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Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jan 14, 2017 - 07:27pm PT
CG typing for BN...

Reilly - The last photo in the series was cropped at most 15%. I was shooting at 1120 mm effective focal length. Glad you like!

john hansen

climber
Jan 14, 2017 - 09:08pm PT
Ross gull .. taken by falcons ,,,bummer.


http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=1230962&MLID=CA01&MLNM=CA%20-%20Calbirds
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jan 15, 2017 - 08:18am PT
seeing that gull get nailed by the peregrines must have been a real blow. I guess it's better than what happened to that rare swift a few years ago (swatted out of air by the blade of a wind turbine) as originally posted here by TGT:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350267/Rare-bird-white-throated-needletail-killed-wind-turbine-crowd-twitchers.html

saw my life White-throated Needletail in OZ, and this incident was the first thing that came to my mind.


Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jan 16, 2017 - 10:35am PT
A few from Taos, NM.




Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Jan 16, 2017 - 08:33pm PT
Back from Aus. Will post some photos when I get a chance but thought you'all might enjoy this fishing link.

[Click to View YouTube Video]
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
Jan 17, 2017 - 10:50am PT
DDog, hope you had a good trip to Australia. Sorry I couldn't offer you much advice, but we only spent 2 days birding in NSW, and both were in Sydney at Royal NP, and in Queensland we mostly went to places that are hard to get to now in the wet. Anyway, look forward to seeing your photos. I'm still editing mine, and haven't even reached half way of our trip!

So, here are some shots of birds found only up in the rainforests on the tip of the Cape York Penninsula. We went to the Iron Range NP.

Palm Cockatoo. One wild looking bird. The only time we got close enough to get photos it was about noon and the light was horrible.

Magnificent Riflebird. A species of bird-of-paradise, one of the few found outside of New Guinea.

White-faced Robin, too cute for words.

Eclectus Parrot pair. The red one is the female, green one the male.

Frill-necked Monarch. They can puff out their neck feathers to make this bizarre looking frill. Couldn't get photos of that.

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, at his bower.
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Jan 17, 2017 - 05:40pm PT
Cool shots as usual Z!
Had a great trip-no worries about info. We borrowed a bird guide from friends down there and kept our eyes open.
Aus sure has some strange birds. I too am working through my photos but work keeps getting in the way. And there is just so many of them:-)
We almost blew off NSW completely to drive south to Tazi but that'll be another trip.

I'm off to Bahrain this weekend so maybe I'll have time to post a few during my down time.

And, PNG moved way up on my list of places to visit...
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 17, 2017 - 05:50pm PT
Dang, Z, you got some nice ones! That cockatoo makes my bad hair days look weak!
And I hope bowerbirds get paid by the hour cause that house took some work!
That 'robin' pretty much puts paid to 'cute'!
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 17, 2017 - 08:03pm PT
Just a test of some new Lightroom settings.



Not too bad for ISO 4500 IMHO. It was dark and it's a big crop.


This one looks better at ISO 140, eh?


ISO 1100 and a fairly big crop but not too bad if you click on it.
i-b-goB

Social climber
Wise Acres
Jan 17, 2017 - 08:14pm PT
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 18, 2017 - 03:13pm PT
Just went out for a while today at a little park nearby to try a few things
with the bazooka. There wasn't a lot going on so I shot whatever I could.
Saw this LBG about 40' away and fired a volley. Got home and went
"What in tarnation is THAT?" Ho, man, a female Vermillion!
Can I get a double WOOT? You just never know!

Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jan 18, 2017 - 03:33pm PT
Great photos above, Reilly looking like the lens is working out fine, Little Z...wow, some great looking birds.

A little rare here in northern NM this Harris Sparrow has been showing up at the feeder.

Taken through a window in bad light.

Bob D'A

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Jan 19, 2017 - 08:09pm PT


Just completed a V4 and then had a lunch of fresh fish along the Rio Grande near Pilar, NM.
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Jan 20, 2017 - 05:02pm PT
Some warm Panama birds for a chilly day.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 20, 2017 - 05:08pm PT
YOWZA!
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Jan 20, 2017 - 06:44pm PT
Yay! Love those BN!
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Jan 22, 2017 - 02:29pm PT
Tony

Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
Jan 22, 2017 - 11:27pm PT
Just ran across this video. Amazing footage. The Sparrowhawk is about midway in size to our Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks
[Click to View YouTube Video]
EdBannister

Mountain climber
13,000 feet
Jan 23, 2017 - 03:38pm PT
BrassNuts

Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
Jan 23, 2017 - 06:52pm PT
Amazing Sparrowhawk video! Another round of still life feathered friends from Panama:
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