough to gauge by the angle of the photo, but I'll go with a Robin as this one looks to be smaller (14cm) vs the Thrush's 23cm.

When was your guide published? I am wondering if it was before they broke off the Red-Throat from the Black-Throat. The Red-Throat is mostly found in the mountains in eastern Asia but there was a report (no idea how accurate) of one in Southeastern UK.

 

[evacguy]

It is the European Robin.

When was your guide published? I am wondering if it was before they broke off the Red-Throat from the Black-Throat. The Red-Throat is mostly found in the mountains in eastern Asia but there was a report (no idea how accurate) of one in Southeastern UK.

When I took the photograph I first thought it was a Robin, I even named the file Robin! But looking at the photograph I thought he looked quite a bit different to Robins I've seen in Greenwich Park. He seems too elegant to be a Robin - he's not as plump as most Robins appear, his head and beak also look different to a Robin, his beak looks pretty long, but it could just be the angle.......... but now that I write this, and take another look at him, I think his shadow makes his beak look much longer than it actually is, so the beak is probably about right for a Robin. But aren't his legs rather long for a Robin?