Birds Rare birds ( but not great photos) at extreme distances.... Only of interest to birders !

[dragonsdreams]

My bird watching friends got very excited when we found these two birds in the Netherlands recently.
The landscape shot shows the distance of the flock of birds, there is only one Red Breasted Goose in this flock shown cropped.

The second is a Spectacled Eider the rarest ever recorded vagrant bird taken at around 150m bobbing in the ocean amongst common riders.

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 840.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 5000

• ILCE-1
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
• 774.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/2000 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Unframed Dave]

Wow, that eider is something to behold!

 

[iamdlewis]

Nice spot with the Spectacled Eider that is a lifer many won't get.